Her War

Interpreting Women's Lives during the American Civil War

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Cold Weather Clothes: Wool Petticoat

My latest warm clothing piece is a wool petticoat. I did not use a pattern for this; however, I did rely on handouts from Carolann Schmitt from a class on wool petticoats. I used a red wool twill, 60 inches wide, by two yards. I had some left over.   Wool petticoats typically were attached to a thinner fabric, which in turn was pleated into the waist band; the wool […]

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Winter Fabrics

This post will be short; it is only to show the various fabrics I bought today for the different pieces of winter clothing I plan to make for a winter event in Vermont in February. First the Petticoat. This is a wool twill. I plan to make it up pretty plainly at first and add embellishment as I have time. I also looked at a beautiful yellow flannel wool but […]

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