1:00 Children’s Wardrobes A fantastic workshop for those who dress children! Children’s clothing works in a system, just as adult clothing, but there are some unique differences you’ll want to use to your advantage. We’ll work from the skin out, and discuss how your family’s impression needs guide your family wardrobe. Learn budget and growth-friendly strategies for all ages and personas.

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7:00 Your Historic Wardrobe & Fashion Evolution

Whether you’re just getting started with living history, or looking to refine and upgrade what you already have in the wardrobe, this workshop is one you want.  You’ll learn about the era’s changing styles, and how to adapt them to your own impression, in a fast-paced, up-beat format with plenty of room for questions.   Through vignettes, images, and dialogue, we’ll explore the many options you have with persona development and individualized clothing research. 

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9:30 Bodice Engineering I & II

Take a tour of historic bodice construction and learn the Why behind the How!  Historic dressmaking includes some very practical “engineering” techniques you’ll learn as you create a miniature sampler of seams and seam finishes, piping, fasteners, and bodice style elements.  Kit Class.

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11:30  Deconstructing Fashion

What is it you see when you look at original images?  Learn to deconstruct clothing elements and choose which to reproduce in your own wardrobe, as we examine original images and learn to accurately “hear” what they tell us.

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2:00 Having a Fit III: Pattern Play  With one well-fitted base bodice, you can alter for virtually every mid-century bodice style, from everyday to eveningwear, and copy original styles you uncover with your research.  Learn methods to test your pattern ideas before you  ever unfold the fashion fabric, and expand your dressing options beyond any published pattern! 

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3:45 Glistening Like a Pig: or, Dressing for the Heat Avoid meltdowns with historically-consistent coping and dressing strategies for all impressions! We’ll explore fabrics, styles, and clothing pieces to help you keep your cool.

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9:00 Skirting The Issue I/II  Explore the practical construction of mid-century skirts and petticoats, fashionable variations, and supportive underskirts, for all economic classes.  You’ll try your hand at the techniques that take your skirts from “costume” to “clothing”: gauging and pleating, flounces, tucks, and hem braid, all on a delightful doll scale you can use for education or display later! Kit Class.

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11:15 Frozen Fashions If you’re tired of being chilly, this is one class you want to take! Learn about the cold-weather systems and garments used by the Original Cast, from the skin out, and go home with a plan to keep yourself and others safe and comfortable in everything from “cool damp chill-the-bones” weather, to “deep January frost”… and look great while doing it!

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1:30 Living Citizen History Have you been feeling a little left out of the living history scene?  Learn how to expand your role as a citizen within your current events, and how to put on the events you’d like to attend, but can’t find!  Move far beyond the battle/tea/ball set up to enrich your own experience and those of others. We'll explore scenario strategies, "value-added" activities, and completely out-of-the-box ways to expand and enjoy history, as well as a variety of interpretive skills you'll use every single event! We’ll explore some of the ways citizen groups make a difference, and how to help newcomers to the hobby get off on the right foot. There’s much more to life as citizen than you might know, and it’s all waiting for you to experience.

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3:00 Upgrade Clinic We’ll round out the series with a fun, friendly clinic for any ailing clothes! Come prepared with wardrobe items and get Mrs. Clark’s thoughts and suggestions on upgrading the accuracy, refining fit, or remaking to another purpose. This workshop is free when you register for at least one other class in the series.

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