Regency sewing - it was tidy for 10 minutes.

Is there anyone in historical costume land who hasn;t  at least heard of Janet Arnold?  Museum of London has some of the extant garments ...

Long time, no write, but it seems that the technical issues have been resolved. Well, we can hope! This is one of the costumes made since...

apologies to all -  I am abandoning this blog site - unresolved technical illnesses. The posts etc will remain as they stand but no more wil...

So far so good - the trouble is 'so far' isn't very far at all.  To recap - inspiration is -  Phillip Mercier's portrait o...

New week, new task. Travelling back in time ( wibble wobble, wibble wobble) to 1750 or there abouts.  Location Fairfax House o Castlegate, Y...

 This is a bit of a cheat - I wanted to explore the changes between the exaggerated bustle of the 1880s to the sleeker line of the 1890s. ...

catch up week. That is catching up with friends, lawn mowing, hedge control, housework, spider patrol and everything else. Also catch up wit...