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DIYLife has a post from last year: Craft Like A Pirate: more pirate craft links than you can shake a parrot at

Pirates Roundup at Craft:

Pirate Crafts for Children at DLTK

Pirate Book Bag at sew? i knit!

 Skull Scarf at knitty

Another “Craft Like A Pirate”—The Skulls and Stripes Forever list of links from Crafty Minx

And because I don’t have much time this morning, a google search for pirate crafts

Although you can make this petticoat as a skirt to wear to work or school, its main utility is in its usefulness for the time-traveler. Say your future self invents a time machine, and comes back to offer you a ride in it, say next week. Maybe the two of you want to visit the Renaissance, or maybe you’re thinking Victorian. And maybe you want to stop and see the American Colonies on the way back, or drop in on a Sock Hop. I know what you’re thinking - what do I wear? And more importantly, what do I wear under it?

Just as a space traveler’s best friend is his towel, a time traveler’s best friend is her petticoat. Fashions come and go, but for a good 400 years or so they all required some floofiness under your skirt. And before some wise woman discovered pants, a warm fluffy petticoat was the best way to keep your legs from getting cold in the winter.

Period patterns by a very talented cat. Some of the patterns are in progress.

Patterns

A Swiss Waist, c. 1860
A Corset, c. 1820-1840
A Bodice, c. 1880
A Middy Blouse, c. 1915
A Pleated Skirt, c. 1915

Making a kilt

Cool!