Colonial Period (1493-1776)
As a fabulous extension activity or home economics project, teachers love using our period costumes as teaching tools to bring history to life for their students. "Sewing through History" is an area dedicated to enabling the history lover to have fun learning to sew while creating beautiful reproduction-style costumes. You will be able to learn the basics of sewing while transporting yourself into another era. These patterns, along with their instructions and video tutorials will walk you step-by-step through every project. In no time, you will be creating costumes that you never dreamed you could make! We make sewing SIMPLE!
Colonial Costume Dress
Take a trip back in time to the formation of our country and declare your independence using one of our authentic looking colonial costume patterns. Our colonial dresses have made their way on to many stages for community, co-op and other great performances and are wonderful for revolutionary war reenactments, Sunday church, or just plain old dress-up. Girls of all ages simply love this "Felicity" style dress, so it makes a great Christmas or birthday gift as well. Teachers especially love using our colonial costumes as teaching tools to bring history to life for their students.
Bloomers
These are perfect under a dress or skirt to help you (or your daughter) stay modest, yet remain comfortable. They also work well as a beach cover up, as part of a costume, for re-enactments, or as pajamas. Bloomers are a cute, comfortable and modest wardrobe necessity.
Colonial Style Prairie Bonnet
Get ready for the journey to Plymouth Rock using this pattern for a very period-appropriate, face framing, sweet bonnet with a large, sturdy brim and chin ties. This was a very "en vogue" accessory for the time period, but still looks great today with the most popular fabric designs and colors.
Colonial Style Mop Cap
A mop cap is great fun for playing dress-up, for period-appropriate plays and re-enactments, and more! Right now, you can get your Mop Cap Digital Download for just $4.95! (DVD=$9.95)
Pioneer Period (early to mid 1800's)
Did you know that most Pioneer settler children only owned two outfits and that an outfit which was worn every day was only washed once a week? In just a few days, we'll welcome the first day of autumn for 2009. With autumn arrives the warm fall colors, thoughts of thankfulness, and remembering our brave Pioneers - a group of courageous men and women who ventured into the western frontier to make a new life and home as they settled new land. Jump into history with an exciting extension project that YOU CAN SEW!
Pioneer Dress & Apron
This sweet Pioneer Dress has a lined, squared yoke, a full, gathered skirt, and puff sleeves with an elasticized wrist. The coordinating 3/4 a-line apron is sleeveless, and has a one button closure in the back. (Button holes are simple...watch as we teach you how to make one with your zigzag stitch!)
This is sold together on DVD as a 2-Part SET for only $24.95 or as a DOWNLOAD for $19.95 (a savings of $10!).