Georgian embroidery – Alison Larkin Embroidery

General posts, Georgian embroidery, Historical EmbroideryJuly 24, 2024July 24, 2024

A Floral muff: Working from an C18 Pattern

This week I have handed over a commission piece for Lucy Adlington of History Wardrobe, which has been fascinating to work on a number of levels. Lucy asked me toContinue readingA Floral muff: Working from an C18 Pattern

Costume Work, General posts, Georgian embroideryJune 12, 2024June 12, 2024

How DID I get HERE?

I’ve always been a crafter, particularly hand stitching. I don’t remember being taught, but it must have been my mum and my gran. I was making summer dresses by theContinue readingHow DID I get HERE?

Costume Work, General posts, Georgian embroideryMarch 26, 2024March 26, 2024

The Joys of “Dress-up”!

I spent quite a lot of time during Covid Lockdown in 2020-21 working on making ‘dress-up’ costumes. This is a widespread hobby, which includes everything from costumes in museums forContinue readingThe Joys of “Dress-up”!

General posts, Georgian embroidery, Historical Embroidery, UncategorizedFebruary 10, 2024February 10, 2024

Serendipity: a case study of a Muff

This post was originally written for The Costume Society in June/July 2021. It doesn’t seem to be available on their website anymore, so I thought I would post it onContinue readingSerendipity: a case study of a Muff

Classes and Lectures, General posts, Georgian embroideryOctober 24, 2021October 24, 2021

Coming Back to Life

The last 18 months or so have been a strange time, but it’s good to be gradually coming back to something resembling normality – at least as ‘normal’ as myContinue readingComing Back to Life

Georgian embroidery, Historical EmbroideryMay 22, 2021May 22, 2021

“New and Elegant Patterns”: a hunt for treasures, Part 2.

The Story continues……. “The Lady’s Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to their Use and Amusement” was first published in August 1770 and continued for 13Continue reading“New and Elegant Patterns”: a hunt for treasures, Part 2.

Georgian embroidery, Historical EmbroideryApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021

“New and Elegant Patterns”: a hunt for treasures! Part the first….

“The Lady’s Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to their Use and Amusement” was first published in August 1770 and continued for 13 issues a yearContinue reading“New and Elegant Patterns”: a hunt for treasures! Part the first….

General posts, Georgian embroidery, Historical EmbroideryMarch 14, 2021March 14, 2021

An ‘Entertaining Companion’!

I’m sure many of us read magazines, for their recipes, holiday suggestions, fashion info, household ideas, etc. We may subscribe regularly, or only buy occasionally – train journeys are oneContinue readingAn ‘Entertaining Companion’!