In honor of the annual Spring Fertility festival, here three pairs of 18th Century Pockets! (All of them bright, colorful, vaguely egg-shaped, and perfectly designed for holding your Easter chocolates!)
In which I sew a 1790s printed cotton round gown, and make some really REALLY dumb technical decisions.
Playing dress-up in the 18th Century is always fun. The 18th Century aftermath, however… occasionally isn’t.
Winters in the Pacific Northwest are very wet. I needed a cloak to keep me warm. Here’s a tutorial for your own 18th Century Cardinal Cloak!
Fresh from the archives: Inspired by fashion plates that pair breezy summer dresses with big straw hats, here’s my pink American Girl 1860s summer dress.
For the new year, I freshened up a 1790s round gown and sewed lots of new accessories to make a 1790s New Year Ensemble!
Northern America is colder and wetter than Northern Chile in January. I needed Pacific Northwestern 1790s style!
A friend has a new baby and she is charming and precocious and I am making her a stuffed elephant for Christmas. Bah Humbug.
No Halloween shall be complete without my favorite antique October accessory – here’s to Sofia and her laudanum. Happy Halloween!
‘Tis the season for big hair, FX makeup and tattered historical underpinnings…
