Today's News Item No. 1: The Reticule It's of scraps of almost slubless duppioni silk, bag lined in same, and the top edge wh...

The basics for an early reticule. Drawn on silk, then spangled with gold spangles from Berlin Embroidery and sadi purl frisee from India. ...

* for all intents and purposes. So, here it is! Am very pleased with it. Thanks to Lynn McMaster's article on 1790s turbans , in which...

The hat in progress. Oh, did I fight with it. For perhaps three hours on and off, so far. The reports from the front say that after last ...

Here's more information on the hand whip-gathered frill or ruffle that edges the 1790s cloak that I'm currently making, plus a littl...

"Still Life with Sewing Box", this vignette might be called, that is, if it didn't include the snaky, too realistic view o...

Gasp. Whether that means "Good heavens!" or "[the last] gasp" is up to you. Still, it's done. Here it is, tried on, ...

This story was written by Noah and Christopher and Mama. Here we go, said Noah, when it was time to make the birthday cake for Noah and Ch...

Oh, excitement, a chemise. Still, it means a new nightgown to me :} Yes, that's one of those cool balsa wood rubber-band airplanes ...

Ackermann's fabric samples, from a month in 1813. Thanks to Sabine , who located another source for Ackermann's online at Archive...

The cover of the first issue. Talk about a long name! Yes, friends and readers, it's online. From 1809 through, well, you need to go ...

Good morning, everyone. The word from friends is that Blogger is having issues, and this morning I had trouble logging in. Therefore, if you...

If you haven't perused the Gallery of Fashion at the Bunka Gakuen Library yet, make haste! There are styles of dresses, headdresses, a...

Gallery of Fashion , October 1794 At this moment I am close to suffering a case of the vapors. The Gallery of Fashion , volume 1 (Apr. ...

No, this is not Zombie-related, but it will be explosive. Now that I have your attention :} This blog is all about experiments. So are...