18th century clothing - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Clothing/History/Living History/Museums/Pabodie Project

Mrs Pabodie, I presume?

Posted on November 16, 2016 by kittycalash

Remember Mrs Pabodie? She appeared a week ago today in Providence after an intense sewing effort left your author with numb fingers. The process was as straight...

Clothing/Laundry/Living History/Reenacting

Filthy Friday: Rolling with a Purpose

Posted on September 9, 2016 by kittycalash

“It looks like you rolled in dirt,” I said to the Young Giant when he dumped a gritty mess on my lap. “I did,” he said, “but it wa...

Art Rant/Clothing/Living History/material culture

Fashion, Fantasy, and Intention

Posted on August 13, 2016 by kittycalash

I am not a costumer, not really. But I’m not really a re-enactor in the classical sense: I no longer roll with a military unit and my military experiences...

Clothing/Fail/Living History/making things

Bloody, Bratty, Boning

Posted on May 27, 2016 by kittycalash

Sometimes I am a terrible brat, as in this past weekend, when the autocorrect on my phone insisted that the proud four-letter Anglo-Saxon words I was typing wer...