Patterns for Revolutionary - Victorian - Civil War - Gold Rush - Wild West - Regency

Laughing Moon #102 - Ladies' Victorian Corset Covers, Petticoats & Bustle Sewing Pattern.

Folkwear #116 - Shirts of Russia & Ukraine - Unisex Sewing Pattern

Folkwear #116 Shirts of Russia & Ukraine pattern features popular shirts, worn by late 19th-century peasants and nobility alike. They reflect a merging of European and Central Asian textile traditions, creating a unique folk art. All three shirts are narrower than many ethnic styles; each has a high snug collar, a lined shoulder area, and narrow side panels. 

View A is typical straight-sleeved Ukrainian shirt; the center front opening has facings turned to the outside and closes with hooks and eyes. 

View B, from North-Central Ukraine, features an overlap side closing. The sleeves are gathered into narrow cuffs; cuffs and collar may be fastened with hooks and eyes or traditional button-and-loop closures. 

The off-center side placket in View C is a Russian feature. Its folded construction conceals a buttoned closing. 

In all three styles, the collar, sleeve hems or cuffs and front opening may be left untrimmed, finished with braid, or embroidered. Authentic embroidery designs are given for each style.

Pattern runs small.  Please size up a size to give yourself enough room for any adjustments. Folkwear recommends you ease the collar into the neck, hand basting first to get the ease correct. 

Patterns - Folkwear #201 Prairie Dress.

Folkwear #204 Missouri River Boatman's Shirt pattern. This loosely fitted knee-length shirt was worn by raftsmen and fur traders on the Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers in the mid-19th century. It is frequently dipicted in the paintings of George Caleb Bingham. Full sleeves with underarm gussets are gathered and attached into a shoulder yoke. A narrow or convertible cuff may be used. A neck gusset set into the shoulders gathers into a simple turned-back collar, which is loosely fastened with a tape tie. The bottom tf the front oepning was oftern strengthened with a needle-lace godet and decorated with the wearer's initials in cross-stitch. The long side opeinings were also reinforced. Our boatman's Shirt can be worn today by men as an overshirt, or shortened to tuck in. The original length is tunic length on women.

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Patterns - Folkwear #206 Quilted Prairie Skirt.

Laughing Moon #105 - Sewing Pattern for Saloon Girl - Can-Can Dancer - Dance Hall - Carnival - Circus Performer

Truly Victorian #108, Grand Bustle - Petticoat Bustle Sewing Pattern. All sizes included in one envelope.

Truly Victorian #TV141 - 1858 Round Cage Crinoline - Hoop Skirt Pattern. All sizes included in one envelope.

Laughing Moon Mercantile #112 - Civil War Hoop Skirt and Bustle Sewing Pattern, 1856-1900. All sizes from 4-36 included in pattern.  Priced per pattern.

Reconstructing History #RH940 - Inverness Coat or Sherlock Cape Sewing Pattern

Look like your favourite movie star in your own Sherlock Holmes Inverness Coat. The Inverness Coat is really more of a cape than a coat. Starting as a single-breasted variation of the Ulster, in the 1870s the cape stopped going all the way around the back and was instead sewn into the armholes in the rear. In the 1880s, sleeves were deemed unnecessary and the armhole was cut away to accommodate movement. Thus the flowing outer garment made famous by Sherlock Holmes was born!

This easy-to-use pattern (based on an original tailor's draft from the period) helps you make a fabulous Inverness Coat!

Fits chests 38" to 54". All sizes in one envelope.

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Reconstructing History #RH838 - Regency Evening Dress Sewing Pattern

Do the Empire in style!

One of the stars of the Regency period is the white muslin evening dress. Adorned with multicolour and metal embroidery on the sleeves and hems, the true beauty of the gown was the excellence of the sheer muslin fabric and its beautiful simplicity. The fineness of stitching of the seams and gathering is exquisite and shows all your skill as a seamstress.

This easy-to-use pattern, based on extant and pictorial examples, helps you make your own lady's evening dress circa 1805.

Fits busts 30"- 50". All sizes in one envelope.

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Reconstructing History #RH832 - 18th century Women's Underpinnings Sewing Pattern

Use our Underpinnings pattern for all your 18th century skivvies!

Ladies, no matter what you wear on the outside, you need the right foundation garments on the inside. Use this pattern, based on extant examples, to make your own shifts, pocket hoops, and hooped petticotes. Also includes instructions for other varieties of hoops like panniers.

Fits busts 28"-50". All sizes in one envelope.

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Reconstructing History #RH833 - 18th Century Corset Sewing Pattern

Colonial, Georgian, and Revolutionary Corsets. 

Full-size paper patterns with complete instructions and historical notes for stays (corsets) circa 1740s-1790s based on extant examples.

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Fits busts 28″-50″. All sizes included in one envelope.

Laughing Moon #BCP-1 - Dore Victorian Corset Sewing Pattern. Ladies Victorian Underwear 1840s-1890s.  This is ideal to use with the Corset Making DVD.  

Truly Victorian #E21 - 1903 Trumpet Skirt - Edwardian Historical Pattern

Truly Victorian #294 - 1891 French Fan Skirt - Historical Belle Epoche Pattern

Truly Victorian #422 - 1881 Dinner Bodice - Historical Sewing Pattern

Truly Victorian #304 - 1875 Square Overskirt.  Historical skirt pattern from Truly Victorian patterns, features a apron style skirt with smooth front and gathers at the side and back.   All sizes included in pattern, Sizes XS-XXL, waist 20" - 40". Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #382 - 1886 Asymmetrical Drapery Add-on. An asymmetrical front and back drapery that can be added to pattern TV261 the Four Gore Underskirt pattern.  All sizes included in pattern, Sizes XS-XXL, waist size 20" - 40".  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #101 - 1870-1880 Petticoat with Wire Bustle. Create a moderate size bustle from this pattern, with center front closure.  One size fits most, up to 56" hip.

Truly Victorian #368 - 1887 Waterfall Overskirt - Late Bustle Era 1883-1889.  Multi Sized pattern, all sizes included in pattern.  Up to hip 56".  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #221 - 1878 Tie-Back Underskirt - Natural Form Era 1877-1882. A traditional 5 gore skirt with full back width.  Multi sized pattern with hip up to 56".  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #247 - 1865 Elliptical Skirt - Pre Hoop and Hoop Era 1837 - 1869  Styled to be used during the late and post Civil War period, it is a gored skirt that is fitted to the waist.  Multi sized pattern with waist up to 42".  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #261-R  -  1885 Four Gore Underskirt  - Late Bustle Era 1883-1889. This skirt can be made flat in back, to be worn with an overskirt or with the back bouffant. Fits over TV101 Bustle Petticoat.  Multi sized pattern with waist up to 46".  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #460B - 1885 Bustle Cuirass Bodice - Size Group B - Late Bustle Era 1883-1889.  This bodice is high necked for day wear, or can be cut a low square neck for evening with small mutton sleeve or ball gown sleeve.  Multi sized pattern up to bust size 56".  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #600 - 1869 Princess Dress for Young Girls.  All sizes included in pattern, from 3-7.  Priced per pattern.

Truly Victorian #E30 - 1911 Narrow Panel Skirt - Historical Skirt Pattern

Truly Victorian #560 - 1880's Late Bustle Coat - Historical Coat Pattern.

Truly Victorian #498 - 1898 Eton Jacket - Historical Jacket Pattern.