SewStine
Christine Millar is the creator and proprietress of SewStine, an online blog and social media presence focused on costuming 18th and 19th century costumes using a combination of both historically accurate and modern techniques. In particular, she loves focusing on using new technology to recreate the garments from the era of Marie Antoinette and Madame du Pompadour. Historically, those garments were made by shops full of embroiderers, who would work in teams over months and months to make the original clothing.
Since access to these workshops are limited today, Christine uses software and machines to digitize and embroider these garments. In particular, she loves to remake the over the top court suits and gowns of bygone eras, and then travel the world to wear them in balls in far away countries – as well as nearby in her home city of Saint Louis. She has worn her garments in Versailles, London, and Venice.
She teaches her techniques on her YouYube channel, Instagram, and her blog. Of note, this is a hobby and a passion for Christine, who works full time as a physician, and is also a wife and mother.
