By February 2013 I had gotten my “ball” gown ready enough to wear. I’d been to a few reenactments (Summer 2012 – posts will follow at some point!), and was excited to hear about the Grand Military Ball in Canton, Ohio. (Edited to add: the ball is called the Ohio Regimental Military Ball [SK 2/17/2014])I
Category: Year: 1860s American Civil War
Tucked petticoat
Posting some older items, to catch up with what I’m working on now! Garment Data:– Type: Petticoat– Date made: February 2, 2013– Pattern: Self drafted– Fabric: Cotton – a basic muslin, white– Trim: none (but with 3 tucks)– Time to finish: don’t know– Notes: meant for closest to the body – beneath the hoops. Three
Learning possible Civil War hairstyles
Posting some older items, to catch up with what I’m working on now! I used this hairstyle for Painesville 2012. Data:– Type: 1860s Hairstyle– Date made: /– Pattern: braided + ringlets– Fabric: n/a– Trim: n/a– Time to finish: About an hour, I think.– Notes: This is at the end of the day, so the ringlets
First Civil War Dress!!!
Posting some older items, to catch up with what I’m working on now! Garment Data:– Type: “Ball Gown” (by cut (mostly), not by fabric.)– Date made: On loan to me, but with permission to alter if necessary– Pattern: unknown– Fabric: generic quilting cotton– Trim: polyester (?) pleated– Time to finish: n/a– Notes: Of course, I
Painesville reenactment, 2012/1862
Hello! Since I’ve now stepped into Civil War reenacting, during the 150th anniversary cycle, many of my posts from now on will be related to the Civil War era. I’ll also be trying to organize the blog a little better, so you may start to see “labels” applied to old posts too, which should make