Vintage Clothing ?
 

I realize this is a quilting board, but some of the vintage machine people seem to have ties to Civil war era re- enactment, and I am looking to do some more sewing with my vintage machines and I am looking for a nice bib front shirt pattern ( later is fine too, think John Wayne ) So if any of you have info or sources feel free to contact me via PM I would appreciate it . Contact Here is Fine with me, but I don't want to go to far off the Forum topic.

Thank you !
Dan ( chronologically challenged in Alaska )

maybe this will help? http://www.oldtimepatterns.com/civilwarmen.html

Thank you maus! I have looked there, lots of interesting stuff, but not exactly what I am looking for .... the search continues.

Glenn has Graciously offered to help me look !

Have you looked in the pattern books at the fabric stores under the costumes section? You never know what you might find with McCall's, Simplicity and others. Good luck! froggyintexas

Have you looked at Simplicity pattern number 8473? It's an older pattern from 1987.

Actually I found that pattern number and stored it on my phone, went down and looked for it today....unfortunately not in stock, I can order it from second hand channels.. but two things I am impatient ...hoping for a download or local and I am cheap local I can get them on sale for about a buck and they are 12 - 20 bucks on line....thanks all for the help looking...I will end up ordering something ....but haveing choices is Good!

When I had to do costumes for my DD's one-act play contest in Victorian era, I went to the library for research. Of course, I then got a pattern from one of the pattern companies and improvised a little. Fun!

I can't help you with free or local but here are a couple:

I have this pattern and it makes a nice shirt:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7123-UNCUT-V...item2ec6aa3ad0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMPLICITY-8...item5d58114a25

Or you could look at Folkwear: http://www.folkwear.com/

if you are willing to REALLY do it period......

These are the drafting systems I have collected so far. I own the physical copy of Cornwells and McDowell, and I redid the entire Devere's scans page by page to straighten and cleanup the online copy I found.


6.3mb - Cornwells Victorian Cutting Method - 1888
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga...hod - 1888.pdf

9.6mb - Garment Drafting Systems/Devere 1866 v2
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga...re 1866 v2.pdf

518kb - Devere Rulers
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga...ere Rulers.pdf
(note regarding the rulers PDF: if you print it with NO scaling, landscape, on 11x17 paper they will be accurate.

24.6mb - Devere's Ladies Costume Patterns
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga...e Patterns.pdf

2.2mb - McDowell - Using the machine
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga...he machine.jpg

62.4kb - McDowell Drafting Ad
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga...rafting Ad.jpg

2.9mb - McDowell instruction book 1885
http://www.victoriansweatshop.com/Ga... book 1885.pdf

EDIT: to fix links

SteveH- that is so neat! it's on my "someday" list to make a dress using the older methods, and the older machines too.

I do know one person on another board that makes period clothing, and she also does them as accurate as she can. However she goes back a bit older, and does a lot of hand sewing. Me - I'm OK using a treadle, but that is as far back as I want to go.

This is her etsy shop, if anyone is curious about it, and wants to see some of her work.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Heddlesand...es?ref=si_shop