Infant Bibs, 1856-1860

Inspiration images:

Infant Bib in Godey's November 1856

Quilted or Marseilles Infant Bib in Godey's March 1860

Reproduction pieces:

Next time I'll hand sew items this small.
The swing machine had opinions.

Both are made from pimatex cotton broadcloth. The quilted bib has cotton batting; both were sewn on my vintage singer. I omitted the button on the quilted bib, leaving the fastening method up to the parents' preference.

Infant Gowns

Part 1, of who-knows-how-many.  For the Fort Nisqually volunteer wardrobe, of course.

The pattern is Liz Clark's Historic Moments Patterns #105: Infant Gowns (ages 0-2). The first is the yoked bodice (high/jewel neck) with the short, slim sleeves; the second is the natural waist bodice (high neck again) with bishop sleeves.  I chose the use waistbands on all of them, to ease future fitting.
Pattern review forthcoming.

Recent Project: Infant Caps

Apologies for the blog-silence; I've been working on some projects-in-progress and then there was History Camp.

Anyways, I've now finished the remaining six infant caps for the Fort's lending wardrobe:

They're from the HMP/SA-100 pattern (infants' linens), in all three sizes.  An actual review will be forthcoming once I've finished making up stays, petticoats, and drawers.