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Sewing a Basic Shift from 1830's Instructions
DescriptionI used instructions from the 1838 sewing manual The Workwoman's Guide to make a historical chemise. #gussets 0:22 Background 1:20 Planning 2:10 Cutting out 3:21 Mantua-maker's seam 4:56 Nitty-Gritty 6:25 Assembly 9:30 Ta-da! The book is available for free online, so you can make yourself some gigot sleeves, a quaker More
I used instructions from the 1838 sewing manual The Workwoman's Guide to make a historical chemise. #gussets
0:22 Background
1:20 Planning
2:10 Cutting out
3:21 Mantua-maker's seam
4:56 Nitty-Gritty
6:25 Assembly
9:30 Ta-da!
The book is available for free online, so you can make yourself some gigot sleeves, a quaker bonnet, or "a waistcoat for an invalid boy of the working class," if that's what you need.
https://archive.org/stream/workwomansguide00hale#page/59/mode/1up/search/working+class
The music I used was Gaúcho by Chiquinha Gonzaga (performed by Markus Staab, with changes made) and Swipesy Cakewalk by Scott Joplin (performed by "E's Jammy Jams" lol).
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