Art, beauty and well-ordered chaos

I finished the last repeat on the bottom border of the quilted petticoat tonight. Now I have to decide what to do with the rest of it. C...

As a favor to a friend I'm posting a gown that I made for her here. You can find it on the "for sale" page of our web site wi...

I just found out that my nightmare customer is a recurring theme in the lives of other historic seamstresses. Thankfully I can say "...

Eventually real people wear the clothes I've made. Here are some pictures. I'll add more as soon as I transfer the images from the...

There are many types of trim on gowns & suits of the 18th century. The white sleeve puff of 1780 has always interested me. Though I l...

Dear Oakhill Clothiers Customers, We have a new website! It's at the same address, so no need to change bookmarks if you were so inc...

The green gown with thistle stomacher is finished! This is my 2nd to last "it's taken forever" project from last year, and ...