Ardent Modiste

 Hello again!  I will eventually post some sewing projects of mine, but first I want to post this: Reviewing historical costuming books!  The books that I'm going to talk about are: - Making Edwardian Costumes For Women - Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns - The American Duchess Guide To 18th Century Dressmaking - Turn Of The Century Fashion Patterns And Tailoring Techniques Alright, let's get started. 1. Making Edwardian Costumes For Women By Suzanne Rowland I like this book a lot. It has 10 projects to make within its pages. This book also goes into detail on what fabrics, trims, and techniques to use for each project. For some of the projects it gives the patterns in a scaled down form, which one then has to scale up. If a pattern is not scaled down then you are told how to draft the garment to your own measurements. This book also has lots of words on every page but other than that I think this book would be good for anybody who just wants some basic Edwardian garments. 2

Ardent: enthusiastic or passionate  Modiste: a fashionable milliner or dressmaker I'm not sure if other people feel this way, but in trying to come up with a name for this blog, I was feeling like everybody who has a youtube channel or blog had already used the great names. The ones that you immediately think of as the one you should use. So it took a couple hours, but I finally came up with a blog name I am proud of: Ardent Modiste.  It hits all the check boxes: it sounds old, it explains what I do, and it sounds kind of french.  Sounding french was not a check box, but whatever. I am excited to start writing here! But first, here's a little summary of me and what I enjoy doing(if my blog name didn't already explain it to you). My name is Zora, and I am a historical costuming nerd who loves Medieval, Elizabethan, 18th century, 19th century, and early 20th century dress.. I live in the United States and adore books, tea, and blankets. I hope to post often-ish, maybe once a