1900-1909 Inspiration Pieces

I am going to participate in  "Sew Through The Decades" on Max California's blog aka "Queen of The Trailer Park"   She was inspired by the same challenge over at A Lemon Squeezy Home last year.

First up is 1900-1909 from Jan 16- Jan 22 - 1900-1909.  As I do want to make something that someone will actually wear, I plan on using some of the following for inspiration to come up with a modernized version, although I have not decided for sure what I will make.  If nothing else, could adapt to make Barbie clothes for future grandchildren.

This was spotted over at a blog I follow What I Found which features vintage ads and patterns.

From other searches it seems like cinched waists, corsets, puffy sleeves, gored skirts and scalloped edges were in fashion.






 

A Lemon Squeezy Home came up with the above cute scalloped little girls skirt for her challenge last year

1903 Nine Gored Skirt over at Vintage Pattern Lending Library

 Here are some 1909 aprons for under "working clothes on Wikipedia









Max California posted that she will be focusing mainly on mens fashions for this challenge to see her post click  here.   I plan on figuring out by this weekend what to make and start working on it and will post what I make when I am done.

Corseted Film Strip Jar Candle Holder

Upcycle an old jar and film negatives into a unique candle holder! Items used:

• Jar
• Film negatives
• Crotchet thread (cut into 36-40 inch pieces)
• Yarn needle or wire
• Glue (optional)

I didn't have a yarn needle, so took a small piece of beading wire, folded it in half and twisted it to then threaded the crochet thread through the holes in the negatives. Take the piece of crochet thread (36-40 inches long and thread through the bottom of the negative and center the thread then tie in a knot.

Thread one side of the thread through the holes at least every other hole, weaving back and forth.

Repeat with other side and link negatives and the two pieces for each side together in a knot, then ties into a bow. If the ends are too long, trim to the length you would like. Repeat steps adding another negative to the ones that you have attached together until you have enough to go around the circumference of the jar.

Once you have enough to go around the circumference of the jar, weave the two sides together to form a circle.

Use a tealight or votive to place into the center of the jar

Put the circle of negatives over the jar and tack down a with a bit of glue at the top and bottom of the jar.