“For my look I used a combination of historical and modern techniques. The base jacket uses Scroop's Amalia jacket pattern, historical to 1775-1795. I handsewed the jacket using period techniques. The jacket fabric is silk and the lining is linen. Although I did not have enough fabric to match the stripes in the pattern I did match each piece to its counterpart so the right and left sides mirror each other perfectly. I found a variety of different techniques for construction of the contrasting flyaway front and wanted to have the option to wear the jacket with a solid or contrasting front panel.

The ivory front panel is machine sewn from silk with a linen lining and attaches using ties that pass through hidden openings in the jacket. The ribbon sash also passes through those openings to better show off the pleats at the back of the jacket. I don't have exact examples of these adaptations, but making a jacket adaptable to wear with a variety of petticoats in different colors is a very practical 1790's thing to do! The jacket is trimmed with silk ribbon, to match the sash. The petticoat is made of silk fabric using historical patterns but is machine sewn. My stays and bum pad are machine sewn using historical patterns and my shift and underpetticoat are self-patterned and hand sewn. I wore coordinating earrings in my multiple ear piercings and my cane is an antique that was owned by my husband's grandmother.”