Decorations make the historical garment glorious. Whether you use embroidery, trim, pleating, lace, buttons, applique, quilting, jewels, or any other form of embellishment, this challenge is all about decorative detail.
Robe a la Francaise, 1762-1767, silk taffeta with ribbons and lace, Museum of London
When you are done, post a link to your photos or blog post in the comments, or in the event photo album on Facebook.
For inspiration, check out all of these gorgeous embellished garments
What am I embellishing? Oh, goodness, I don’t know! There are so many things I need to embellish! The Pet, Ninon, Lady Anne Darcy could use more, the 1770s mans suit…the list goes on. I guess I’ll just have to surprise us both!
I ended up doing a simple little ‘soft’ entry of a late ’20s hat,
and going full-out and fully embellishing my 1780s Indienne chintz pet-en-l’aire:
I’ve finished my embellishment projecthttp://wandabvictorian.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/my-new-toy-leads-to-a-new-toy/….
Lets try that again with a space in between my words and the link…
http://wandabvictorian.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/my-new-toy-leads-to-a-new-toy/
Here are my Kyoto Stays – EMBROIDERED!
A Belle Epoque chemise, with more complex embellishment than what I usually make : http://green-martha.blogspot.fr/2013/02/la-chemise-en-pratique.html
[...] polonaise n’est pas encore terminée et donc pas finie d’être décorée. Mais comme le challenge n°4 du Historical Sew Fortnightly porte cette semaine sur la décoration je me suis dit que j’allais faire un petit post [...]
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I’ve just posted about my #4 Challenge: trim for a new 1864 evening gown skirt.
http://quinnmburgess.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/project-journal-1864-ball-gown-part-ii-trim-progress-hsf-4/
Best,
Quinn
I chose tucks. Here’s my 1860′s dress with lots of tucks!
http://dressedintime.blogspot.com/2013/02/hsf-4-embellish-tucks.html#more
A posting about my embroidered and beaded reticule, a rather picture heavy posting! Also the first challenge I actually finished by the deadline!
http://levagabondage.blogspot.com/2013/02/challenge-4-of-historical-sew.html?m=1
Here’s my super quick Embellishment entry. I had totally forgotten to post here since I set my blog to auto publish. Oops!
http://littlemeinthebigd.blogspot.com/2013/02/historical-sew-fortnightly-challenge-4.html
As challenges go, mine has been a dismal failure, as I’m nowhere close to finishing it! Not for the first time in my sewing life, I’ve been wildly over-ambitious. I plan to keep working away at it though, and hopefully some time towards the end of the year there will be a UFO or other suitable challenge (please Leimomi?) in which I can show a completed, or at least closer to completed, dress.
http://blacktulipsewing.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/embellishment-challenge.html
Here is my embroidered chemise for this challenge. I posted this yesterday on my blog but forgot to post it here, silly me
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http://cursewordsandcrinolines.blogspot.com/2013/03/hsf-challenge-4.html?m=1
My entry is up! Regency gown made out of red wool, trimmed with self-fabric fringe.
http://sceneinthepast.blogspot.com/2013/03/historical-sew-fortnightly-4.html
A very hot pink muff as part of Muffstravaganza 2013: http://sarahlizzi.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-challenge-hsf-4-embellish.html
Sorry, this is a late entry! I have been working on this dress for two months and have finally finished it. Unfortunately this is the only category it could fit in at the moment.
It is a Regency “bobbin net” gown, based on a fashion plate from 1813.
http://teainateacup.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/making-a-regency-net-gown/
No problem, sometimes things do take a long time! It’s an amazing dress! You must be so proud of yourself!