HSF # 1: 1813(ish) waistcoat
The Challenge: #1, __13 More photos here. Fabric: Fronts, 100% wool leftover yardage from a petticoat. Back, wool broadcloth left over from remnant (is that a r...
Category: Living History
Sleeping 18th Century-Style
There was a mild flurry about a year ago around the release of Evening’s Empire, by Craig Koslofsky. Like the 2005 book by Roger Ekirch, At Day’s Cl...
Consider the Chicken
With apologies to the late David Foster Wallace The majority of us do not consider the chicken. We may consider whether the package of chicken we purchase is fr...
Working Weekend
This is the house at the farm museum where we went to work on Sunday. That bright orange under the window is squash. The part painted red is an office addition ...
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