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Edwardian Chemise

Hello!! Happy Saturday, I hope you are having an amazing day so far. 


Following the projecttoday I will show how I made my Edwardian chemise. But what is a chemise? It is a very light dress that women wore under their clothes, it was made of cotton or linen and protected the outer garments from sweat. People have been wearing the chemise since medieval times 

As time went bywomen still wore chemises under the garments with lace, silk, etc. until the 20th century and showing the chemise was once a symbol of hygiene. 

In the Edwardian era, a woman could wear a chemise or a combination as you see this: 

( MET New York made of linen, silk and lace)

( Picture of a woman in the Edwardian Era wearing combinations, corset, stocking and shoes).


made my chemise following the instruction from "Making Edwardian Costumes for Womenby Suzanne Rowland which is a really great book, if you're interesting to learn more about Edwardian garments I highly recommend this book. There's a  drawing of how the pattern should be, I took some measurements and deduced how my pattern should be. At first it seemed very smallso I decided increasing the width. 

 
 

Fabricsyou can use linencottoncambricit's up to you. I used this cambricit's really soft and nice to work. 


1- I placed the pattern on the fabric and pinned to cut.

 
2- Then I pinned ont the shoulders to see if it was okay and it's was big, really big.

3-I gathered the front piece and pinned the sides to cut it, also marked around the arms to cut right. 

4- Then I decided to gather the back piece as well. 

 
 

How can I gatherif you're doing handsewing, do running stiches and push it back. 

                               On sewing machine do the stich in the biggest point and the gather. 




5- Sew on the shoulders.
6- Sew on the sides.
7- I did hemming stitches on the hem and around the arms.
8- If you want to put trims, lace, you can, but I decided to not.






Your chemise is done! 

It was super easy to make, I loved how it turned out. Can't wait to wear it asap!!!

What did you think? Tell me in the comments!!

If you do a chemise, tag me on Instagram @fernandacarmo123, I'll loooove to see it.

Have a lovely weekend! See you next Saturday.








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  1. MULHERRRR 🗣️🗣️🗣️ tu achou super fácil eu achei super difícil mas ansiosa demais pra ver tudo prontooooo

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    1. Não é tão difícil, dá pra fazer tranquilo ahaha

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  2. Parece muito confortável, adorei!

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