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Historical Sewing history bounding History-Bounding Victorian-Edwardian

Making a Vintage Blouse from an 80s Pattern

By K.Munchenberg on September 10, 2020January 5, 2021

Having completed my walking skirt adaptation, I realised I needed more vintage-styled blouses to pair with it…but not too vintage.

Posted in: blouse, Edwardian, Historical Sewing, history bounding, Late Victorian, McCall's 3473, pattern, pattern resizing, resizing, Sewing, shirt, Victorian, vintage

History-Bounding Victorian-Edwardian

Making a Victorian-Inspired Shirtwaist

By K.Munchenberg on May 6, 2020January 5, 2021

The McCall’s M7838 shirt pattern has a lovely pleated sleeve that puts me in mind of a modernised Victorian shirt.

Posted in: 1890s, adapting, finishing seams, flat fell, hand fell, historic, Late Victorian, linen, M7838, seams, Sewing, shirt, shirtwaist, tucks, Victorian