Sewing

Specialization in womenswear & historic construction techniques including handsewing, 16th-early 20th centuries

1630s English purple velvet gown; bodice from Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns, 2022

Cotton velvet, linen, lace

Handsewn

1660s Dutch ensemble; bodice pattern taken from Patterns of Fashion 5

2019

Wool, linen, silk
Fully handsewn

1886 walking suit, 2024

Used for Real Clothes, Real Lives (2024-25) exhibition video at New-York Historical Society

Wool, cotton, millinery

1915 wool walking suit for N-YHS interpreter Cheyney McKnight

2021

Wool suiting and polished cotton

1872 fancy-dress fashion plate reproduction, 2018

Used for interpretation at N-YHS

Poly peau de soie, cotton

1871 robe à la transformation, 2019-20;

day bodice from a pattern taken by Cassidy Percoco from an extant bodice

Poly peau de soie, velvet, cotton

1630s blue men's suit for the interpretative wardrobe of Plimoth Patuxet Museums, 2016

(under the tutelage of Dan Rosen)

Wool, linen, thread-covered buttons

1916 plaid "Russian" dress for the N-YHS interpretative wardrobe, 2019

Cotton flannel & voile