Hands on classes available

 

Most classes can be arranged for a minimum of 4 people and a maximum of 20

Supply lists available when class is booked

 

Bustle Era  Skirt- creating a bustle skirt circa 1868-1889

Full day  $45 plus $19.95 pattern see supply list

• Adjusting pattern to your figure
• Appropriate seams
• Period ruffle and pleating techniques
• How to estimate fabric for ruffles
• Hemming techniques
• Overview of styles appropriate to each year

 

Pattern Making and Fitting (Bustle era Bodice)-

$75 student,  $35 optional drafting kit, 3-15 students, All day class (can take 2 days for more intensive study at a cost of $100 student)

·                     How to take good measurements from Marna Jean's measurement chart.

·                     The bodice as it relates to all classes of Victorian ladies.

·                     Drawing paper pattern. Adding seam allowances.

·                     Making allowances for large bust cups.

·                     Cutting your muslin from the paper pattern, Sewing it.

·                     Fitting problems and fixing them.

·                     Adapting your basic bodice to different styles common in the period.

·                     Sleeves, collars and closures for your bodice.

·                     Making the basic sleeve and cuff variations for different years.

·                     Drafting collars for your bodice-the Military, the roll (round) collar, the stand-up collar, the ruffle collar.

·                     How much to allow for button closures, hooks and eyes, laces.

 

Sunbonnets

½ day $25 student plus $16.95 for pattern

• Learn different methods for stiffening bonnet brims- cording, quilting, buckram, & slats
• Correct fabrics and styles for different time frames
• Hand and machine sewing techniques for applying ruffles
• Using machine hemming feet

 

Parasols

Full day-$45 plus pattern $17.95 optional parasol frames and supplies available

• Parasol seams
• Identifying parasols from different periods and appropriate fabrics and trims
• Restoring antique parasols
• Creating period appropriate parasols from inexpensive umbrella/parasol frames
• Re-working handles and frames

 

 

Hat Making- Capote/dressy buckram frame bonnet

$65 full day basic supplies included

• Working with and Forming buckram
• Applying wire
• Covering process
• Creating period appropriate floral decorations
• Curling and shaping feathers

 

Hat Making – Straw hats and bonnets

$55 full day basic supplies included

• Working with and Shaping Straw
• Dying Straw
• Lining and embellishing hats
• Creating appropriate floral decorations
• Curling and Shaping feathers

 

Corset Making- getting a custom fit

$45 bring your own supplies

• How to take appropriate measurements
• Adjusting a pattern to your shape
• Applying boning and busks
• Creating “work stays”
• Tips for a sturdy corset
• Setting grommets

 

Victorian Rag Doll-

$45 pattern included- see supply list

• Creating a “soft” period appropriate lady fashion doll  for 1870-1909 -19” tall
• Dressing your “dolly”

 

Summer/At Home Gown Circa 1876-1881-

Full day  $45 plus $18.95 pattern see supply list

• Adjusting pattern to your figure
• Appropriate seams
• Quick and historically correct finishing/hemming techniques