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  • The {FREE} American Duchess Cape Pattern

    February 8, 2021

    Click Here for the pattern Howdy! Since we put our Patreon to sleep, we needed to find a new place to host the #ADCapeCult 1910s Wrap Cape pattern. So it’s going to…

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  • Pattern Notes on Simplicity 8578 – Robe a la Francaise Dress Pattern

    May 1, 2020

    A couple years ago now we worked with Simplicity to create a Robe a la Francaise pattern (Simplicity 8578) based on Abby’s sacque in The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking.…

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  • The Isabella Mactavish Fraser Pattern & Documentary!

    November 22, 2019

    Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very proud to release to you today the Isabella Mactavish Fraser gown pattern and construction PDF along with our short documentary about this famous tartan gown and…

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  • How to Scale Up Gridded Sewing Patterns with Adobe Photoshop

    April 3, 2019

    If you’ve been into historical costuming for any amount of time, you will be familiar with many a book featuring gridded (or scaled) sewing patterns. The Tudor Tailor, Patterns of Fashion (all…

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  • Spring2019 – A New Pattern for Simplicity – 1790s Gown and Open Robe!

    October 18, 2018

    Ann Frankland Lewis – 1794. LACMA I’m excited to officially announce that we’ve developed another new historical dress pattern for Simplicity! Since first partnering with Simplicity several years ago I’ve learned so…

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  • Simplicity Patterns Now Available on AmericanDuchess.com

    October 1, 2018

    Hi! This is just a quick announcement to let you know that we now have all of our American Duchess Simplicity costume patterns available at AmericanDuchess.com, woo! You’ll find Simplicity 8161 and…

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  • The 7 Stages of Piecing

    July 5, 2018

    There are very few historical projects I’ve made over the years that have gone totally smoothly. In fact, I can think of one. Every other gown I’ve made, and a heck of…

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  • Patterns and Books for 18th Century Stays

    January 11, 2018

    Simplicity 8579 Stays, 1700 – 1770. With the release of our book, The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking, we’ve given you patterns and instructions for a great many lovely 18th…

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  • CORRECTION – 1780s Cap Pattern – American Duchess Guide

    December 28, 2017

    Hi gals! We’ve been alerted to a flaw in the 1780s cap pattern from “The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking,” so before you all tear your pomaded-and-powdered hair out trying…

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  • Simplicity 8578 and 8579 – TWO new 18th Century Patterns!

    December 8, 2017

    Ladies, we are SO excited to finally announce two new 18th century American Duchess patterns from Simplicity! Simplicity 8578 is the Robe a la Francaise (Sacque) and petticoat and Simplicity 8579 is…

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  • BOOK RELEASE: The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking

    November 21, 2017

    Today’s the big day! Our book, The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Handsew Georgian Gowns and Wear The with Style has officially been released! While you can buy the…

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  • Behind the Scenes at Simplicity Creative Group, NYC

    October 27, 2016

    Lauren reporting – We’re back! Last week Abby and I traveled to The East Coast to attend Rufflecon and spend a few days in New York City afterwards. While we were sipping…

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  • 1860s Purple People Eater – Finished, Just Barely! and the Magic of Gored Skirts

    November 27, 2014

    This past Tuesday I was in a mad rush to finish the day version of my 1860s purple gown, just in time for the tree lighting ceremony downtown. This was about 2:00…

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  • Review: “Creating Historical Clothes: Pattern Cutting From Tudor to Victorian Times”

    January 18, 2014

    Title: Creating Historical Clothes: Pattern cutting from Tudor to Victorian times by Elizabeth Friendship (c) Batsford 2013 ISBN: 0896762858 $21.00 – $26.00 Every once in awhile there comes a book that changes…

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  • Weddingote: Draping and Testing

    August 20, 2013

    Now that Costume College has come and gone, it’s time to focus seriously on my wedding gown, which is to be worn in two months time.  I’m going to share my progress…

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  • In Progress: Late 16th Century Doublet

    May 29, 2013

    Every once in awhile I go meandering off into other centuries.  My love of costuming started with Elizabethan, and it is still a period I adore, though I seldom costume for it…

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  • 1959 Derby Day Dress – Simplicity 3063

    May 5, 2013

    Yesterday was our Great Basin Costume Society’s “Fancy Fillies Derby Day Tea,” where bunches of eccentric people got together, wore weird clothes, and watched some horse race… Hehe <3 The biggest hat…

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  • Starting a “Simple” 1912 Day Dress

    March 5, 2013

    I’ve got a case of Costume ADD!  My squirrely brain has landed on this “quick and easy” 1912 daytime tea dress.  I thought I would just throw it together…ha…haha…HAHAHA. I started with…

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  • V225: Starting the 1790s “Robe Royaliste”

    August 12, 2012

    Before Costume College, I was making plans for a new 1790s gown in purple taffeta, called the “Robe Royaliste.”  I decided on a chemise style like the lovely green/gold gown in The…

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  • V189: Beginning a Robe a l’Anglaise a la Polonaise

    July 7, 2012

    I’ve been procrastinating on, well, everything costume-related, and with Costume College a mere month away, it’s time to get down to business with this striped gown. My material – I have enough…

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