I am slowly completing posts that conclude the construction of the bodiced petticoat and both open robes that have been in progress these ma...

Important Note, 11/07/10: this entry is being rewritten and is in progress. As part of the preparations for the Jane Austen Festival, I ma...

My goodness, have we been busy bees lately! Getting ready for this festival is a great deal of fun but it is occupying whatever leisure or l...

Babies no more, babies no more. Welcome to boyhood, tots! The twins turned three on Monday and it's been a week of joy and reminiscenc...

Do you dream of baking a pudding in a cast iron pan or roasting a goose over hot coals? Do you see in your mind's eye a tall, white-fros...

The last few months several evenings per week after the tots have gone to sleep have been devoted to completing a pair of Past Patterns Tran...

Background Part of our group at the Jane Austen Festival. Laura in her new open robe ensemble is second from left. This robe has had q...

Last Saturday, heavy clouds and drizzle parted for a few hours as our sewing circle gathered at Kathleen and Greg's farm to celebrate sp...