Category: etsy
Caps!
A little while ago, I started working on making a new cap - my earlier one was the first I'd ever made, of course I did it without a real pattern, and the cotton was too heavy as well, so it was just terrible. Because I wanted to be able to sell caps in my … Continue reading Caps!
La Petite Oye Update
When I started my Etsy shop last March, I wanted to make la petite oye: all of the white cotton or linen accompaniments for respectable dress in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. I first started with sleeve ruffles - simple things, and not easy to find - and then I added two Regency chemisette options and … Continue reading La Petite Oye Update
… And This Time It's Personal
I really dislike making this post, but I'm trying to convince myself that it's not that bad. Here's a creepy picture from an 1861 Godey's to distract you from my awkwardness My life has been tricky lately. I'm on a long-term temp assignment while trying to find permanent employment. I'm living at home, but have … Continue reading … And This Time It's Personal
Thank You and Some Progress
Thank you to everyone for commenting on my post about hoop skirts! There are so very many statements out there, both from the period in a satirical or curmudgeonly vein and from secondary sources that don't take the biases of their primary sources into account. And unlike other pervasive myths I've looked into or seen … Continue reading Thank You and Some Progress
Mimic of Modes 