RE- making an 1890s walking skirt : A Victorian slow fashion sewing vlog

I made a Victorian walking skirt four years ago. Now I'm better at skirt making and sewing, so I did a Victorian style clothing flip to make this 1890s skirt better! Join me for a cozy studio vlog and sew with me as I enjoy the slow fashion magic of remaking old clothes. Use code SnappyDragon20 to get 20% off your first Hooks and Needles box! https://hooksneedles.com/discount/SnappyDragon20?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fhooks-needles-subscription-box&utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=SnappyDragon I've been making historical costumes for years now, and I've learned so much more about skirtmaking than when I was first making a walking skirt. So it's easy to wonder, what should I do with my old sewing projects? The beauty of Victorian fashion, like modern ethical fashion, is that rebuilding clothes was expected! Knowing how to resize clothes and how to fix old clothes was no big deal, and so was reworking old clothes and sewing projects to update your style. So I took this five-gore 1890s walking skirt plus the two yards of fabric I had left over, and completely rebuilt it, adding two more gores, a horsehair hem with wool hem braid, and a pocket I can actually use. There's a lot that goes into learning how to repair old clothes! For this Victorian walking skirt, I first took apart all the pieces, including the placket. Then, I used a different skirt pattern to adjust the original 5 pieces, and draft two new ones for a fuller hem sweep. After sewing all the pieces