1900's Shirtwaist

[atherleisure]

In a continuing effort to catch up on things I did last year but never posted...

I made a shirtwaist out of a satin-striped cotton lawn for Costume College last year. I used the Wearing History Edwardian era blouse pattern with the high round neck and 3/4-length sleeves. The only alteration I made was to take in the collar. The neck on the bodice seemed good, but the collar stood out from my neck quite a bit so I took in the top.

I used a combination of machine and hand-sewing since I did a chunk of the work while I was on business travel last July.

Comments

[mala_14]

So lovely!

[atherleisure]

Thanks!

[sewtimely]

Beautiful! What is the skirt pattern?

[atherleisure]

Thank you. The skirt pattern comes from an 1895 issue of Harper's Bazar. It's very similar to the 1898 afternoon dress of gray alpaca in Patterns of Fashion.