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 -----------…
Converting the Pease sisters’ Skirt/ Cape
Mary and Sarah Pease's patent illustrations for their convertible cycling skirt and cape: This is our version inspired by their design:
Feminism in London 2014 – Suffrage, cycling and sewing: a story telling (& making) workshop
I really enjoyed my workshop at this years Feminism in London (FIL) Conference. Over 25 people attended and made a great audience for my introductory talk and the (all too brief)…
Cycling in the Pease sisters skirt/cape
Some of the wonderful photos taken by Charlotte Barnes of the Pease sisters skirt/cape in action. I think you could say from this pic that this garment is easy to cycle in. The lumatwill…
Pease – sewing the final skirt/cape
The final version of the Pease sisters skirt and cape is made from a Dashing Tweeds Navy Raver Wave - 93% wool and 7% reflective 3M yarn. It's a gorgeous piece…
#4 Mary and Sarah Pease’s skirt/cape – Patent #13,832
The second cycle outfit we have chosen to make is from a patent by Mary Elizabeth Pease and Sarah Ann Pease, of Sunnyside, Grove Road, Harrogate in Yorkshire. It was submitted…
Making Mary and Sarah Pease’s skirt & cape – mock-up
The second garment is a combination skirt and cape. It is a full circle skirt that gathers at the waist band with a drawstring cord. This 'waist band' then operates…