Help....

If anyone is reading this blog, please i could use some help. If you have something you have been wanting to know... Please send me a message or lease a question. I love to researching anything. I just have a hard time knowing what. If it has anything to do with Historical...
-Clothing
-Cooking
-Stockings ( And how to hold them up)
-Men's Clothing
-Children's Clothing (Boys and Girls)
-Underpinnings ( If it goes under Your Person...)
-Ball Attire
-Coming-Out Gowns for young Lady's
-Gloves
-Shoes
-Hair
-Teen Clothing ( Young Ladies, And Young Men)
-Morning Clothes ( Wrappers for Him and Her)
-The different Stages of Mourning
- Or anything else You can think up!

So in other words...You name it, I will look it up! And if research does not appeal to you, then please give me an idea of something to make.

Thank You for reading this,
Your Humble Servant...
The Milliners Daughter

Yet another try with..... Bonnets

What a Trifling word... Bonnet! Pray do not understand me incorrectly, I truly love and adore bonnets. The way they sit upon the dainty head of a lady. Or the way the ribbons fly all over in the air, creating quite a picturesque moment. It is just the dreaded chore of making and dressing them. My first bonnet was a complete and utter mess, as a result ended in lots of tears ( and hugs from my loving mother). After 6 months of bad luck with nothing but a wad of straw, wax paper, needle and thread. It was time to put bonnet making down for a very LONG time.

After two years... I felt a crazy need to try yet again! So here we are. When i have photo's, i will post them. Just so you know i am using Mrs.Lynch's straw bonnet pattern. Available At thedressmakersshop.com. This pattern was drafted from an original straw bonnet. Will write again when i have photos!!

God bless

Getting Ready For Christmas... IN Stptember

Good Evening to you all,

Last Week my mother came up with the idea for an " Old Fashioned Christmas". So for the past week i have been looking for just the right things to make mt wonderful family. At first it was just going to be make what ever you want kind of a deal, but now it is a Somewhat civil war gift Christmas. The hardest thing do decide will be what to make my daddy and brother. What do you make Guys for a Christmas gift?? One of my sisters already has this planned... She will be making fur lined house slippers with stitching on it.

Here are the ideas i have thus far...

Mom, Wrapper, a Bonnet , A set of underpinnings ( new chemise, drawers, under and over pettis, corset cover, embroidered stockings, and under sleeves) that's all i have for mummy...

Daddy, A VERY loud vest and maybe matching Pants i do not know this yet.

Leigh, wants a wrapper ( she has everything just needs someone like me to put it together for her), a sheer dress, but i realllly want to make her a swiss body and a mesh bodice. I know what you are thinking... Crazy right, well i will not get into tooo much detail right now about that. Maybe a new taffeta skirt.

Buster, Yes he is my brother, the problem with him is he wants things that he will be growing out of as soon as i am done with them. So we shall see what i will be doing for him.

Paige, my pet. I want to make her a swiss waist and a taffeta skirt. Heaven forbid that she and leigh will match... But it would be very cute...

Last but certainly not least...

Daniel, My amazing loving Boyfriend. I will ( knock on wood) be making him a Lounging- smoking Jacket ( No he does not smoke, but it will just be to look epic). I have found the fabric. And will be prcking it up on friday. So i will post a photo or two of the fabric! I really hope he is not reading this.

Good Day to you all,

Last night i started a vest for my father, it is the laughing moon pattern. Thus far it is a great pattern. Easy to understand, the back goes up in the back. All in all a good pattern. Whnei am done with it i will post some photos!

God bless.

Good Day...

Good Day to you all, well as you may know this is my first time to post something upon my blog. So i wish to welcome you all to this blog, what i will be blogging about is historical sewing. That is what i truly have a passion for, and i wish to show that passion with all of you. When i find out how to post photos i will be uploading the stuff i have been working on.

Until then,
Good day and God Bless.
The Millaners Daughter