Dress in 18thC Stockholm

my necklace 18th century ladies are occasionally portraited wearing pearl necklaces, often with quite large pearls which were probably...

M. de Garsault, Art du Tailleur (1769), plate 12 (detail). Source: gallica.bnf.fr / BnF . The stays in Garsault's 1769 "Art d...

Waugh's pattern in Corsets and Crinolines , page 40. Norah Waugh's classic book Corsets and Crinolines (1954, reprinted 1987)...

Some fabric dealers say their linen will shrink up to 10-15 % over the first few washes. Now, most extant linen garments have probably been ...

In the Western world today, we think in centimeters or inches. For sewing projects that don't involve fitting, it's easy to think in...

My 'silver' lace, 2 cm (3/4") wide Traditional metal bobbin lace is made from metal thread, which consists of a thin meta...

Close-up of today's find Whenever I pass by my local thrift shop, I check out their fabric section. It's by no means a steady su...