Berlin, 3 July 1847 “In a couple of exquisitely decorated rooms in Hôtel de Rome on Boulevard Unter den Linden, yours truly is sitting with pen in hand to recall from memory the wonderments I have seen since my arrival in the great Prussian capital.” This is Augusta’s first description of a hotel on the European continent during her and her mother’s journey down to […]
In need of a hatbox
I have been in need of a hatbox ever since I successfully constructed a bonnet. Kerstin already has two hat boxes – one that she made from a round IKEA gift box and one that she received from a good friend. And of course I really wanted to make one too. This week we visited my cousin and talked about Augusta’s Journey and of obtaining […]
Dress Detectives
– Do you remember when we tried on Augusta’s dresses in the attic of Aunt Agneta? Kerstin asked me. No … I didn’t remember that. I remember staying in the 18-century washhouse by the lake shore in which our aunt had lived during our childhood summers. – Sure you were there too! It was probably in 1977. There was an old trunk there with two dresses. […]
My Valentine’s Dress
A couple of weeks ago, I finished my Victorian laced corset and the corded petticoat. Time to make the 1847 dress using my beautiful fabric from Sweden. All blogs tell you that you should make a test dress first in some cheap cotton to make sure the pattern works. Well, I didn’t even have a pattern. After having tried for a week to create one, […]
How do you make a Victorian laced corset?
When we first started Augusta’s Journey, Kerstin got interested in the fashion of the time – the late 1840s – and decided to start making historically accurate clothes. Her first garment was a laced corset – the must-have underwear of the Victorian era (the original Victoria’s secret 🙂 ). It was beautiful! And it looked really professional. “Here,” Kerstin said, “try it on! And by […]
