The past few days saw me camped out on the den floor, stretching and leaning and murmuring "ooph, ow!" as I drafted the Illustrier...

Finally, life has a bit of sewing in it again. The energy simply hasn't been there, a common refrain during  annus horribilis 2020 . Beh...

Updated August 28, 2021 to add additional information Goodness gracious, the set of posts about 1890s skirt fullness, of which this is ano...