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My Life as a Chair, or, Warm in Winter
Can I get an “Aw, yiss” for being warm outdoors? After the aftermath. Photo by Drunk Tailor. They may not be the most accurate <cough>machinestitchedoffabolt<cough> quilted petticoat and...
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Whimsical Wednesday: Shoes.
If you are a historic costumer, living history interpreter or enactor and tell me you don’t have a problem with shoes, and I will laugh at you. Even if you don’t have way too many shoes, chances are...
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History Hurts
We have been here before: terrible stays, stays in need of minor mods, and “it isn’t history till it hurts.” New this past weekend was the Busk Bust Blister (Bursting) which didn’t make History hurt,...
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The ‘Nancy Dawson’ Dress
Miss Nancy Dawson, aquatint print. Victoria and Albert Museum. E.4968-1968 Hat tip to Mr B for pointing out the resemblance; I know the print and never connected it to this fabric. It’s been almost a...
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Squirrel!
It’s astonishing to me, in a way, that I haven’t posted about this before, but shockingly, I have not. Remember the need to keep warm in Princeton? Tested on at Ti? A compromise? I updated that...
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Mending: Check
My poor old apron. It’s almost– but not quite– the firstarticle of historical clothing I made. (The first was a shift. Infrastructure and fundamentals, people.) It acquired some new wear (actual...
View Article“Comfortably Covered”
The last event of 2018 (for me) was the “March In” evening event at Valley Forge. My reasons for choosing …Continue reading →
View ArticleHoods and Caps and Bonnets, oh my!
Let’s take a closer look at Griselda, Countess Stanhope. She wears a hood over a fine white cap, as well …Continue reading →
View ArticleA Little Black Bonnet
Practically everyone needs one, and like the Little Black Dress, the little black bonnet flatters practically everyone, too. In finishing …Continue reading →
View ArticleLost Colonist
In which we experience a return to the costuming portion of this blog When I was six, I had the …Continue reading →
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