Monday, April 13, 2009

Celtic Embroidered Civil War Chemise

I've been inspired by Irish immigrants during the Civil War and thought it would be cool to incorporate a bit of a Celtic feel into my Civil War clothes. I started with the chemise by designing an embroidery pattern inspired by some Celtic designs.

The yoke front and back are embroidered with creamy embroidery thread:


I embroidered my first initial on the inside of the yoke back:

I used these shell buttons from Craftitis:
The chemise is entirely hand sewn, made from 100% cotton muslin.
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I'm not sure if I'll do everything Celtic inspired...but I have fun playing around with different ideas! :)

6 comments:

lissawi said...

Very pretty embroidery!

Leah said...

It is truly a thing of beauty.

Marqueta (Mar-kee-ta) G. said...

Very pretty! I'm sure the Irish ladies of the era would be proud of it.

Love,

Marqueta

Joanna Kristina said...

Oh this is lovely, Anna! I really enjoyed viewing all of your beautiful sewing projects!

Blessings,
Joanna

craft your story said...

Gorgeous-very skillful embroidery! Looks like it is a true heirloom!
Christine

SisterlyLove said...

I can't get over how pretty this is!
~Margie