How To Darn - But Make it Victorian || How to Repair a Hole in Clothes

*** Sign up for free sewing tutorials and a weekly love letter at https://foundationsrevealed.com/free-level/ *** For us, Victorian sewing often means buying a modern pattern based on original shapes and doing our best to figure it out. Few of us learn how to sew at home or at school these days, but how was this actually taught in schools in the 19th and early 20th century? Well, the manuals for sewing teachers are still out there. Follow along as I attempt to live up to some pretty ambitious Victorian darning standards, with hilarious consequences... Book: Needlework and Cutting Out by Agnes Walker, first published in 1897. Available free online here: https://archive.org/details/krl00366374 This lesson begins on p52, if you want to follow along. Music: 'Ice Fields' by Martin Gauffin 'Progressive Progress' by Howard Harper-Barnes 'This Was Fun' by Gavin Luke 'Life In The Clouds' by Kikoru 'Warmest Regards' by Experia 'With Golden Shoes' by Josef Bel Habib (all from Epidemic Sound) Edited by Sophie Black at @triskellepictures https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1jlA-QrKm5TixZz5rq9YlQ You can also follow me and see my own sewing on Instagram: http://instagram.com/cathy.hay Your letters and cards are welcome at Mr Worth's old place. 7 Rue de la Paix Paris 75002 France If you're in the UK, I also have an address here: 1 Northumberland Avenue Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5BW United Kingdom Please don't send parcels - the fees to have them imported/forwarded to me are expe