Historic American Costumes and How to Make Them

This easy-to-use handbook presents step-by-step instructions and patterns for a tremendous variety of clothes and accessories from colonial times through the Civil War. More than 80 illustrations depict Puritan, Dutch, Quaker, and Native American garb as well as military uniforms. A bonus CD features every pattern in vector files.

PrefaceCostumes of the American Indians    Indians of the Eastern Woodlands    Indians of the Plains    Indians of the SouthwestCostumes of the Eskimos    Costumes of the EskimosCostumes of the Colonists    The Virginians    The Carolinians    The Puritans    The Dutch    The QuakersAmerican Dress in the Eighteenth Century    Pre-Revolutionary Costumes    Revolutionary War UniformsAmerican Dress, 1800-1870    1800-1810    1820-1840    1840-1850    1850-1870    Civil War UniformsAppendix    Materials    Dyeing    ConstructionBibliographyIndex