Things I sew – historical and modern
Back in 2020, at the end of New Zealand’s first lockdown, I found an amazing ramie-cotton blend fabric with an adorable pineapple print on it. It just called out to be made into a 1790s dress as an homage to the Georgian obsession with pineapples.
Making Herjolfsnes 39 from Medieval Garments Reconstructed as an everyday ‘historybounding’ dress in yellow linen.
I was tempted by every one of Vincent Briggs fabric, but I got the biggest amount of Monsters #3 in green. I had a specific dress vision in mind. Something a bit artist smock, a bit chef jacket, a bit 1950s inspired…
