The theme for the 7th Historical Sew Monthly challenge of 2015, due by the end of July, is Accessorise (or Accessorize, depending on what part of the world you’re in – either’s fine!).
The final touch of the right accessory creates the perfect period look. For this challenge you’ll bring an outfit together by creating an accessory to go with your historical wardrobe. An accessory is any small non-garment piece carried or worn with an outfit: hats, shoes, gloves, bags, glasses, watches, chatelaines, spats, mitts, jewellery etc.
To get you started, here are some tutorials for making period accessories from my blog and across the internet:
From the bottom up you could:
Make your own seamed stockings (with a free pattern)
For the far-more ambitious, Isis’ Wardrobe gives instructions on knitting your own 16th c Stockings
or, if you prefer sewing and an earlier period you can make your own sewn cloth medieval stockings following these directions at the Medieval Tailor
If you are really feeling clever, Crimson Griffin has given a good description, with photographs, of making gothic poulaines.
This post is (I’m afraid) a bit heavy in feet-and-head things, but there are plenty of pretty things that can go in the middle, like this cute Regency reticule from the Regency Society of America boards.
Making History Now has a pattern and instructions for your own 18th c mitts – you might have to do a bit more research to get them made, and historically accurate, but it’s a great start.
Not a full tutorial, but you should be able to figure out how to make my 18th c pearl bracelets by looking at what I did:
And (of course!) there is always the infamous Regency Pineapple Reticule. There are a couple of patterns available, including the instructions on JaneAusten.co.uk.
There are clear and effective (if not necessarily HA) instructions for making an impressively huge and fabulous 16thc German hat at Katafalk
And here on my blog I teach you how to make your own 18th c bergere from a straw sunhat:
You can also make effective 18th c hats from placemats, as demonstrated by The Pragmatic Costumer
If straw isn’t your thing, Lynne McMasters has an excellent tutorial on making a fabric Regency style turban.
Or Jen at FestiveAttyre shows you how to re-shape and cover a straw hat, 1910s style
And Loran at Loran’sWorld has gone through the process of making a ’20s hat from the original ’20s instructions.
For more inspiration, check out my Tops & Toes inspiration post from the HSF ’14
Know of other tutorials? Share them in the comments!
Cathrin at Katafalk also has a great tutorial for a cheaty 13th-15th C women’s purse: https://katafalk.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/medieval-textile-belt-purse/
She also has a pattern for a 16th C German (“Kampfrau”) style leather purse (https://katafalk.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/kampfrau-bag/), a late medieval leather costrel (https://katafalk.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/leather-costrel/) and a Norwegian medieval moneypurse (https://katafalk.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/norwegian-money-pouch-tutorial/).
Not technically a tutorial, but Chris Laning’s Paternoster Row website (http://paternoster-row.medievalscotland.org/) and blog (http://paternosters.blogspot.co.uk/) together make great source material for paternosters (aka rosaries), a great accessory for a medieval outfit.
Katafalk has a ton of great tutorials! I decided to pick just one from any one source though, and that hat is amazing…
personal.utulsa.eduOh, and I meant to say. That hose tutorial, whilst a great tutorial, actually uses a hybrid between 14th C and 16th C hose patterns. 14th C hose do not have soles. See: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/hose.html
Might be an issue, depending on how correct people want to be.
Thank heaven that HSM #7 would also cover the sprang hairnet I mean to make. 🙂
Someone in the Facebook group shared how they made cca 1820s-1830s shoes, a while back – I suppose during the Tops & Toes challenge. Sadly, I can’t remember who and where. 😛
I think this challenge is where I finally use my super-simple fichu en marmotte (it needs some finishing stitches, and I was thinking of over-dyeing it, because the colours are rather garish). There hasn’t been half as much sewing since September as I wished there would be. 😛
renaissancetailor.comrenaissancetailor.comrenaissancetailor.comHere’s some more accessories tutorials (from my old post on “one-afternoon tutorials”):
From the Renaissance Tailor:
How to make a partlet: http://www.renaissancetailor.com/demos_partlets.htm
How to make a Tudor-style flat cap:
http://www.renaissancetailor.com/demos_elizabethanhats.htm
How to make a Mongol-style hat:
http://www.renaissancetailor.com/demos_asianhats.htm
From American Duchess:
How to tie a Regency-style turban:
http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-tie-regency-turban.html
Thank you! Awesome additions!
