Blog | Katherine Sewing

Jun 22, 2020
1 min

My Sewing Story | Mental Health, Mothering, & The Joy of Creating

Sharing my personal story of how I learned to sew, as well as how sewing came to be such an important part of my life.

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Jun 8, 2020
3 min

Regency-Inspired Jacket

Preface this by saying that this jacket was never going to be Regency-inspired. It started out as my “1840’s jacket mock-up” which also...

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May 19, 2020
3 min

Regency-Inspired Dress

The lovely thing abut designing a Regency dress is that they are so much more forgiving than clothing of other eras.

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May 2, 2020
4 min

Eighteenth Century Linen “Jumps”

I have owned Jill Salen’s ”Corsets” pattern book for a few years now, and the hand-sewn linen “jumps” project always appealed to me.

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Apr 14, 2020
1 min

VIDEO: Jacket Mock-Up: From Terrible to Tolerable

Here I try on an 1840s inspired jacket mock-up and make some necessary improvements.

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Apr 1, 2020
4 min

VIDEO: 18th Century Inspired “Little Black Dress”

The following article is about a historically inspired “little black dress” which followed the opposite chain of events.

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Mar 20, 2020
5 min

VIDEO: Silk Noile Blouse - Hand Sewn One Yard Project

Follow my entire process of making a silk blouse from the pattern making to sewing. It's handmade and only one metre of fabric was used!

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Mar 13, 2020
5 min

Making Time To Sew When You Have Kids (Or Are Busy)

Here I offer some helpful tips on fitting sewing (or any hobby) into your day when you have kids, or are busy!

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Mar 3, 2020
7 min

VIDEO: Edwardian S-Bend Corset (Part 2)

Here I walk you through the sewing of my Edwardian “S-Bend” corset, using a real historical pattern.

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