Quaker dress - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Passing Strange

Posted on November 16, 2025 by kittycalash

In representing Magdalen Devine at the Museum of the American Revolution’s Revolutionary Philadelphia event, I decided to make a brown silk gown. This is an eas...

Events/History/Living History

Friends in Newport

Posted on August 28, 2014 by kittycalash

I’m so glad I have friends in Newport. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t get over to the Island nearly as often as I do now. Next Thursday, I’ll b...

Clothing/Events/History/Museums

The Society of Friends

Posted on March 9, 2014 by kittycalash

Last Friday, I joined my friends in Newport for a program at the Newport Historical Society. We stood in the Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House behind the NHS...

Clothing/Living History/Museums

Criss Cross

Posted on March 5, 2014 by kittycalash

I like Dolly. The colors, the textures, the style of her gown, shawl and cap all please me. She’s rocking some serious class for a woman headed towards a ...