Absolute Frivolity: making a Victorian Sewing Apron & Embroidered Regency Reticule

I'm using up some fabric scraps to make some frilly 19th-century accessories: a circular regency reticule embellished with ribbon embroidery based on an authentic design pattern, and an early Victorian silk apron. Come make pretty things with me today and sew that stash! *** PATTERNS *** Fig Leaf Aprons pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1100363905/fig-leaf-patterns-256-three-mid-19th Circular Regency Reticule Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/1099383907/pattern-only-regency-circular-drawstring *** TUTORIALS *** Colonial (not continental!) knots: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-make-a-colonial-knot-1177544 Tassels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ8ihSvKxmA *** IMAGE CREDITS *** Tinted Photograph: https://historydaily.org/hand-tinted-photos-of-victorian-girls Red and black stripe apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80056748 Brown embroidered apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/122473 Beige embroidered apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/121942 Mint with fringe apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/122499 Blue check with ruffles apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/122549 Black with blue and lace apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/121799 1831 Fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/fashion/id/1377/rec/2 1833 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/fashion/id/1589/rec/19 1834 fashion plate: https: