The Tudor Revolution

  Well beautiful humans, it has been a ruff 9 months of recovery, physical therapy, and at times bed rest. Today we are going to discuss the hand sewing project I was going to work on the day I injured myself, and the 4 months it took to complete it while I relearned to walk and strengthen my leg. In this project I used: - lace I purchased from DSA Threads which I already post a video of me prepping: www.dsathreads.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7BGTNOgGUI -Linen Sewing Thread and hand needle -Beeswax -Fine Linen Remnant -Straight pins -Chalk -Breakfast tray Other costumers and sewists have been reacting to their projects in 2022, and honestly this took up so much of my sewing time. I had to table some of my other projects while I could not stand because I could not cut out the fabric for next steps. This project was something I could work on through. I've never before make an iconic 16th century ruff before and the project had a lot of personal meanings and hang ups fo...

  Bernadette Banner has becoming a staple in the historical costuming community for her YouTube channel, research into late 19th century clothing, and of course, her sewing experiments. So why am I reviewing it? I d on't really work in the same time period as Bernadette after all, and my audience prefers earlier periods I see. As an accomplished sewist in my own right, I spend quite a bit of time helping others learn how to sew. For years I've had new sewists work really well while we are together, but then when they go home to do finishing they get lost. This new resource helps to bring the historical hand sewing into a format which is more friendly for beginners learning how to sew. As of the time of recording this book has reached #1 on Amazon for Sewing and Needlework (and is make in stock now!) Congratulations Bernadette for reaching #3 on the New York Times Best Seller List for How-To/Advice! If you have not checked this book out, I would recommend reading it and apply...

  Hello Beautiful Humans! Thank you for your patience this week with my technical difficulties. I promise it will be worth it because I was able to make some more edits to my video to make it more fun. This is a project I am making to go with a new medieval dress that one of my friends is making, and I thought a few of you might be interested in how I stitch these tiny hems on silk veils. My secret with the fabric is particularly flimsy is starch. Starch is a material that is available in Europe by the 16th century and is used to set riffs, and hide glue was also being used to stiffen buckram for interlining garments and hats. I'm going to call the idea of starching difficult fabric for sewing historically plausible, even if they would have been cooking starch rather than using a convenient spray bottle. the Elizabethan Costume Group on Facebook has lots of great information in its archives on starches and buckram if you want a deeper dive. This video was not sponsored by Targe...

  Hello there Beautiful Humans! If I am being honest with us all, this dress did not fit before the pandemic started either. I mad this dress when I was fresh out of college, living on a military base, and in very good shape. I am still in fair shape, but no where near that lean, and I still love this dress. When I made it I was living in Arizona and could only really wear it for a few months our of the year due to the heat. Historically people did not often throw out clothes that don't fit like we do today. 1 gown could cost a significant portion of a laborer's wages to just replace. Instead of buying all new garments all the time they would altar, mend, and redecorate older outfits to accommodate for weight changes, wear and tear, or repurposing of garments. Janet Arnold in Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd even discusses tailor bills indicating that she was not wasting the expensive materials her clothes were made from. Instead she has several dresses that were ...