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WIP: Madeleine Part 3 Plus Fashion Research

July 4, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionSewingWIP Wednesday

Pattern pieces for Madeleine's head and ear in four different sizes. Madeleine's pattern is set enough that it's time to start trying out different sizes for her. Consequently, I took a clean set of the pattern pieces to the local Staples yesterday an ...

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I Blame Folkwear OR Why I Sew Historical Clothing

July 2, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment FashionOrigin StoriesSewing

Here's Folkwear's logo I was in college when I came across my first Folkwear pattern. If I remember correctly, I found it in a fabric shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Square these days has a lot of the same chain stores that ...

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Research

June 13, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionSewing

Getting ready for my next toy idea Shakesbear's new outfit was a trial run for an idea I have been thinking about for a while - patterns for historically costumed teddy bears. I envision Elizabethan bears, Regency English bears, 18th century Versaille ...

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Shakesbear’s New Clothes – Part the Fourth

June 5, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionSewing

In which our hero, radiant as the sunne in splendor, ventures forth into the world new-clad in magnificence. Doing his best Sir Walter Raleigh in flat cap and the World's cutest half cape   In doublet and breeches, the very picture of a re ...

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Shakesbear’s New Clothes – Part 3

May 31, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionSewing

Shirt and breeches are almost finished Work on Shakesbear's new wardrobe continues apace. His shirt and breeches are finished except for the hand sewing, and I am moving on to finish his doublet today. In researching men's Elizabethan clothing, I h ...

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Shakesbear’s New Clothes – Part 2

May 27, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionSewing

I spent Saturday drafting patterns for Shakesbear's new outfit. Shakesbear spent it having pattern pieces pinned onto him to see how they fit. Here are some badly lit photos of what I have so far. Pattern pieces for shirt The new breeches are ba ...

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Shakesbear’s New Clothes

May 23, 2018
by Patricia with 2 Comments DesignFashionSewing

What William Shakesbear looked like in better clad days. About 35 years ago, I bought William Shakesbear. He was one of the V.I.B.s (Very Important Bears) made by North American Bear Company. Others in the series included Amelia Bearhart, Kareem Abdul ...

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Patricia knits, sews, designs toys, writes, costumes community theater productions and sometimes hangs around with William Shakespeare.

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