Daily Archives: October 20, 2015

Gigot Sleeve Dress INTERMEDIATE By Thimbles and Acorns Available in 18-inch and 16-inch doll sizes designed to fit American Girl®, A Girl for All Time® and Other Similarly Sized Dolls. This 1830s era dress pattern features full Gigot sleeves that snaps at the wrist for a fitted forearm that sets off the […]

1830-01 ~ Gigot Sleeve Dress

October 20, 2015 in Patterns / Patterns and Supplies / Posts / Thimbles and Acorns Patterns by Shari

The freedom and liberty fought for in the American and French Revolutions fanned the embers of the Industrial Revolution where innovations in textile production, steam power, and iron making led the way to changes in industry that would influence almost every aspect of daily life throughout the 19th century. After […]

Romantic Fashion

October 20, 2015 in 1800s Regency and Victorian / Historical Tidbits by Shari

Double Cape and Bonnet — Keepers Dolly Duds Designs Pattern #KDD-18-16 “Double Cape” Pattern #KDD-18 Double Cape and Bonnet Available in two sizes designed to fit American Girl®, A Girl for All Time®, and other similarly sized dolls. This Regency inspired design pattern makes a fully lined collared cape with an optional over-cape and large brimmed […]

KDD18-16 ~ Double Cape

October 20, 2015 in Keepers Dolly Duds Patterns / Patterns by Shari

Up until the early 19th century, a shirt was considered underwear and it would have been indecent for a man to go out in public without a vest or jacket worn over it. They were all made from the same basic Square Cut pattern which was little more than a […]

The Bib Front Shirt

October 20, 2015 in 1860s Civil War / Historical Tidbits / Newsletter / October 2015 by Shari

Civil War Shirt INTERMEDIATE By Thimbles and Acorns Available in 18-inch doll size designed to fit American Girl® and Other Similarly Sized Dolls. Born in 1867, Laura Ingalls Wilder had the privilege of witnessing a whole period of American history; the frontier, the woods, the Indian country of the great plains, […]

1860-01 ~ Civil War Shirt

October 20, 2015 in Patterns / Patterns and Supplies / Posts / Thimbles and Acorns Patterns by Shari