O.K. So I'm in L.A. (I think) in a science type classroom, with benches and equipment and stuff (thanks Katherine!see note about sewing in chemistry) and I am teaching costume to Jenny la Fleur, who I have met, and a whole bunch of you ladies who I haven't, possibly including jennil, sarahlizzi and so on. Oh and Maudelynn, who I have met. My friend ( Read more... )

The earliest item of textile I saw today was a fragment of a hair (cloth) shirt from not later than 1205 - yes that's 800 years old! Also 18th century clothes, sheer 19th century clothes - Katherine, a couple of details for you privately when I have downloaded pictures. I can share some, via e-mail, but only if anyone asking guarantees never, ever ( Read more... )

Well I have had a busy 24 hours(I had a busy dream too, in case anybody wants to get picky on the 24 hours thing ( Read more... )

Part 2 - I cut myself off ( Read more... )

1. Nervous habits? Running my hands through my hair till I look like Madam Mimm (from the Sword in the Stone ( Read more... )

Today has been a bad day. My best friend had to go to hospital to have an eye test, as she had a haemorrhage behind on eye, and was not seeing properly, so I was on standby to go and help her get home if needed. Instead of which I spent the morning at the same hospital with another friend, who had an emergency call after a scan showed something in ( Read more... )

This was written by Aranel on the Sense and Sensibility site ( Read more... )

I was just doing an online search for Museums with costumes collections, for a reason I'll get back to, and I found out where the little mantua is going. It's "La Musee de Modes et de la Costume" at the Palais Galliera, in Paris. It is an exhibition called, I think , "Modes in the Mirror" - fashions of the time of Louis XVl, I think - certainly ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went back to the Museum of London for a final check of the mantua petticoat. Everything else was finished, the stomacher, pad (the Armada pad from Hunnisett) and hoop, adapted from another Hunnisett pattern. The only thing unfinished was the waist. Was I glad I hadn't done that - the skirt was 11/2" too long at the back and was dragging ( Read more... )

It is such a beautiful morning I am going to go outside into my courtyard garden and plant up some pots with lilies. I also have to plant the pots I was bought for my birthday in February - it's been too cold and miserable till now. I had a long cuddle with my ptetty pusskin (in my icon) and that was good because I am only allowed to cuddle if *she ( Read more... )