As the time ran away into the days between christmas and the new year, I needed to whip something up for the final HSF challenge this year, nr 26: Celebrate.
Between the christmas and a up-coming move there was really not much time, so I looked at a few of the others HSF participants prevous projects and decided to make a skirt maching the newly modeled 1900s shirtwaist.
It would be a fairly simple project and it would be celebrating my surviving of the entire HSF13.
I searched my stash for apropate fabric and found a burgundy cotton twill that I bought on sale a couple of years ago.
It is not the ideal fabric for this type of garmnent, but both time and money was lacking at the moment so it would have to do.
I drafted a pattern using some diagrams from Waughs “Cut of Womens Clothes”.
I cut and basted the skirt togheter. Then I tried it on and discoverewd the skirt was a bit on the short side, but since it meant to be a walking skirt it will do.
The sewed it togehter and made the tucks in the back and side fastening.
The finished skirt.
While dressing the form and thinking about the perfect way to style the skirt I realised the real celebration it symbilsed: The Suffragets struggel for womens rights.
The skirt togheter with the 1900s Shirtwaist and Suffragete brosh.
And then I dressed up and took a couple of shots in the mirror.
Adding the golden chain to symbolise both the acctual chain the suffragets used during their struggle, and the figuraly chains who even today keeps women from real ecuallity to men.
I’m in love with the symbolism and style of this picture.
Then I manadged to talk my boyfriend into taking some better photos of me in the outfit.
Lets break those chains!
Just the Facts:
Challenge: nr 26 – Celebrate.
What: A 1900s walking skirt.
Celebrate What: The womens rights movement.
Pattern: None, but I studied some pattern diagram from Whaugs “Cut of Womens Clothes”.
Fabric: 2,5 m of burgundy cotton twill
Notions: Thread, hook and eyes.
How Historical Accurate: So so, the shape and fabric of the skirt are acceptable, but the contruction are modern. So about 5/10
Time: 3 hours.
Cost: 100 Sek (11Usd) fabric from stash, but I did buy it one time.
First Worn: On photoshoot on new year.
Final Thougts: I loved wearing this outfit, and already plan on using it for a up-coming suffraget luncheon.
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