The (Mildly Chaotic) Making of a Victorian Petticoat

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Books mentioned, including ‘Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques’ and Bertha Banner’s ‘Household Sewing With Home Dressmaking’ can be found on my bookshop.org list of suggested dress history book recommendations: https://bookshop.org/shop/bernadetteb....
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Bertha Banner’s ‘Household Sewing With Home Dressmaking’ is also available free electronically on Google Books: https://play.google.com/books/reader?...
Agnes Walker’s ‘Manual of Needlework and Cutting Out’ (free electronic copy): https://archive.org/details/krl003663...

MATERIALS USED:
Silk taffeta (3 yds): Burnley & Trowbridge in color ‘Ivory’: https://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/...
Insertion lace (2.5 yds used, 4.5 yds needed): Mokuba, NYC
Hem lace (4.5 yds): Mokuba, NYC
Silk thread: Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC
Hooks & eyes (x3 pairs): Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC

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Music:
‘Secrets of the Earth’ by Lama House, epidemicsound.com
‘Progressive Progress’ by Howard Harper-Barnes, epidemicsound.com
‘Gentle Waves’ by Francis Wells, epidemicsound.com
Prelude No. 7 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/preludes/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/
‘Hoards’ by Jo Wandrini, epidemicsound.com
‘What Might Have Been’ by Francis Wells, epidemicsound.com
‘Tranquility Sphere’ by Francis Wells, epidemicsound.com
‘The Hot Seat’ by Philip Ayers, epidemicsound.com
‘Charmed Encounter’ by Arthur Benson, epidemicsound.com
‘Meet Me in Montmartre’ by The Fly Guy Five, epidemicsound.com