Source: Flickr – Maguis & David I have been greatly looking forward to the Ballarat Heritage Weekend - it looks like a wonderful opportunity to take a sneaky peak into some of the gorgeous Victorian buildings. High on my list of ‘must- sees’ is the chapel at the Loreto Convent which I have been led to believe is [...]
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Caring For Your Collection
Posted in Architecture, Design, Embroidery, History, tagged 19th century, australia, Ballarat Fire Station, Ballarat Heritage Weekend, Ballarat things to see, Ballarat Town Hall, craft, Embroidery, Loreto Convent, Victorian Crafts, Victorian Embroidery on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On not giving up
Posted in History, tagged australia, authenticity, found dreams, getting old, life, lost dreams, personal choices, resilience on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This blog isn’t meant to be a personal blog, I’m really keeping it for a nice place to collect my thoughts on creating & history (and all those history books I read!) But I came across a poignant and sad comment the other day and its played upon my mind ever since. In an idle [...]
In the days before email
Posted in Design, Dress, History, Sewing Projects, tagged 1850s, 1860s, 18th century, australia, bonnets, colonial williamsburg, drapers, dresses, gold mining towns, heritage, historic houses, historic theme parks, outdoor museums, photographers, sovereign hill, victoria on March 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In the days before email, SMS, phone or facebook how did you get a quick message to arrange a time to meet a friend? You did this: You hand wrote a little notice inviting your friends to meet you at the hotel tonight at 5pm, then pinned it to the board outside the post office, [...]
Crinoline Creations
Posted in Design, Dress, Embroidery, History, tagged 19th century, 19th century dress, australia, bodice, bright & hitchcock, corsets, crinolines, dress, Early Australian Fashion, fashion, KCI mannequins, national gallery of victoria, the block melbourne, undersleeves, Victorian Crafts on January 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Flickr - National Museum of American History I went to a talk on Early Australian Fashion at the National Gallery of Victoria on the weekend. It was a three part talk including an introduction by Curator Laura Jocic, an address by Professor Margaret Maynard, and a discussion with the conservator Annette Soumilas. Sleeveless but not in [...]
Sewing Early Sydney
Posted in Architecture, Design, History, Sewing Projects, tagged australia, colonial australia, convicts, craft, early australia, early sydney, grace karskens, regency, sewing, shirts, sydney, watkin tench, women convicts, women's work sewing on January 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Book Review: The Colony By complete chance, I happened to be reading Grace Karsken’s The Colony: A History of Early Sydney when I heard her discussing the book on Radio National’s By Design. This one is by far one of the best early Australian history books I’ve read. I enjoyed her book very much, particularly [...]
Curious Fact: Georgian Kitchens
Posted in Architecture, tagged australia, britain, fire, georgian, heat, homestead, house, kitchens, ovens, rain, ranges, regency, terrace on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Something I’ve noticed looking at Regency and Georgian houses in Australia and the UK….. Kitchens in British houses over this period (1714 to 1830) are in the basement of the house (particularly if its a terrace house) or in the back of a free standing dwelling. In Australia kitchens were built in separate blocks away [...]
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