Check out these How-To posts for 18th c. goodies and other useful tutorials:
Historical Costuming:
- How to Make an 18th Century Petticoat
- Setting 18th Century Sleeves the 18th Century Way
- Late 18th Century Skirt Supports (Unorthodox Edition)
- How to Make 18th c. Cockades
- How To Make Embroidered 18th Century Buttons
- Regency Wrap-Front Gown Details
- “Why Don’t I Look Right?”: Getting The Look Spot-On With Historical Costumes
- The Button Trick – How To Get Decorative Shank Buttons to Lie Flat
- How to Throw Your Own Costume Events
- How to Make a Victorian “Lobster Tail” Bustle
Historical Shoes & Stockings:
- How to Fit 18th Century Shoe Buckles
- How to Loop the Latchets on 18th c. Shoes
- How to Paint Your Leather Devonshire 18th Century Shoes
- Shoe-How-To: Pretty Pretty Pink Princess Shoes – painting leather 18th c. shoes
- How to Coffee or Tea Stain Your Silk Georgiana 18th century Shoes.
- How to Decorate Pemberley Shoes like it’s 1789
- How to Fit and Seam Your American Duchess Clocked Stockings
- How to Paint Your Own 1920s Flapper Shoes
- How to Make Your Own Pair of Couture Pompadour 18th Century Shoes
- How to Move the Buttons on Your American Duchess Boots and Shoes
- How to Dye Ivory Leather Boots or Shoes
- How to Properly Polish Leather Shoes (video)
- How to dye American Duchess “Dyeable Sateen” Shoes
Vintage Costuming:
- Pattern for Smartness – 1940s Video Tutorial on Patterning
- Sizing up Vintage Patterns for Modern Wear
- How to Make a Quick and Easy 1920s Bathing Suit
- How to Make a Simple 1920s Slip
- How to Apply 1940s Style Lipstick
- How to Add Shaped Pockets to Pants and Skirts
Wigs, Hair, & Makeup:
- How to Make a Hedgehog Hairstyle With Your Own Hair
- How to Create a Simple 18th Century Style Pouf
- Edwardian Hair Mysteries Solved, 1905 – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
- How to Deal With Problem Wigs (18th c.)
- Making a Ridiculously Huge Hedgehog Wig (18th c.)
- Hair of Great Enormity – 18th c. Wig How-To
- How To Make an 18th Century Wig from an Affordable “Costume” Wig
- Marie Antoinette Hair and Makeup How-To (external video)
- 1920s Flapper Hairstyle Tutorial – video!
- How to Create Flapper “Doll Eye” Makeup
- How to Tie a Regency Turban – video!
- 1912 Hairstyle Tutorial
Hats:
- How to Make Structured Period Hats from Craft Store Goodies
- Using Craft Store Straw Hats for 18th c. Headwear – Part 1, Part 2
- Working With Ostrich Feathers – Plumes, Drabs, and Spads
Historical & Vintage Photography:
- How to Take and Make 1920s Style Photos
- What if I Were…My Grandmother in 1945 – 1940s Photos
- What if I Were, 1850s – Digital Daguerreotype Photos
- What if I Were, c. 1900 Postcard Photo
General Craftiness:
- Blogging For Costumers
- Using the Binding Presser Foot You Don’t Have
- How to Bleach Feathers
- Making a Workable Dress Form
- How to take the shine off too-bright metallic trim
- Designing Your Costumes Using Adobe Photoshop, pt 1
- How to Find Original Image Sources on Google
- How to Take In-Focus Detail Photos With Any Point-and-Shoot Camera
- How to Scale Up Gridded Patterns with Adobe Photoshop