Here debuts the new bottom-of-the-petticoat. The last stitches went into the goldworked swags last evening, and I sighed a long sigh. That ...

A teaser: pattens' progress Short post here. How can I tell the story of her patterns better than our Sabine? Go and read " Ho...

Sleeveless spencer toile view from the front So you thought I killed the sleeveless, convertible spencer project, did you? April Fools ...

 Christopher's bridge dance, on top of a so-cold stream. Not much costuming. After a late winter spell, springtime has arrived ...

Sophia, my impromptu embroidery frame Last post I promised to show you how necessity prompted me to create an impromptu embroidery fram...

Working with the afternoon sun behind me...before the embroidery frame eureka moment. Hack, bellow, cough, cough, couuuuggghhh, stoop ...

Slow but sure progress has been made on the goldwork-embroidered petticoat. A quick look. I've added two more complete swags in check...

Our snowdrops Blooming on the eastward-facing front of our house. Blooming now, when they should wait a few more weeks. No snow this y...

London and Paris Fashions , May 1799 The sleeveless sort of spencer thingie was known, as mentioned in previous posts, by such names as...

The shape. Last fall I decided I needed a new spencer. Do you recall this series of posts ? At the end, with your help, I decided on a ...

If I were to make a Titanic tea dress, this might be it. This is a House of Drécoll dress, circa 1912, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art...