This multi-part tutorial will cover some key details of making a bodiced petticoat using the bodice portion of the basic Sense and Sensibili...

Christmas Eve, for which I waited so patiently to sing by candlelight in the cathedral, left in the winks of two tired children's eyes, ...

"Then all is silent and the snow falls Settling soft and slow. The evening deepens and the grey Folds closer earth and sky The wo...

This little meme was passing around some of my favorite blogs yesterday, with invitations to join in, so I am doing so as soon as chance has...

The twins haven't appeared much in these pages lately, but that's because toddler isn't a very good word for their state. They d...

 Yes, the petticoat needs shortening. Edited October 29, 2020  As part of a mid-19th century dress project, I recently hand-sewed a m...

Here is the last of the 1880s silhouettes for you to copy and use for cards or decorations. Someone cut this one, as they had the others, fr...

Here is a second set of 1880s silhouettes for you to copy and use for cards or decorations. Someone cut them from a magazine long ago, and I...

A week or two ago I bought a series of small 1880s silhouettes that had been cut from a magazine. Thinking that copies of them would make pr...

Would you like to walk along State Street in Ithaca on a sunny day, and glance in the shop windows or admire the big homes up the hill? Wou...

We will continue our tour of the drawstring dress construction with the skirt, the last part of the my mockup dress to be sewn. See Part 1 ...