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”!
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.