Not Dead, Really!

I’m not dead, I swear! I’ve been having some crappy stuff going on in my life, and in order to cope I needed to hibernate a bit and let myself off the hook for keeping up with things like my website. But things are better now, so you can expect some regular updates to start up again! I’ve done a bunch of sewing on my 1839 Le Follett day dress, I saw The Illusionist and the new BBC Jane Eyre miniseries (so reviews soon), I haven’t yet seen Marie Antoinette (GASP) but will very very soon. Last weekend I was a docent for the San Francisco Victorian Alliance house tour, so I actually got out in costume. I wore my black & ivory striped 1876ish reception dress – only got a few pictures (here and here).

So – back from the dead! More content Monday. Oh, and there are a bunch of dead links in the Real Women’s Clothing directory — I’m slowing going through and fixing them (sigh!). I’ll post a notice when I’ve finished.

Book Recommendation

I recently received my copy of 18th Century Embroidery Techniques and while yeah, okay, I haven’t exactly READ it yet, it looks really exciting. A comprehensive overview of the techniques of embroidery in the period, including good clear descriptions so you can do it yourself, plus lots of really pretty color pictures of period embroidery examples. I recommend it to anyone interested in the period.

Sale Update

Just a quick update on the sale — I am slowly listing things on ebay, but lots of stuff is still available. If you see something on my sale page that doesn’t take you to ebay, you can still contact me privately to arrange to buy. Once I get things on ebay, I will link from that page, so you can still see what I’ve got until it’s gone. I’m removing things from the page as they are purchased, altho a few things are reserved.