Sunday, 9 October 2011
Corsets on the table
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Furiously trying to finish my book in time for the November deadline. I'm nearly there but finding it very hard to keep it simple and u...
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Making a vintage bra pattern
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I have often made reference to one of my favourite sewing books, the Odhams Encyclopaedia of Needlecraft which was published in 1954. I thi...
Monday, 29 August 2011
Antique corset show and tell at Symingtons
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The things which struck me most about the Victorian and Edwardian corsets in the Symington collection, was their lightness, their diver...
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Corsets as far as the eye could see
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A trip to see the biggest antique corset collection in the world - The Symington collection! All pics (c) Leicestershire County Council Mu...
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Vintage bullet bras - show and tell!
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The other week a friend of mine sent a parcel with the note "I saw these at a vintage market and thought they might be the sort of thin...
Monday, 8 August 2011
Another month whizzes by
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I know you probably didn't notice, but I've been away again - my body in not so sunny Cornwall, but thanks to this wonderful bo...
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Unusual tools for sewing
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Have you laid a wooden or laminate floor lately? In which case - have you got some of these .... I said BLOCK! This is a "heavy duty k...
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