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. |
FABRIC.com might have the largest selection of fabrics on the internet. The advertisement above with take you to their site.
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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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