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  • Front cover for RH1008 - a Victorian (1880s) and Edwardian (1900s-1910s) ladies waistcoat or bodice sewing pattern
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  • Front cover for RH1325, our sewing pattern that makes men's plus fours, knickerbockers, or knee breeches, suitable for the 1920s to 1930s.
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  • Front cover of our sewing pattern for 1930s men's wide trousers or Oxford bags.
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  • A model shows the 16th century German outfit made with our sewing pattern RH502, Landsknecht Wams & Hosen
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  • Kass models her reconstruction of RH313 - the Moy Gown. A medieval kirtle dress found in an Irish bog.
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  • Medieval Kirtle Cotehardie Dress Pattern cover
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  • Bob models the shirt and drawers he made using RH815 - 18th Century Mens Shirts & Drawers sewing pattern
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  • 18th century stays or corset as made by our sewing pattern as worn by a model.
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Medieval and Renaissance dress for men and women a specialty. Gowns, doublets, kirtles, cotehardies - we do it all!

We can help because we are you

Reenactors. Vintage dancers. Museum geeks. Historical clothing buffs. Theatre nerds. Costume historians. Since the 1990s, Bob and Kass have been living in historical clothing for fun, for work, for life. We understand what you need from a historical pattern company. And we're here for you.

Renaissance gowns & kirtles. Doublets & Breeches. Elizabethan historical clothing. This is where it all started for RH!

Renaissance

Italian Ren or colourful Landsknechten. English merchants or Flemish peasants. Noble or common. Reconstructing History has the patterns to garb you perfectly historically accurately from the skin out.

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From slips to gowns to sportwsear like riding breeches, plus fours, and Oxford bags, RH has a sewing pattern to help you look your best!

20thc/Vintage

Be the bee's knees! Reconstructing History has the widest selection of sewing patterns from the early 20th century. Suits and dresses. Male and female. Underwear to outerwear. If you want to wear it, we can help you. And if you've never sewn before, we can walk you through it. Just ask!

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Bob dressed in his Regency best. Trousers, frock coat, waistcoat, and shirt patterns all available inside.

Regency

Get your Darcy on! From diaphanous dresses to buttoned up coats. Ball gowns to riding costume. We've got all the patterns for your Jane Austen weekend.

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What our customers are saying

My first time!

This is my first time wearing my very first stays or corset I’ve made, using Reconstructing History’s pattern for 1740s stays! It was much easier than I anticipated! I made some mistakes and learned a lot. This pattern is so easy to interpret, I am very thankful to Kass McGann for creating it!

Becky Bishop, Jacksonville, Alabama, USA

You get so much for your money. And well documented too!

Just ordered all of the sewing patterns that Eva and I will need to hand sew my Rev War Militia kit. Patterns were ordered from Reconstructing History. Eva was impressed with what you get for the money and that everything is highly documented.

Steve Bradney, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Made to Measure Fits Real People

Thank you for providing made to measure patterns. It’s very, very nice to have something custom made for one’s self, that for once your body is not “wrong” and fits decently and “the reveal” of putting on won’t be a huge disappointment or require extensive reworking as is so often the case with ready to wear & standard patterns. Having anyone you know fight body dysmorphia and disappointment due to ill fitting stuff should be enough for anyone to understand it has to change. Thank you for being that change.

Marla Jones, Spokane Valley, Washington, USA