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That one time I made this #Edwardian blouse by sewing together pieces of embroidered cotton batiste by hand with 2-3mm seam allowances or felled seams when I wanted the pattern to meet very nicely. Straight seams by machine and all finishing by hand, if I recall! It took a long time but was very satisfying.

#HistoricalCostuming #Sewing
A photo portrait of Sini wearing a very large black hat, a black skirt and a very dainty white blouse with white embroidery on it. The view is from the back, with her face turned to show her profile, cropped to upper hip and upward. The blouse buttons from the back, with the upper back yoke cut on the bias and having very closely spaced white pearl buttons, the lower back with them wider apart. The fabric is so sheer you can see the very narrow seams and a corset cover straps beneath it. The blouse blouses down from the yoke and is cinched in by the skirt waist.
Portrait of the same, but with Sini facing to the front and gazing at the viewer. The light is quite pretty. The front yoke of the blouse has been sewn in a way that looks seamless, with one repeating pattern of the embroidery running across the yoke seam, without any visible seams. The high collar has been made likewise. The hat has some nice dotted veiling and Sini is wearing a curly orange wig, which covers up some of the blouse, but the portrait itself is lovely.
A very very close up photo of the collar in progress, with a repeat of the embroidered pattern being sewn on another piece, going crosswise. The embroidered bit has a continuing line of embroidery that surrounds a chained circle motif, and this is in the process of being sewn down by hand with a tiny needle, with an absolutely tiny seam allowance. The stitches themselves are nearly invisible, the white thread getting lost in the white embroidery. There is a seam gauge and scissors for scale. The scale is minuscule.
Photo of the same, from the reverse, and from the bust yoke seam, finished. The repeat of the embroidery pattern has been sewn as an insertion, the top part overlaid across the yoke, flat, and the clipped and trimmed seam allowances whipstitched with incredibly small stitches. The bottom part is a strategically gathered shirt body, the pattern of the embroidery matching on one bit, and being relatively close elsewhere. There is a 10 eurocent coin for scale, which is tiny.
#sewing #historicalcostuming #Edwardian
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Sini Tuulia
Sini Tuulia
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Indeed! "I could do this by machine and it would be fine. But I can also spend hours doing it by hand just to show off, and that's the true Edwardian way isn't it" 😄​

Also the hat that is wider than my shoulders, I felt it was very accurate.

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