Nic was able to get some of Elizabeth Stewart Clark's Sewing Academy Patterns shipped to Australia through a pen pal of his in America. I am super grateful to Betty for helping us out with the patterns. I highly recommend these patterns for children. They are easy to follow, customisable, multiple sizes and period correct for the 1860s
I made all the undergarments according to the pattern. Amelia was too small for the smallest size, but that is just a bonus for me. I moved the buttons inwards to allow overlap on her stays and stitched the straps further down to make them shorter.
I do not have many photos of her undergarments, but I do have this shocker at the end of a full day event on a very hot day over 35C after her dress had to be removed due to something that she accidentally poured on herself.
** Edit - now at 3 years of age I have put the straps and buttons back to the pattern location and she has had 2 years of wear out of the same undergarments. Hopefully she will still fit them in another year. I have also used the patterns to make her new drawers and chemises. I still love how easy this pattern is to sew.
Moving the buttons, shows where the buttons were when she was a toddler. The move gave her 2 inches of growth room.
The dress pattern has many options to customise it. I used the draw string neck toddler dress for 2 year olds. I was given some amazing vintage fabric that I thought looked perfect and added multiple 1 inch growth tucks. The dress also has a piece of vintage lace under the bottom pin tuck.
at the Goldfields in the Barossa
Ayers House Museum
Afternoon tea at Kingston House
Anlaby Homestead
In this photo you can see that we have now had to let out all the pin tucks. She is also wearing a super cute child's bonnet I made before I was pregnant.
3 years old and now wearing her first crinoline attached to her stays under the same dress. The dress no longer has any pin tucks.
Miss Amelia May with Minnie May her matching rag doll.
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