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Mantua Maker 1700-2: 1720-1780 Hooped Petticoats includes patterns for both small and simple petticoats, and mid-sized with two hoops.

Price: $8.00

Mantua Maker 1700-3: 1740-1820 Court Hooped Petticoat has approximately a 17" shelf on each side, and comes in French or English styles. It includes several variations in constructions.

Price: $9.00

Mantua Maker 1700-4: 1740-1780 Oblong Petticoats are designed to cover panniers, and are individually adjusted for the panniers' width. They can be made in the wide English style or the narrow French style. The pattern includes ideas for decoration.

Price: $9.00

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Kannik's Korner KK-6102 Woman's Shift

Second Half of the 18th Century

English Style Shift (Chemise)

A full size pattern with stitching instructions, including whip gathered ruffle. This pattern is a composite of similar characteristics found in three extant garments, plus additional documentation.

Includes sizes S-M-L-XL-XXL.

$12.00

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Kannik's Korner KK 6103 Woman's Shift

1790-1820

A full size shift pattern, useful for Empire and Federal style gowns, with a drawstring neckline to help adjust shift to gown neckline, and short sleeves to go with the fashion of the period. Based on original cutting directions, with construction techniques from several extant garments.

Includes sizes XS-S-M-L-XL-2X-3X.

Price: $12.00
OUT OF STOCK

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Kannik's Korner KK-6501 Woman's Bedgown

1730-1770 A full scale pattern, based on the text and illustrations in Description des Arts et Métiers, Art du Tailleur, by M. de Garsault, 1769. Commonly worn by working class women as day wear. Sleeve style is "en pagoda". Upper body and sleeves are lined. Several variations of sleeves and body are discussed. Cut and construction based on the original text (as well as illustrations), common techniques of the period, as well as research on bedgowns.

Original French text and English translation, are included!
Also includes illustrations meticulously redrawn from Garsault.

See the review in Muzzleloader Magazine,
Nov/Dec 1999 issue!

Includes sizes XS-M-L-XL-XXL-XXXL
Pattern KK-6501
$16.00 US each

 707T - Two chemises. Past Patterns 707T - Two chemises. Worn under the corset throughout the 1800's. Generally calf length. Multi-sized 10-20. Tissue pattern.

Price: $14.00.

sm712t.jpg (8k) 712T 712T - Past Patterns Apron front hoop skirt with hoop flounce. Flounce buttons on for added skirt support. 1850's - 1860's. Multi-size waist from 25 1/2 to 39 1/2.

Price: $20.00.

720T - Madame Foy's Skirt Supporting Corset. Past Patterns 720T Madame Foy's skirt supporting corset. Patent dates in the 1860's.

Price: $9.00.

Dayton's Skirt Supporting Corset Past Patterns 703: Dayton's Skirt Supporting Corset

The publisher first published this pattern in 1985 and named it the "1863 Bust Supporting Corset". After researching in patent records, they corrected the historical notes and revised and updated the pattern and the pattern sizes. The corset can be made without the straps to wear under an off the shoulder gown.

Price: $9.00

Truly Victorian 121: 1879 Petticoat with Detachable Train Truly Victorian 108: Grand Bustle. This petticoat bustle is based on an actual garment as seen in Harper's Bazaar magazine. This pattern will create a large sized bustle, perfect for the large, almost hoop-like fashions of 1869-1875. This petticoat has a center front closure, and 5 hoop bones built into the back, and two bones around the entire hem. This design allows for structural support for heavy skirts combined with ease of movement and wearability (you can sit down without making any adjustments to the bustle!!) This petticoat will also fold flat for ease of storage.

Price: $11.00

Truly Victorian 121: 1879 Petticoat with Detachable Train Truly Victorian 121: 1879 Petticoat with Detachable Train. This skirt gives support behind the knees for tied-back style skirts of 1877-1882. It is slim in front, with netting to hold the back with a center front closure. A detachable train buttons onto the hem of the petticoat. Natural Form, does not fit over bustle.

Price: $15.00.

Truly Victorian 201: 1870's Underskirt. Truly Victorian 201: 1870's Underskirt. The full skirt has five front gores and a full width in back. The placket is in the left side back seam. A pocket is in the right side seam. An optional 12" ruffle can be added to the hem. Fits over a bustle.

Price: $14.50.



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