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  • In Defense of Faux Silk – The Revolution Dress in Colonial Williamsburg

    June 15, 2015

    Day two in Colonial Williamsburg – it was pouring down rain all day. This post will probably ruffle some feathers, but I feel compelled to report on my experience concerning faux silk…

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  • 18th c. Red Petticoat Re-Fashion

    January 9, 2015

    Woot! The first project of 2015 is complete, and piece #1 of my Robe a la Turque is ready. Refashioned red petticoat with apron This petticoat was once a sad, sad tube.…

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  • More Highlights from Williamsburg and Jamestown

    March 27, 2014

    I was quite terrible (and busy) and didn’t take a lot of photos, but here are a few more from the trip… Day 1… Maggie and I arrived, dropped our stuff at…

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  • Re-Fit ALL the Things!

    February 20, 2014

    The Met, 1774-93 – Evidence of a gown let out to accommodate wide shoulders. As you all know, in our sewing journeys, no matter the years that have passed, things change.  Our…

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  • V196: Bastille Day Sale, July 14-15 – Vive La France!

    July 14, 2012

    Today and tomorrow, all 18th century items in the American-Duchess.com shop are on sale for 25% off.  That includes Pompadours, Kensingtons, and Pemberlies, as well as Fleur and Dauphine shoe buckles. Visit…

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  • V195: Red Dress in The Garden

    July 14, 2012

    Here is preview of a shoot Chris and I did yesterday, for this weekend’s Bastille Day Sale.  More on that tomorrow, along with more photos…

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  • V146: Red 18th Century Petticoat with Vandyked Hem

    May 25, 2012

    Okay, nothing brilliant today, just wanted to share a finished mini-project with you.  Last weekend I made a petticoat to go with The Revolution Dress.  I found the same red silk still…

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  • V53: 18th Century Costume Modeling at Nevada Museum of Art

    February 22, 2012

    Last night I posed for artists at the Nevada Museum of Art’s costume painting class.  I wore the Revolution Dress I made last year, and dressed my hair in a simple pouf…

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  • A Revolutionary Ice Cream Social

    July 19, 2011

    This past Sunday a small group of Great Basin Costumers got together to play dress up and eat ice cream.  The theme was 18th century,  roughly the time between the American Revolution…

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  • Gaskells Victorian Ball, Norcal Pirate Festival, Red Polonaise

    June 21, 2011

    Lady Rebecca and me on the schooner.  It was a lovely sail.  I was out for a lovely afternoon, but Rebecca was being transported to Barbados to be tried for crimes unmentionable.…

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  • Revolution Dress – Coming to the End…Sortof

    June 16, 2011

    I’ve spent all day sewing on the Revolution Dress, for this weekend’s festivities, Gaskells Ball and Pirate Faire. The gown is done (yay!).  I’m proud of it!  Lilly’s not wearing stays, so…

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  • Revolution Dress – Skirting the Issue

    June 9, 2011

    The back with the skirts down, no hem yet. So I’ve been procrastinating on The Revolution Dress because I got kindof stuck with those front rumples, but thanks to all your encouraging…

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  • Revolution Dress – Front Meets Back

    May 29, 2011

    Some more progress and problems on the Revolution Dress… First, I was having trouble getting the front pieces to lay smoothly after I stiffened the silk with fused interlining.  Bugger.  I decided…

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  • Revolution Dress – Baby Got Back

    May 25, 2011

    Just a quick update on this gown I’ve been procrastinating on. I cut it out, there’s a start, and pinned up the en fourreau back pleating, using pgs 49 – 50 in Costume…

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  • Revolution Dress – About Those Stays

    May 6, 2011

    The Dreamstress asked me to share a little about the stays I’ve been working on. Those extra grommets at the bottom are me messing up.  Ignore those, pls. 🙂  I apologize for…

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  • Revolution Dress – A Better Idea of What the Heck I’m Doing

    May 5, 2011

    The idea of how this gown, “the Revolution Dress,” is going to come together has been milling around in my head for a couple weeks now, in a somewhat nebulous form.  Luckily…

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  • Revolution Dress – Undies!

    April 28, 2011

    This is just a quick post on underwear, in all its glory.  As you know, I’ve started this latest 18th c. gown project with the basics, a proper set of proper undies.…

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  • The Revolution Dress – Beginnings, Again

    April 25, 2011

    Last time, I wrote about a new 18th c. project concerning a Robe Retroussee dans les Poches, but since then the project has been morphing and smooshing around trying to define itself.…

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