Eva's historical costuming blog

Last Thursday I ran out of hand sewing on our sewing meeting, so in desperation I started on a project that I hasd thoughtthat I wouldn'...

I took a break from planning this spring's teaching and asked Rickard to take photos of me in my new wool redingote and velvet bonnet ou...

My friend Katarina came over for sewing and tea today. She made a 15th century Italian headdress and I made a winter bonnet to wear with my ...

If one, like me, has a fondness for total insanity in hats, there are few decades that beat the 1810s - well, except for the 1820s and 1830s...

So, I have made  redingote from berry red wool with a white pinstripe, and with cuffs and collar from a beige-white velvet. It needs closure...