For December's 'Special Occasion' challenge I made a special occasion muff - light Tiffany blue silk taffeta hand-painted with metallic silver paint, leaf design on both ends and a fleur-de-lis design in the center. Finished with a Duchess of Devonshire fabric portrait, trimmed in platinum silk ribbon, with platinum silk ribbon ties and a white muff insides (pillow) with 100% white goose down inside. During the late 18th century, a muff of this style and design, material, would have been used for special occasions!
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| The Duchess of Devonshire tiffany blue and silver Silk 'special occasion' muff |
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| Close-up of The Duchess of Devonshire |
Historical Sew Monthly
DECEMBER challenge:
The Challenge: Special Occasion: make something for a special event or a specific occasion, or that would have been worn to special event of specific occasion historically.
Material: Light Tiffany blue silk taffeta, hand-painted with metallic silver paint
Pattern: The Lady Detalle muff pattern on Etsy
Year: late 18th century
Notions: fabric portrait, platinum silk ribbon for the portrait and ties
How historically accurate is it? All hand-sewn. They had portrait muffs during this time, made with silk, trimmed and with down, wool or other natural fibers inside, and they had hand-stamped, hand-painted fabric at the time, so pretty close!
Hours to complete: A decent amount! Some time to paint, sew it all together, add the fabric portrait, ribbon trim and whew, creating the white goose down muff insides is, um, rather messy, LOL. So, a decent bit of time!
First worn: Not yet worn, this one's going here.
Total cost: Hard to find light aqua tiffany blue silk taffeta, 100% white goose down, silk ribbon and silver metallic paint. All stash.
A few more pics!
DECEMBER challenge:
The Challenge: Special Occasion: make something for a special event or a specific occasion, or that would have been worn to special event of specific occasion historically.
Material: Light Tiffany blue silk taffeta, hand-painted with metallic silver paint
Pattern: The Lady Detalle muff pattern on Etsy
Year: late 18th century
Notions: fabric portrait, platinum silk ribbon for the portrait and ties
How historically accurate is it? All hand-sewn. They had portrait muffs during this time, made with silk, trimmed and with down, wool or other natural fibers inside, and they had hand-stamped, hand-painted fabric at the time, so pretty close!
Hours to complete: A decent amount! Some time to paint, sew it all together, add the fabric portrait, ribbon trim and whew, creating the white goose down muff insides is, um, rather messy, LOL. So, a decent bit of time!
First worn: Not yet worn, this one's going here.
Total cost: Hard to find light aqua tiffany blue silk taffeta, 100% white goose down, silk ribbon and silver metallic paint. All stash.
A few more pics!
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