The Shed Series 4: Chicken Mama Dress! (And Chickens!)

A sort of how-I-made-it video about my new cotton print 1897 wrapper gown made from a fabulous ‪@wearinghistory‬ Archive Couture E-Pattern, plus chicken antics. My little frontier town cottage was built in 1897 so this project was meant to be!
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More about my outfit:
Shoes: ‪@AmericanDuchess1‬
Wig: Custom Wig Company
And I'm wearing a Redthreaded corset and antique cotton petticoat.
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[@ncalgal4699]

Wrapper gown turned out fabulous, one can only dream of attaining that skill set...one of these days...Very Huggable chickens!!

[@debbralehrman5957]

This is really nice having the pattern fit you. It came out very cute. The little chicks grew up quick.

[@RedthreadedCorsets]

Thank you! 😊

[@cherigreen4471]

This dress is so adorable! Love the name :"Chicken Mama Dress"! Oh and Love those chickens!

[@misswazzra]

Such a beautiful ensemble with the dress, the house, and the coop!

[@marliesethomas]

Your babies are so big now! My house was built in 1915 (Birmingham and Denver have a very similar historical timeline, with our oldest residential neighborhoods starting in the very late 1800's), and I absolutely have plans to make a period-accurate dress. Well, many dresses, since it's one of my favorite eras :)

[@Seamstressed]

Chickens!!!! I love the print on the dress. Very beautiful

[@Sestra_Prior]

Wow... coincidence! My house here in Wales was built in1897 :) The dress is fantastic! I'm a newbie to sewing, so I lot of the description went over my head...but very inspiring!

[@RedthreadedCorsets]

House twins!

[@shonitagarcia3222]

Nice. I'm pretty sure this is the exact pattern for the black dress of the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz. I recognize that back paneling you've got from the top of your collar down. I'd so make it in black. That would be awesome. Thanks for sharing. Take care.

[@thecompassrose5808]

Will need to take some photos or video with my girls. Skirts are nice when collecting eggs. Plan to make some working aprons though, maybe with some eggs pockets.

[@sensibilitypatterns]

The print is so perfect, and I love the full-length look! ❤️

[@mellisartandcrafts]

I love the idea to make a dress that matches the age of your house 😁 I had played with the idea of making a dress matching my 1910s sewing machine ;) Our house is build in 1922, which would be interesting, too :)

[@debbralehrman5957]

The Closet Historian does a 1920's dress looks very easy.

[@Today.sPlay...]

It's nice to see someone in the world has the same mix of interests as me. Chickens, vintage fashion, sewing and musicals. 🤗

[@tigersinlondon2152]

this is so wonderful!! i honestly got so much joy from watching you make this adorable dress and hang out with your chickens :3 im in the middle of making an 1895 skirt so i might have to branch out and attempt this gown too...

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Your chicks are so big now! I really like the changes you made to this pattern - I feel like it looks a lot nicer as a full-length dress than it does as a short wrapper.

[@merindymorgenson3184]

That looks like the exact type of dress that I’m looking to make when we return to the States. Without the sack back, because I wanted a dress that was similar to the pioneer dresses in the late 1890’s for the Oklahoma settlers. Some problematic history there obviously, but that’s my part of my family’s history for better or for worse. The front of the dress looks very similar to the pioneer women dresses from the pictures I’ve seen from that era. I’m hoping to make dresses for my girls and an outfit for my son as well to attend Early Settler’s Day type festivals, but those may be canceled anyway, given the corona virus situation. Anyway, enjoyed your video extra because of my future goals.

[@merindymorgenson3184]

Also, what manner of corset were they wearing at this time. I know that corsets were going out of fashion shortly after this, but haven’t been able to figure out when the switch from corset to brassiere happened. And the petticoats for a pioneer woman. I’m having trouble locating sources for pioneer fashions as it seems that museums don’t have much for online presentation and I haven’t found any books that specifically reference pioneer fashion. I am apparently bad at research.

[@TealCheetah]

Aren't chickens so delightful?

[@FlybyStardancer]

The dress, and your chicks, are cute!! I love how you used a completely unrelated pattern for the lining. I think those are fun. :D Are you able to tell Thelma and Louise apart at all?

[@RedthreadedCorsets]

Louise has a longer tail. We’ll see if that continues!

[@susanpolastaples9688]

Are the Schuyler Sisters as big of a Hamilton fan as their Worth obsessed Owner? And are you looking forward to the Hamilton movie as much as I am? Your 1897 dress looks like Anne of Green Gables would wear it. Your work is awesome. I'm getting back into sewing after a 20+ year absence. I'm still practising my hand stitches since I'm going to need a new machine.

[@RedthreadedCorsets]

Definitely looking forward to the Hamilton movie! Never have managed to see the show.

[@sewthroughtime]

Just tar the wood. It'll make your yard smell nice and make the wood last for a long time and your birds won't be breathing any toxic fumes :)

[@TealCheetah]

We treat trained our chickens to come when we call "chick chick!"

[@celticgoddess81]

Would you happen to know what the measurement of the waist for this pattern is? On Lauren's page it just says it is probably 26" I was hoping you could give e a better idea. I have to enlarge the pattern. :D

[@DaileySewsStuff]

How difficult is it to adjust bodice height for a historic costume? My back waist length is, ahem, short. Like 11.5” short. I have no torso, basically. 😂 While all the pieces would, presumably, make an FBA or any other sort of more girth based adjustments easier, having to grade all the pieces after adjusting for height sounds tedious.

[@RedthreadedCorsets]

It's really no different that making a height adjustment on "modern" patterns (I'd google tutorials for that). But yeah, you'd have to adjust each piece. It can be done, but it's definitely more work.