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Here are the websites I use most.


Favorite places to shop for supplies

Fashion Fabrics Club


Quilt Shop.com - This site can search hundreds of quilt shops around the country for specific prints
Renaissance Fabrics - A great place for period correct fabrics, trims, buttons, etc.

Farthingales - For all your corset, hoop skirt and bustle making needs.



The advertisement to the right will take you to VOGUE FABRICS which is a terrific place to buy corset supplies, as well as beautiful fabrics.
Free Shipping on orders $35+
FABRIC.com might have the largest selection of fabrics on the internet. The advertisement above with take you to their site.

Favorite places for clothing history research

Dressmaking Research - This site has pattern piece diagrams and period magazines from 1840 - 1930
Elizabethan Costuming - A mind boggling amount of information about this period.

Used Patterns

Sew Exciting Needleworks - Great site for used patterns, general sewing information and a very varied blog.

Favorite blogs

Time Traveling in Costume - Valarie LaBore is a very active and knowledgable historic costume maker. It's fun to see what she's up to.

Cosplay Blog - I'm trying to learn about this very popular costume area and this is the place to see lots of costumes



Gertie's Blog for Better Sewing - It seems she always has the tutorial I like the best on any given topic.



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