While this blog is more of a place for finished projects and tutorials than daily ramblings (for which you should be grateful for), the comp...

On finding out that Barbara Johnson--an 18th century woman who kept a record of all the fabric and dresses she had--had a Manchester cloth c...

For ages, I've wanted to create a second blog for my antique clothing, and today, I finally did! The Fashionable Past--Antiques! T...

The Lady's Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work (1847) by Jane Gaugain is an incredi...

It's about time I got back to the Williamsburg wardrobe postings, isn't it? So here's my cotton print sacque, rather fully tuto...

Now that the Epic Williamsburg vacation is over (sigh), I have many updates! For now, they are of the 'look at me' variety, but eac...

I thought it would be fun to share another of my Brownie photos. As I was having my picture taken with the Brownie, I was also having a digi...