Grime Guard

To prevent cross-stitch fabric of a larger project to become dusty/dirty, I made a simple grime guard. It is just a rectangle that can be made into a tube using safety pins. It is meant for the one large project I'll be stitching in hand.

At the time I made this, it seemed very useful, but now, after a few months, I hardly use it at all. We'll see if it gets more use in the future....

 

Patroon/ Pattern: zelf getekend/ self-drafted
Maat/ Size: 15x58cm (finished sizes)
Stof/ Fabric: katoen/ cotton

1787

This month an important historical event will be celebrated in our village and I have been asked if I will participate at the crafts fair/ farmers market. Of course, I will, but preferably not in my 21st century clothes. As the original event took place late 18th century I decided to do a little research on fashion during that time period, with the focus on the poor and middle class woman. (All those 18th century gowns look amazing, but the people who could afford them wouldn't be selling vegetables on a farmers market.)

In the end I decided not to make a historically correct outfit, for various reasons:
-1 time only event
-time restrictions (research, pattern making and putting the items together would have taken a lot of time)
-costs (meters and meters of fabric needed)

Some colleagues came up with the idea to make something simple for the four of us: a simple skirt (made from curtains) and a scarf, to wear with a rtw white blouse or shirt. In addition I decided to make an apron to go over the skirt, as was common in those days, and a cap (inspiration and tutorials are linked below).

For the apron I used some cotton fabric that I was gifted years ago and the cap is made from an old cotton bed sheet.




Tutorials/ Inspiration:
algemeen/ general:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUmO7rBMdoU

mutsje/ cap:
http://www.couturemayah.info/eng18th%20century%20caps.html
http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/frauen/18hauben.shtml
http://artbeautyandwell-orderedchaos.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-to-make-18th-century-cap.html
http://www.mutsenmaker.nl/ontwikkeling%20en%20groei.htm (in Dutch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wS9EaXU2AI

schort/ apron:
http://colonialwilliamsburg.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Under-the-Redcoat/G0000_W6aBiVlKIU/I0000eiQNkMYl2XE
http://villagegreenclothier.com/showroom/othergarments.html

Jalie Pika/ Isabelle - test

Het is er deze zomer eindelijk van gekomen: J heeft haar verjaardagscadeautje van 2 jaar geleden uitgezocht. Het wordt een sportieve set met een sport-bh/top en een capri legging. Wat betreft de patronen is Jalie weer favoriet: de top wordt de Pika en de legging de Isabelle.

J's verjaardagscadeautje van dit jaar was een test setje om te kijken of de maten goed zijn. Deze set heb ik gemaakt van stoffen die ik al in huis had, waarvan een ook gebruikt is voor deze leggings.

Achteraf ben ik erg blij dat ik deze proefset gemaakt heb, want het broekje bleek toch wat aan de kleine kant.

Patroon/ Pattern: Jalie 3679 - Pika & Jalie 3674 - Isabelle
Maat/ Size:
Stof/ Fabric: travel stof, matte lycra, lycra