On a chilly spring Sunday morning my little nephew Tommy was christened in Atlanta. He was quite sunny about it, what with smiling family an...

Those of us who love Edwardian fashion are often curious about hobble skirts. Their cut seems so modern and so antiquely confining at the s...

Do you want to understand how to construct 18th century clothing from the inside out? Do you want to get close-up shots of cutting, stitchin...

To all mamas and daddies from their sweet little tots, To all family and friends, from their little buddies, With love. Photo: Christopher a...

First, hairpins! They appear to be made of a sort of plastic, but they vary a good deal in color and pattern, which I am not used to plastic...

Note: As June 2012, this project has been on hold for some years, since Regency projects intervened, but I may take it up again. Having ...

A red-letter day! Cornell University's HEARTH site put much of Harper's Bazar online...from the magazine's inception in 1867, ...

Several weeks ago my friend Polly told me about Sophie, a four-year-old cat up for adoption from the Scott County Animal Shelter. Polly had...

We've done it! A group of us are trying out a period sewing circle, to meet on the last Saturday of every other month. At this inaugural...

It's been awhile since I've had much to report on the Edwardian tea dress that I started, goodness, last spring! You know how it goe...

New boots, new boots, nothing like the love for new boots. These are darlings, besides being so comfortable, as so many boots definitely are...

Split Seconds are simplicity itself to make. Do not let the title fool you into thinking that they're "partly homemade" baked ...

This skirt was supposed to debut at Thanksgiving, but because I sew in short spaces between work, babycare and household tasks, it was only ...

From our family to yours, a very merry Christmas. The creche you see belonged to my mother's family, and battered as the figurines are, ...

Wouldn't you know that the eve before Christmas Eve I'd be sitting on the floor, under a blanket, as close to the fire as I can get ...

Yesterday marked the winter solstice, the darkest, shortest day of the year. This morning it already feels brighter to me, for now, each day...

"That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the centinel." Oliver Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield For some rea...

Fall is long gone, say the snow-trimmed trees, fall is far away, say the blackened walnut hulls lurking underneath their cold white blanket....

...My cup runneth over. 23rd psalm ...Our cup runneth over... May your Thanksgiving run over with thankfulness too.

Here is a fascinating, four-part video tutorial on creating a very pretty Edwardian hairstyle. It's not a Gibson-girl pompadour, but mor...