FREE convertible cycle wear PDF sewing pattern packs – available NOW
Victorian women's CONVERTIBLE CYCLE WEAR sewing patterns are here! Six PDF pattern packs (for a total of 9 garments) are FREE to download. Each is inspired by the research patents…
See the converting costumes in action
#1 Alice Bygrave's Pulley Cycling Skirt ------------ #2 Julia's Gill's cycling semi-skirt ------------ #3 Henrietta Muller's three piece cycling suit ------------ #4 Pease sisters' combined cycling skirt and cape -----------…
Cycling in Julia Gill’s Semi-Skirt
Some of the wonderful photos taken by Charlotte Barnes of Julia Gill's Semi-Skirt in action.
Converting Julia Gill’s Semi-Skirt
Julia Gill's patent illustrations for her convertible cycling semi-skirt This is our version inspired by her design:
And curtain rings…..
Last minute finishes have also involved doing things like hand sewing curtain rings into flounces (for the Madame Julia Gill skirt). I have done lots of things on this project…
Digitally printed silk research linings are here!
Some of the digitally printed silks with illustrations by Alice are back from the printers. The green one is for the Madam Julia Gill cycle skirt and will be used…
Mocking-up Gill’s semi-skirt
Just before our cross atlantic trip, we followed Alice Bygrave's skirt Louisa Bygrave convertible skirt, and Mary & Sarah Pease's cape, to make our mock-up toile for the next garment by…
#2 Gill’s Cycling Semi-Skirt – Patent #6794
Madame Julia Gill, a Court Dressmaker, filed a patent a 5th Jan 1895 for 'A Cycling Costume for Ladies'. It was accepted on 16th Feb 1895.
Gill – The life of court dressmakers
Just before our cross atlantic trip, we followed Alice Bygrave's skirt Louisa Bygrave convertible skirt, and Mary & Sarah Pease's cape, to make our mock-up toile for the next garment by…