Absolute Frivolity: making a Victorian Sewing Apron & Embroidered Regency Reticule

I'm using up some fabric scraps to make some frilly 19th-century accessories: a circular regency reticule embellished with ribbon embroidery based on an authentic design pattern, and an early Victorian silk apron. Come make pretty things with me today and sew that stash!


** PATTERNS **
Fig Leaf Aprons pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/11003639...
Circular Regency Reticule Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/mx/listing/10993...


** TUTORIALS **
Colonial (not continental!) knots: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-t...
Tassels:    • Making a tassel on a cord  


** IMAGE CREDITS **
Tinted Photograph: https://historydaily.org/hand-tinted-...
Red and black stripe apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Brown embroidered apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Beige embroidered apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Mint with fringe apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Blue check with ruffles apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Black with blue and lace apron: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
1831 Fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
1833 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
1834 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
1836 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
1839 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
1840 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
Sept 1840 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...
1847 fashion plate: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem...

18th Century fashion plates: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collect...
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/3...

Godey's Ladies Book: https://archive.org/details/godeyslad...
https://archive.org/details/godeyslad...
https://archive.org/details/godeyslad...

Reticules:
https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2...
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/5...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/7...

Ackerman's Repository images: https://archive.org/details/repositor...

Beaded embroidery bag: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collect...


** MUSIC **
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