[NB: I typed this one about a year ago, when I was doing those posts based on my plate-less 1834 Godey's - putting together what the different aspects of the dress the text is describing so you can get an idea of what the original plate would look like. Somehow I never got around to … Continue reading Godey's London Fashions for May, 1834: Morning Dresses
Category: 19th century
Day Dress, ca. 1840
I have had this dress in the works for a very long time. One time when I was in Walmart for ... buttons, I think, I came across this gold/brown quilting cotton with a very small leaf and floral print for $2 or $3/yard. I bought several yards of it, and set it aside until … Continue reading Day Dress, ca. 1840
Latest Patterning Visit
This was perhaps my penultimate patterning trip for the first book I intend to put out. (The last one I have planned will be on the 28th, but I suppose it's possible that I could come across another venue and make another afterward.) Yesterday I drove down to Historic Cherry Hill to take the pattern … Continue reading Latest Patterning Visit
New Collection Online!
At the moment my mild-mannered alter ego is a receptionist in a doctor's office, and we are required to show YNN Capital Region all day long. Yes. Much of the time it is ignorable, frequently it is appalling, and occasionally it tosses up something of interest. Today, that little gem was a spot on the … Continue reading New Collection Online!
Tea in Kinderhook
On Saturday, I went to the Formally Invited tea at the Vanderpoel House in Kinderhook, put on by the Columbia County Historical Society and Clermont State Historic Site. It was wonderful! The whole first floor was cleared, with one room for the tea, punch, and food, one room for coats (and a full-length mirror, so … Continue reading Tea in Kinderhook
Mimic of Modes 