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