Colonial Market Museum: Milliner / Dressmaker
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Hello my name is Kathryn. I am a dressmaker. I am sewing a fashion doll dress. A fashion doll is not a toy. It is something that I take around house to house showing mothers what kinds of dresses they can get for their daughters. I take their orders and bring them back to my shop where I make the real dresses. I try to have many fabrics for my customers to pick from. The fabrics I use are made out of linen and cotton. I make them out of linen and cotton because they don’t burn as fast as silk does. Hello my name is Merry. I’m a milliner. I’m very busy working on a gown for Mistress Herold. First I will have to measure customers’ waist and arms. Next I will have to ask my customer what designs the gown should have. To make a gown I will need a sewing needle, fabric, ribbon and thread. That’s what a milliner does.
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