Sewing a 270 year old pocket entirely by hand because why not | Elise Jean

That's right! ENTIRELY BY HAND, and boy I really need to get a thimble.

After several months, please join me as I unveil some interesting history of 18th century detachable pockets, while I go down a rabbit hole as I try to remake my own pair for my Robe a la Polonaise ensemble.

The pair I attempted to replicate, though not perfectly, but close enough for my liking, lives in the Met Museum dated 1750, colonial America.

**NOTE** This video is not meant to be a tutorial, but merely a documentation of the process I took to make such an elaborate item, and was my first attempt at fully recreating an extant garment by entirely sewing by hand from start to finish.

I hope this inspires you to try your hand at sewing something completely by hand, as well as adding some embroidery into the mix. I find it quite relaxing after a long day.

Please let me know in the comments if you've been working on a project at home that you are proud of!
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Resources:
Extant Pocket: MET Museum | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
"History of Pockets" by Victoria & Albert Museum | http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles...
"The Pocket" by Barbara Burman (reprint July 2020) | https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
"18th Century Embroidery Techniques" by Gale Marsh
"Crime and Punishment in Georgian Britain" by the British Library | www.bl.uk/georgian-britain/articles/crime-and-punishment-in-georgian-britain
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Music:
"Butterflies In Love" by Sir Cubworth (YouTube Library)
"Secrets of the Earth" by Lama House (epidemicsound.com)
"Wake Up and Smell the Tea" by Arthur Benson (epidemicsound.com)
"One Picture, Two Frames" by Martin Gauffin (epidemicsound.com)