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Newport Friends

Posted on January 30, 2014 by kittycalash

I had a bit of a surprise when details emerged about the program Sew 18th Century and I will be doing in early March at her workplace. I’ve known about th...

Book Review/History/Living History

Book Notice: Wearable Prints, 1760-1860

Posted on January 29, 2014 by kittycalash

This just in, literally, from the mail carrier: Susan W. Greene’s long-awaited book, Wearable Prints, 1760-1860. It’s discounted (and out of stock) ...

Clothing/Fail/Living History

Temporal Anxiety

Posted on January 24, 2014 by kittycalash

I like to have a selection of things to wake up and panic about at 4:00 AM, don’t you? If it isn’t sewing, it’s some weird noise I think the c...

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Pinner Aprons

Posted on January 23, 2014 by kittycalash

On Saturday, Sew 18th Century and I went out for lunch and fabric shopping. Along the way, I brought up pinner aprons, and that I’d seen them in British p...