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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Hancock's Completed Baby Stays
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Monday, December 12, 2011. Mrs Hancock's Completed Baby Stays. As you may remember, I have been struggling with the baby stays project. My last conflict centered around the appropriate fashion fabric. I had used green linen which I learned isn't an appropriate color). So I removed the green linen. And choose Burnley and Trowbirdge's cinnamon camlet. It's a more appropriate weight (the green linen was a little sheer) and a more appropriate color. I attached the new fashion fabric. 6 I ever spent! There ar...
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Portrait of the Week - Deborah Malbone Hunter
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Portrait of the Week - Deborah Malbone Hunter. It's back to Rhode Island and artist Cosmo Alexander, we give you his portrait of Deborah Malbone Hunter of Newport for your consideration. This portrait painted in 1769 is owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County. Deborah was 30 when this was painted, eight years after her marriage to William Hunt (my guess also the age of her daughter in the painting). December 14, 2011 at 5:26 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Miles
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A Rant on Knitting. What was knitted in the 18th C? 8220;Everyone knows” that old time people were frugal and saved money by “doing it themselves”. But.did they? Did an 18th C woman knit herself a lovely garter stitch shawl, happy to save the money for a square of wool fabric? Did she even use. No clue.perhaps a fashion thing? So, what is a knitting-loving reenactor to do? Well, there are a lot of options for knitting! So the do’s:. High end super fine color work silk knit pinballs. And the don’ts:.
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Hancock’s Baby Stays: Finding Fashion Fabric
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Sunday, November 6, 2011. Mrs Hancock’s Baby Stays: Finding Fashion Fabric. As you may remember from my last post. The baby stays need fashion fabric. The wool I had intended to use was a bit too bulky, so I searched my scrap stash (that is, fabrics leftover from previous projects) and I decided to use a scrap of dull green linen because:. A) I have plenty of it. B) It’s a fairly lightweight fabric so it should work well for the summer. Women's stays, mid 18th century Accession Number 1903-135. I had tho...
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Hancock's Pudding Cap Pattern
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Mrs Hancock's Pudding Cap Pattern. The next project for Miss Hancock is an essential 18th century toddler accessory: the pudding cap. The authors of 18thcnewenglandlife.org. My goal is to recreate this example from the V&A:. Child's 'pudding' or safety hat of padded cotton made in the UK between 1775 and 1800. Victoria and Albert Museum Accession Number B.81-1995. The V&A's description says,. Includes a pattern, which I'm using as a guide. I then crossed my fingers that this ...
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Derby
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Mrs Derby has a formal gown for assemblies and other evening gatherings, and a nice wool damask gown that is very suitable for morning household management and perhaps meeting with those of a lower class, but she needs a silk gown for her afternoon calls, a more informal meal, and serving tea. I have a great desire for a pink silk english gown, a la Mrs. Hancock:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is this all about? Mrs Hancocks Pudding Cap Pattern: Part Two. Elizabeth Goldthwait Cummings Bacon.
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Hancock
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My journey as a Crazy Concord Chick. Primarily focuses on researching and creating clothing for my toddler, Little Miss Hancock. This page links to my posts detailing my progress and I hope it will become a helpful resource for other parents looking to create period-correct impressions for their little ones. Part Two: Finding Fashion Fabric. Part Three: Completed Baby Stays. Modeling the Baby Stays. August 27, 2011 at 6:14 PM. Nice catch on the lace! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is this all about?
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Mrs. Revere
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The 21st century got in the way of the 18th century again and I left the blog hanging far longer than I meant to! The cost is worth it. I used to make the comparison that in the 18th century materials were expensive and labor was cheap (thus all the piecing and creative usage) and that in the 21st century, materials are cheap and labor expensive. I realize now that to "do it right". Materials and labor are both expensive in the 21st century. Sad but true. In regards to fabric choices, most reenactor women.
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Crazy Concord Chicks: Portrait of the Week - Seeing Double Redux
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Portrait of the Week - Seeing Double Redux. There was so much story surrounding our two portraits last week, that we really didn't take much time to examine the details of these paintings. So this week, let's revisit our two lovely ladies - The woman in gold being Mary Lathrop and the woman in blue either Susannah Botencou or Sister Botencou Lathrop. Is it a kind of handkerchief? And any thoughts as to what it might be called? December 7, 2011 at 4:27 AM. I find that a silk r...
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Crazy Concord Chicks: March 2012
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Saturday, March 10, 2012. Mrs Hancock's Pudding Cap Pattern: Part Two. On the left is the Pudding Cap from the V&A, on the right is the pudding cap I recreated. I'm proud to say that the pudding cap is done. Here's how it came together. I sewed the four triangles together using backstitches and lightly stuffed them with lambswool. I then sewed the band together with backstitches. I cut a piece of pasteboard that I slipped into the band and then. Using a tension rod, I stuffed it with lambswool. I found t...
