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Dec 16, 2014

HSF 14 - Challenge # 22 - Gentlemen = Making an 18th century "Darcy" Shirt

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Happy Jane Austen Day! 239 years ago today on the 16th of December 1775, Jane Austen was born. Since today (nearly) co-insides with the ...
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Dec 5, 2014

Tutorial - Using Photoshop to make Historical Sewing Patterns which Fit

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There are a lot of great old patterns out there that are free to download, via places like the Internet Archive, or possibly you've b...
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Nov 24, 2014

Dyeing Chicken Feathers with Food Colouring

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Feathers dyed by microwaving with food colouring At the start of the year my sister-in-law showed me socks knitted from wool dyed with...
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Nov 11, 2014

Where have I been? London! Paris! Rome!

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London! Paris! Rome! I've been slack about blogging lately and I am sorry. During June and July I was trekking ( weeel mostly renta...
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Jun 8, 2014

Liebster Award

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Apologies! The lovely Nessa from SewingEmpire asked me these questions via the ‘Liebster Award’ months ago, but I have been too damn usele...
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May 20, 2014

Expect Much? - Updated

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If I tell you I have tickets to the Monty Python reunion show (in London, baby!) and have just bought 5 metres of scarlet fabric, can you gu...
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May 14, 2014

Historical Sew Fortnightly 2014 - Challenge #8: UFOs & PHDs

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My UFO (Un-Finished Object) for the Historical Sew Fortnightly 2014 - Challenge #8: UFOs & PHDs is the Truly Victorian 1873 Polon...
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