I've been wanting to make this jacket (well, any 18th century bed jacket, really) for a while now. Skimming through Ms. Janet Arnold’s book once again, I came upon this lovely example, and found some great cotton jacquard with a lovely print in red at the fabric store. I really enjoyed my experience as a maidservant at Fêtes de la Nouvelle France in 2009, and wanted to make my own version. This lady is a little fancier than your regular kitchen maid, and so I made two linen skirts, and a linen pinner apron and cap to go with it. Since there are no panniers to serve as pockets with this one, I carried a veggie basket and hid my belongings under the produce. It was especially interesting to wear my new 18th century stays complete with linen shift underneath. It was quite comfortable!