Art, beauty and well-ordered chaos

I just completed an adventure in massive amounts of trim on a dress for an 1812 event at Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY...

Today I began an adventure that I've been waiting to start since about mid-winter when the idea popped into my brain. You see... we hav...

WARNING: If you get freaked out by disturbing images, skip this post. Go read a pretty dress blog right now. Well... I gave y...

The 2011 Original Northeastern was a fantastic event this past week. My complements to the staff, you guys did a great job. I saw many g...

It feels like it's been forever since I updated about my quilted petticoat. Progress has been slow & spotty with fits & starts,...

The day we stop learning is the day we stop breathing & turn into cold clay. As people interested in history (whatever aspect of hist...