Now that I am posting late HSM's, here is another one I finally got photos for just this week.
What the item is: 18th century riding habit petticoat
The Challenge, and how this item fulfills it: riding habits (as I'm going to call them, because I don't know a better name) were often worn in this period for outdoor leisure pursuits.
Fabric/Materials: 2 metres of unbleached cotton fabric fabric- that amazingly cheap IKEA drapery backing that they sell by the metre, 2 metres of twill tape
Pattern: my own
Year: 1785-1795
Notions: white cotton thread & wax
How historically accurate is it? The construction itself is decent, but I've had a difficult time figuring out whether or not the material I used is more like a (valuable) nankeen or a (cheap) onasbruck- I've never gotten a chance to see either of these types of fabric in real life, so that remains a mystery to me.
Hours to complete: not many
First worn: for pictures (with last year's HSM 11 waistcoat).
Total cost: $6 cad.
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