The Age of the Leisure Sports
Attention Historic Seamstresses! I am really excited to announce I have begun working with an American fabric distributor who carries an extensive line of high quality reproduction cotton prints!�I am going to do my best to be competitive on pricing.�Many…
Maybe someday somewhere someone will publish a book documenting the inside of period garments- the parts that get overlooked- the parts that are so very valuable to historical seamstresses everywhere. �A book something akin to Fashion in Detail except it…
For years, historical maternity wear was something of an obscurity. But now, more and more museums and other historical clothing collections are paying attention to these special garments and making them available for study! Here are few of my findings.…
Each year I teach a spring course at the local university, but this past week I had the opportunity to be a guest speaker for a group of high school students- primarily young ladies from the ages 14-18. The topic…
First commission of the year! Here are a few images of a recently completed late 19th century corset. ���� I spent last summer drafting this pattern. It is an over the bust, shaped- seam corset. This commissioned corset if made…