Free Articles, Patterns and Instructions on MaraRiley.net:
How to Draft an 18th Century Shift
How to Make a Pair of 18th Century
Stays
Notes on 18th Century Knitting
17th / 18th Century Common Stockings
(notes)
Chart for 18th Century Stockings
Shortgowns (includes notes on
drafting your own)
Other sources of online patterns and instructions:
17th
c. costume on ReconstructingHistory.com
18th
c. costume on ReconstructingHistory.com
18th
c. Patterns, Hairstyles etc. on marquise.de (in German)
Battle Road Clothing
& Accoutrements: clothing & other information for a late
18th c. impression
Compagnie des
100 Associes -- interesting articles (in French) on French colonial
sabots and corsets blanc
How to Make an
Elizabethan Corset (can be modified for 18th c. wear; see instructions
above)
Men's
shirts (16th-18th c.), women's 16th-17th c. shifts, at fabrics-store.com
NWTA patterns page
Pattern
for knitting a Monmouth Cap
Commerical patterns can be found online at:
Burnley &
Trowbridge
Fig Leaf Patterns
Five Rivers -- carries a
wide variety of patterns
Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc.
-- also sells some items for early 19th c. and Rendezvous impressions,
so know what you're looking for before buying
Kannik's Korner
La
Fleur de Lyse -- patterns for 18th c. French colonial impressions
Past Patterns
-- has a new 1796 gown pattern
ReconstructingHistory -- wide range of period pattern, multiple sizes per pattern
Smoke & Fire -- sells
items ranging for impressions ranging from Medieval through Civil
War
Before you buy patterns,
you might want to visit The
Great Pattern Review, courtesy of the Greater Bay Area's Costumer's
Guild.
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