1860's Chemise Underpinnings

These are part of her "Underpinnings" that I made this afternoon. The top is like a slip, but longer with sleeves. It is to be a wide scooped neck (almost off the shoulders) and the length is right around her knees. Her petticoat that I made the day before will go over this. They usually fastened the petticoat to a soft corset that the little girls wore over the chemise (in training for a animal boned corset when they are of age), but we are skipping that part for now because I will be lucky enough to tie her down before a Civil War Reenactment and get a dress on , let alone all the "period correct" layers.

Doing a little dance of some sort

After 5 minutes of wearing her new underpinnings, SHE'S DONE!

Poor Mark has been put on the back burner for months now. This is a blanket that his Mom made him before his Mission has (over the past year) started coming un raveled on every side. As soon as he realized this past fall that I was sewing now (Civil War clothing) he has begged me to fix his "Special Blanket" (as he calls it). So one morning William and Lydia helped me fix Daddy's "Special Blanket". It took three hours of pinning and three broken needles. Funny thing is, Mark called that afternoon and asked what I had been doing that day so far. I told him"Sewing". He said, "You didn't by any chance fix my special blanket? And I said, "Yup". You could have heard a pin drop followed by, "Are you serious?" He rewarded me by going to the grocery store for me. It was all worth it.

Lydia was such a sweet heart to stay by me the entire time. I would randomly find needles in the blanket as I was sewing. Hope they made it all out.