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Ashley E., Becky, and Dana
People wore certain clothes according to what their job was or how rich or poor they were. The farmer and his wife wore simple practical clothing. He wore a jacket, trouser and apron and Indian moccasins.She wore a man's felt hat, apron and skirt. The servant girl wore a scarf knotted about her head, a long checked kerchief over her shoulders(usually tucked into her apron), and a white linen or cotton apron over her dress. The dress, like that of most working women, was without hoops. The milkmaid wore a linen mob cap, a simple skirt and a cotton blouse. Her apron was of coarse linen. The fashionable ladies were dressed for a grand affair such as a ball. Her dress was topped with bows and flowers over petticoats and she held a fan. The upper class children were casually dressed as for play. The boy wore a linen shirt without ruffles, buckled shoes, and breeches that buckled below the knees. The little girl wore a simple summer dress with white linen ruffled cuffs and a straw hat.
Most people in the colonial days did not buy their clothes instead they made them. They planted flax to make linen thread. Grandmother's job was to card the wool. The children gathered flowers and berries and roots to make dyes to color yarn. People wore bright -colored clothes in colonial days yellow, red, purple, and blue. Men wore breeches. Which were held up by buttons and they came up to the knees.
Most men wore wigs because wigs were considered fashionable. Wigs were very expensive. People cut off their own hair for their own wigs. Even children under seven were being fitted for wigs. Cheaper wigs were made of horse fur and silk.
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Most people made their own clothes. People could find materials for clothing almost everywhere around them. They could also buy cloth from the General store. All of their clothes even the material, thread, hooks and buttons were made by hand. Fur from wolves, bears and mountain lions became plentiful. Wool was used to make warm winter clothes. Buttons were also made from hardened leather. It took a lot of work to make clothes. Children were involved in almost every step along the way. Some people made clothes on a spinning wheel. Some people got store bought clothes. There were always people in the community who had a special talent for designing and making clothes.
by Ashley and Becky
1. Did a lot of people buy their clothes?
2. Did children help make clothes?
3. Did men help make clothes?
4. What was the grandmother's job?
5. What did they plant?
6. What were the four colors that they use to make clothes?
7. Who could afford the wigs, rich or poor people?
8.What were clothes made out of?
9.Who bought store bought clothes?
10.What was the girls' job?
11.Did a lot of people make their own clothes?
12.Were the materials, thread, hooks and buttons made by hand?
13. Was fur from wolves, bears and mountain lions plentiful?
14. What were buttons also made of?
15. Were children involved in almost every step?
16. Did anybody get store bought clothes?
17. Was there always someone in the community who had a special talent?
18.What was wool used for?
19. Did it take a lot of time to make clothes?
20. On what kind of a machine were clothes made?
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