There are guinea pigs, then there are butterflies, then there's a fox outside the window. And by that point everyone's wondering if bluebirds fly into the studio to help you with embroidery as you launch into a musical number. (l m) #BernadetteBanner #DisneyPrincess

@DoomsdaysCW Wonderful textile historian #BernadetteBanner had a couple of showcase videos about her 1892 Singer treadle powered sewing machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cScrb9spc18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZppEd7zZxQI

How Victorian Sewing Machines Work (1892 Singer Treadle)

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Ich hab ja auch schon oft ne Serie geschaut und gedacht „Was für ein schönes Kleid / schicke Hose / toller Mantel.“
#BernadetteBanner lässt aus diesen Gedanken Kleidungsstücke werden und hat sich Moiraines Mantel aus #TheWheelOfTime nachgeschneidert. So schick!

https://youtu.be/_0-kpGwV4ew

Who says you can’t wear high fantasy outfits in real life (Moiraine’s coat from Wheel of Time)

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First bit of goldwork done on the Hand&Lock Bernadette Banner kit 🥹 this little star took ages despite only being the size of my nail. Each bit of gold check is cut to just a couple of millimetres. It was finicky as fuck and torture on the eyes. I loved every minute of it 😌
#goldwork #beadwork #embroidery #handmade #goldbullion #hand&lock #bernadettebanner
Get yourself a man that a) shows real interest in all your little hobbies and crafts, b) picks up on your throwaway comment about how you wanted to try tambour/goldwork but gave up when materials proved very hard to source in your country and c) GOES AND ORDERS A HAND & LOCK KIT FOR YOU and gives it for your anniversary 😭❤️ this is the Bernadette Banner/Hand&Lock collab, ans yea that's the same Hand&Lock that's been arpund since the friggin 1700's. I can't fuckin WAIT to dive into it all.
#bernadettebanner #handandlock #goldwork #beadwork #tambour #embroidery #anniversary
I hope the next #Deadpool movie has a sewing scene that begins with Deadpool saying "This is for you, Bernadette" and then has a perfectly accurate sewing montage. (mf) #BernadetteBanner
Making Victorian Cycling Breeches to be a Menace to Polite Society

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Bernadette Banner's latest video where they tackle making a replica of a 18th century embroidered waistcoat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJbP-NeJWc

#embroidery #sewing #history #historicalReproduction #BernadetteBanner

18th century embroidery is NO JOKE. (Trust me, we tried it.)

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My Bernadette's inspired historical "pirate" shirt is almost ready. I did invisible seams with sewing machine and the seam finishings and small finicky bits by hand. After lots of reinforcement patches my left hand hurts, even though I'm right-handed. How did that happened...

#HistoryBounding #PirateShirt #sewing #BernadetteBanner

My hobby of late has been following historical sewing methods as per YouTubers #BernadetteBanner and #MorganDonner, #CathyHay, etc . Been wearing Victorian and earlier clothing. Figured my people were all downstairs peasants, pretty much. But today, out of the internet sky, fell this woman’s photo.

Meet my Great Great Grandmother.
I’m so amazed. Born 1833.