Congratulations #KateBashford who won this year’s @costumesociety.org.uk Patterns of Fashion Awards with this stunning replica of a 1730s riding habit from the collection at Snowshill Manor. She even cast the pewter buttons! #fashionhistory #18thCentury #patternsoffashion

While Janet Arnold's patterns of fashion books are great for patterns, did you know that they also contain lovely closeups of archived embroidery? For example, these charming Jacobean creatures!
#patternsoffashion #JanetArnold #embroidery #needlework #art #textiles #sewing

Femke, my intern, finished her three layered ruff. She sewed it, and shaped it herself, by using rice starch and electric curling irons…

#ruff #historicalcostuming #starched #patternsoffashion #molensteenkraag
#sewing #handsewing

Look at what just showed up on my doorstep!!! Eeee! I'm thrilled! I've had Patterns of Fashion 1 for literal decades but 5 and 6 are now in my clutches and I can't wait to dive in! #patternsoffashion #historicaldress #historicaleuropeandress

Read Verity Joy's full Student Story to discover her experience and creative process in becoming a finalist for the Patterns of Fashion award.

#artsuniversitybournemouth #patternsoffashion #historicalcostume

1560 lady’s jerkin for an SCA arts and sciences contest. Based on the youth’s jerkin in Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion. #HistoricalCostume #PatternsOfFashion #SCA #SocietyOfCreativeAnachronisms #costumes