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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