Just in case, I think I’d best say that wrapping a scarf around your head does not quite count as making something for a HSM challenge. 😉
If you hem the scarf? And maybe dye it? It’s what I’ve done with my fichu-en-marmotte. 🙂
If you are significantly involved in the making of the scarf, of course it counts! But wrapping a scarf is easier than putting on a corset 😉
Here is what I did for this month – The Cloche of Revelation: https://aboutmybuttonbox.wordpress.com/2015/07/18/hsm-7-accessorize-the-cloche-of-revelation/
http://isabelladangelo.blogspot.com/2015/07/historical-sew-monthly-accessorize.html
Here’s the Norse hood I did for the challenge!
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I’ve just posted about my 1885 straw hat for this challenge: https://quinnmburgess.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/hsfm-7-1885-straw-hat/
Best,
Quinn
I did two projects, an 18th century housewife and a pair of knit stockings
http://thedreadedseamstress.blogspot.com/2015/07/historical-sew-monthly-7.html
18th century style measuring tapes!
https://americanseamstress.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/hsm-2015-7-accessories-aka-pretty-extras/
I made a pocket for my 1930s dress.
http://dollycreates.blogspot.com/2015/07/accessorizing-my-1930s-dress.html
I realize it’s not exactly the most dynamic HSM entry ever, but I have something planned for next month that will make up for it. 🙂
Thanks so much for hosting the HSM!! I’m working on getting back into it every month.
I made these period sewing tools by hand, and I love them.
Perfect challenge!
For a good regency poke bonnet turtorial, see https://teainateacup.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/how-to-make-a-regency-poke-bonnet-in-ten-steps/
And also these lovely trims:https://teainateacup.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/how-to-use-ribbon-to-make-decorative-trims/
Last minute hair accessories: http://rad-snail-art.tumblr.com/post/125546451952/the-challenge-7-accessorise-fabric-all-notions
I made home accessories, that is, napkins!
I also finished a sweater for my sister.
http://levagabondage.blogspot.com/2015/07/hsf-challenge-accessorize.html
This was a very productive month for me! After not being able to complete the challenge in June I actually managed to make 3 different items for this one, a headdress http://thesewinggoatherd.blogspot.com/2015/07/accessorising-ball-gown-headdress.html ,
a pair of mitts http://thesewinggoatherd.blogspot.com/2015/07/accessorizing-ball-gown-gloves.html , and a pair of stockings useing your pattern and tutorial (thank you so much for that!) http://thesewinggoatherd.blogspot.com/2015/07/accessorizing-ball-gown-stockings.html
Thank you for posting such useful pictures of how you made the headdress! I would have had no idea where to start, but you made it very clear.
I finished my early 19th century painted silk fan last night, just under the wire!
The link is here: http://theladydetalle.blogspot.com/2015/08/early-19th-century-painted-silk-fan.html
And I also created a little more in-depth mini-tutorial on how I made it, that can be found here: http://theladydetalle.blogspot.com/2015/08/how-to-make-early-19th-century-painted.html
Oh, and I missed April, May & June challenges due to a family medical emergency but I hope to still catch them up, albeit late!
I made a 18th Century cap!
http://zeitenzauberin.blogspot.de/2015/08/head-weeks-part-5-hsf-accessorize.html
I did a horned head dress / hennin for this challenge: http://wp.me/p1g3u4-22y
Here is my effort for June/July: An 1860-1862 high-brimmed spoon bonnet. My very first venture into millinery…
http://bygone-elegance.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/historical-sew-monthly-june-and-july.html