Eva's historical costuming blog

The gown has been finished for a couple of weeks, and the chemisette for abotu a week, and today I had the energy to get dressed and take ph...

Ever since I saw the Dutch 17th century paintings of people skating some 20 years ago, I have wanted to make one of those outfits. I have ma...

 As you can see on the images I shared in this post many of the ladies in the images have decorated sleeves on their shifts. And soemtimed ...

I've wanted to do this ever since I started making Regency clothes again two-three years ago. But Gothenburg doesn't have very cold ...

In the end I decided to line the pellote with thin wool, because I had it at home. Some reading about the tighter sayas from Las Huelgas sho...

 And technically the last of 2020, since I cut out the pieces before our New Year's Eve dinner, so that I would have some hand sewing fo...

 Well, as we all know there weren't any costumed events after the beginning of March, except a few picnics, and online SCA events, but I...