#DoYouRemember Sunday afternoon strolls in the park in your very best finery?

Parasols, velocipedes, horses and buggies? Top hats, long flowing dresses and cloaks? Well, I may be old, but neither do I. My birthday happened much later than the Victorian era, when Momma wore a beautiful chapeau and instead of gloves, daughter had her own little fur muff.

Carolyn Wainscott here from Carolyn’s Canvas. Even though muffs and capes weren’t in style when my girls were small (now they are grandmothers—all three of them), I made them matching capes and muffs, loved them, and still do, as you can see from these photos of my great granddaughter, Hannah, with her doll.

Here is a close-up of her fur muff that I decided to add some buttons from my collection.

Materials:

• 1/2 yard fur/velvet/wool or other choice
• 1/2 yard lining material—I used leopard print fleece because Hannah loves the print
• 1-1/2 yard cording
• Optional: buttons, trims
• Doll muff just takes scraps of leftovers
• Following patterns (lining pattern may look weird, but the muff has a secret pocket)

Instructions:

1. Sew short ends of muff and lining together to form tubes.

2. Turn lining right side out.  Insert into muff, right sides will be facing, and sew around one end. Turn the muff right side out, insert lining back into muff with wrong sides facing, and smooth secret pocket between layers.

3. Sew other ends by hand or machine.

4. Attach cording and trims.

Pattern:

Happy sewing, and may the joy of crafting be with you!

Carolyn Wainscott

What’s your favorite craft from the Victorian era? Let us know below in the comments!

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Carolyn Wainscott

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I am a 75 year old widow of 3 years after 55 years of marriage whose main focus in life has been my family and homemaking. I love designing, creating, and re-purposing. I was very involved with my children and their activities, then my grandchildren, and now with my great, grandchildren. My first love in crafting is in textiles, mainly quilting. The first quilt I designed was for my grandson over 30 years ago and that pattern will soon be available online. I am loving the internet world where I can market my designs, publish tutorials and talk with crafters all over the world from my own little corner of the world even though never having a lesson on the computer or internet networking I do have to call on my grandchildren at times for help. They still think I rode in on a dinosaur but that's ok, I'm having a great time. I have enjoyed a great deal being able to share my love of crafting on FaveCrafts and FaveQuilts.

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