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What would Jane Austen keep in her sewing box?

Posted in Design, Dress, Embroidery, History, Jane Austen, Quilting, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 24, 2012 |

I don’t have a huge collection of 19th or 20th century sewing tools, just a select number of things I have inherited or found at vintage fairs. But I have meet people who have a passionate love of collecting sewing tools, and they have some truly amazing items. But aside from that what would Jane [...]

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Crinoline Creations

Posted in Design, Dress, Embroidery, History, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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What Is It With Corsets?

Posted in Design, Jane Austen, tagged , , , , , , on August 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I must admit that I don’t really understand the corset thing. I know as a craft historian I should be more understanding of such a key item in women’s wardrobes right up until the 1960s (some older women continued to wear their corsets well into the 20th century).   But I sympathise with the annoyance [...]

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