The Sewing-Bird

Free Fashion Patterns & Tutorials

MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL [MEMPHIS, TN], August 16, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
Miss Mary Carter, of Tuscumbia, only twelve years of age, has manufactured a couple of riding hats—one for a lady, the other for a gentleman—of rye straw, which are said to compare favorably with those of foreign manufacture.—Florence Ala., Gazette. [Source]

My Patterns & Tutorials

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• Peterson’s 1863 Drawers

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• Braiding Patterns

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Skills

• How To Gauge Skirts — Elizabeth Stewart Clark

Undergarments & Sleepwear

• Basic Chemise — Elizabeth Stewart Clark
• Basic Drawers — Elizabeth Stewart Clark
• Basic Petticoat — Elizabeth Stewart Clark
• M. Sebille Corset, patented 1863 — Original patent, pattern only (see Katherine's red corset for an example)
• Nightcap Pattern — Alaina Zulli

Clothing

• Bust Pads for Dresses — Elizabeth Stewart Clark
• Swiss Waist, c. 1860 — Katherine

Outerwear

• Slatted Sunbonnet — Elizabeth Stewart Clark

Knit & Crochet

• Knitting the 1865 U.S. Sanitary Commission Sock — Karin Timour for AGSAS

Children

• 1, 2, 3 Pinafore — Elizabeth Stewart Clark
• Simple Pinafore — Elizabeth Stewart Clark
• Chemise Pinafore — Elizabeth Stewart Clark