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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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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… 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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
Mimic of Modes 