I am in the process of taking "better" photos of my work and getting them loaded up. Most of these photos are a few years old, and are taken from very random pictures which I have edited.
It is a basic style, with pleated skirt and coat sleeves; the trim is wavy braid. Here, it is unlined; I have since lined the bodice and added more fabric to the skirt.
In the photo, I am lining my first sewing project, my Type II Richmond depot jacket. Yeah, I'm lining it after I already made it, but oh well, I was learning things the hard way that year :-P
Photo taken at Casa de Fruta, June 2004.
I'm sewing a shirt, a fabulous shirt - the new Simplicity 1850 shirt with all the gussets and flat felling. Yay!
This dress was made that same date. The interesting thing about it is that the once vibrant green in the plaid has since faded to a sort of weak yellowish-green. Interesting.
I made the undersleeves from a blouse I got at the thrift store. It had nice embroidery on the cuff, so I cut the sleeves off at the elbow. Cheap and easy!
Very cool vests to make, good styles which I'm convinved are fairly authentic. I made covered buttons from the vest fabric.
The ensembles are of cotton, the skirts are gathered. Mom has a glengarry hat, and I am wearing a Swiss body, which I didn't make.
This is another one that I have have taken apart and lined. Her undersleeves in the photo on the right are very cool and frilly, and made by a friend.
I used the Past Patterns bodice, with hooked back opening and less point in the front. I made from some decorator fabric of silvery-grey with a black floral design - I think it's *mostly* cotton. I was lucky enough to find over 7 yards of fine silk at the thrift store, which ended up working quite well! There is a little bit of black loopy trim on the sleeve caps.
The boy's vests look rather smashing with their suits, both original Victorian suits that are in mint condition and fit them perfectly!
Here also is the basic shirt that the soldiers like so much. Mike picked out the custom colors of green and black all by himself.
Roaring Camp, May, 2004
On the right, again, the Richmond Type II, and on the left, just a generic butternut jacket with epaulettes, wood buttons and plenty of hand topstitching.
Fifing and drumming in Old Sacramento, Thanksgiving, 2002.
We are at Roaring Camp for Memorial Day, 2003.
September 2002 - this was before we replaced the blue tablecloths with nice green tartan kilts.