Linden Makes Things

TWO FREE PATTERNS!

For those who don't know, I'm doing my PhD dissertation on 19th-century plus-size fashion, and as part of it I've been patterning larger antique garments.

Last year, I was able to go to Genesee Country Village & Museum in upstate NY and pattern an early 1800s corset as well as an 1830s dress. Full instructions, photo albums, & print-optimized versions up on Etsy if you need more guidance or would like to support my work, but my agreement with the museum was that I would put simple gridded patterns up for free alongside the paid versions. And those are now up!

1830s dress (L/XL) Bust: ~43” (109cm) with the center-front gap Waist: 32.5” (82.5cm)

1810s corset (M/L) Bust: 39” (99cm) Waist: 31.5” (80cm)

William Teason - book cover for "We Have Always Lived in the Castle"

1860s Portrait of a Man (photo by unknown American photographer)

Dobby is free now! So I try to return to drawing with @camelidae ‘s junicorn prompt list (under cut). It's probably going to be the only unicorn for it, but I couldn't ignore this one prompt.

A birch forest unicorn for leopard appaloosa.

I'm trying to get back to old projects, so I hope I won't be missing for such a long time.