#edwardian patterns

[sewlastcentury]

I've been bad about updating this blog with new patterns, so as of October 2024, here is everything I offer! All are patterned directly from antique garments in my collection (or collections I was given permission to work with).

Most are sizes XL, XXL, and/or 1X, and I have a couple down to S and several up to 3X.

All patterns have detailed size info in the listing, but for general labels I use this size chart.

Available on Etsy here!

I also have several free corset and brassiere patterns from antiques, 1870s-1920s (graded sizes are available for purchase).

Next pattern up, currently in testing, is this stunning ensemble....

(Should be available by December.)

Happy sewing!!

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1900

Grand Rapids Public Museum

[lemongrad]

Edwardian bicycle trousers! (with bonus shirt collar!)

The trousers are from a light-ish cotton flannel in a brown houndstooth pattern. The button fly was both fascinating and frustrating, but overall I am very pleased with the outcome! Except for the buttonholes.

The shirt was a re-cut of one of my father's old dress shirts, with a fully new collar which was very fun to make. Bonus- reusing the buttons down the front meant I only had to sew one buttonhole (I hate buttonholes)

Both patterns are by Black Snail.

[fashion-from-the-past]

[vintagepatternaday]

Simplicity 9809 from 1981

Misses' Set of Blouses with Lace Trims: Lace trimmed blouses have stand-up collar and long set-in sleeves gathered to buttoned cuffs. View 1 has lace insets and front button closing. View 2 and 3 with front gathered yoke have sleeves gathered to armholes, back zipper and lace yoke and collar.

[historicalhobbyist]

Papers that were dug out of a wall, some explanation under the cut.

When I was a teen, my parents bought a house that was built in the early 1900s. During renovations, my father found a number of fashion magazines and sewing patterns, dating between 1901 and 1904, used as insulation in one of the walls. They then went into a box and into the attic for a good while.

Last time I visited I took the three coloured prints and one of the pattern sheets with me to clean and potentially digitize, especially the patterns because I think it would be fun to try out some of them at some point, even though I don't have much use for that period at the moment.

I think it might be useful to digitally seperate the different patterns that were printed on top of each other to make working with them just a little bit easier.

For now, my main goal was to stop the papers from spilling dirt everywhere every time they're touched. I started with dusting them off with a (new) make-up brush and then taking a dirt eraser to the stains. I'm very happy with how vibrant the colours were under all that dust.

Below is the "front page" of the patterns after the brush and then the dirt eraser.

Luckily, the paper is mostly in pretty good condition, apart from torn edges and sometimes missing chunks (see illustration below, which I'm very sad about because it might be my favourite). The worst is obviously the century of dirt everything was buried in.

Finally, the back of the pattern sheet. It was pretty clean already, as it is completely on the inside when the page is folded.

Updates probably coming at some point as I figure it out. If anybody knows anything about these publications, I'd be very happy to hear it.

[ghw-archive]

[walkman-cat]

Happy Storyteller Saturday! For Eidolon Vetch, how much of your stuff is backstory/worldbuilding, and how much is the main story? 50% worldbuilding 50% main story? 80% worldbuilding, 20% main story? Tell us some more! :)

happy storyteller saturday!! thank you for the ask

Up until (I think) earlier this year, Eidolon Vetch was 90% backstory and worldbuilding, and about 10% actual plot I thought I'd include (which was mostly a vague outline of Kit and Orpheus meeting and their first case). I've got a bad habit of thinking only about worldbuilding, backstory, and filler scenes instead of actual plot lol :').

However, this year is the Year of Cecil Meyers (my beloved) and I've decided that 1. he's now the second protagonist after Kit, and 2. the narrative will be split between Kit in the present and Cecil over the course of the past 6 years. This means that a lot of what I'd previously considered just backstory (ie. Cecil and Orph meeting-- which i've thought about extensively, their first case, Cecil's gossip friends teasing him over Orph etc) counts as main story now :D. Worldbuilding still is the bulk of Eidolon Vetch though!

To be honest, I'm fine with Eidolon Vetch being mostly worldbuilding and backstory for the time being– though it's a story I love and I'm excited to share I'm not planning on actually writing it for a while yet, and for now I'm content with designing silly little costumes and putting my lads into Situations.

[mousemannation]

im in such a drawing mood and I have wips of andy (murray), carlos, and jannik but it's the last week of term and I have a lawwwwwt of sewing to do 😭😭 RAAAAAAAH

[sewlastcentury]

New pattern now in testing phase! If all goes well, this'll be up on Etsy in a couple of weeks.

The original garment is a c. 1905 wool, velvet, and chenille-embroidered jacket (suitable for a walking ensemble or dinner dress alike - it probably would have gone over a pretty shirtwaist & had a matching skirt) with a 40” (101cm) bust & max waist of 36" (91cm).

I tried on a mockup and the back fits very well, so I’m calling this an L/XL size and have included a bust extension to 43”, though this can also be worn open for larger busts.

Edit: Available on Etsy here! <3

[janebolt]

It's good when there is a replacement of faces, one click and now I'm from 1919

[love-for-carnation]

A small Edwardian mahogany and upholstered settee covered in floss silk floral needlework worked with a repeat pattern design with a carnation motif against a stylised trellis pattern, early 20th century

[timetravelbypen]

Edwardian 13 Cosplay part 2: the shirt! I really love the very slight circular pattern on the fabric, just the teeeeeniest hint of some Gallifreyan influence there. Also, fittingly, most collared shirts, including this one, have 13 buttons. :) Cotton fabric from Burnley & Trowbridge. Buttons once again from Pacific Trimming. Pattern by Truly Victorian. Entirely hand-sewn by me.

I think I want to share some more of my sewing On Here (largely because I hate instagram for a number of reasons).

And also because this sewing project is quite silly and fandom tumblr will appreciate it more.

I wondered, one day, what the Thirteenth Doctor would wear if she had gotten stranded in the past with Yaz. And because I am me, I decided to make it.

Edwardian bicycle trousers in teal wool (from Woolsome in Poland, because they had the right color!). Buttons from Pacific Trimming in New York. Pattern from Black Snail Patterns. Entirely hand-sewn by me. Assistance by cat.

[darkandstormydolls]

Just finished a shirt and a skirt today that are both Victorian-inspired but also made with Joann’s clearance Halloween trims, and I feel that describes my clothing style pretty perfectly

[nonasuch]

Talking to a customer about classic children’s lit and how many of them firmly believe that fresh air and sunshine will cure any number of unspecified Victorian illnesses. I mentioned The Secret Garden and how much I like that the protagonists are basically just feral gremlin children who are very unpleasant to be around until they somehow manage to socialize each other.

Then I said, out loud, “on a scale of Sarah Crewe to Mary Lennox, how well did you handle being raised by a nanny in Edwardian India,” and realized that tumblr really has ruined my speech patterns for all time.