More Regency Regalia: Cobbling a Costume for a Jane Austen Event
... I set about completing the outfit. I needed a purse, a hat, and a pelisse or spencer ...
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Go Big or Go Home: Trimming an 18th Century Hat
... What I discovered was that just about anything goes. Ribbons, flowers, birds, feathers, fruit, wheat. You name it ...
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Repairing an Antique Blouse
... It was the collar I worried about. The stitches attaching its satin-covered boning framework were mostly gone, leaving the whole thing collapsed and disheveled. I had to do something ...
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Making a Regency Bonnet
... Always looking for new dress-up opportunities, I contacted JASNA to see what Atlanta-area events might require head-to-toe Regency finery ...
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Making a Strap to Fasten My Antique Parasol
... It would need to be attractive but inconspicuous, made of period-correct materials, and not hamper the mechanism or damage the lace ...
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Another Reticule Rescue
... I tore away the shattered chiffon lining, wondering why someone would have used such sheer fabric to house drawstrings. I hesitated before snipping the original, tiny, hand stitches ...
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Dirty Lowdown: Why (and How) I Clean Everything
... it shows you just how much dirt can be trapped in the fibers of a seemingly clean dress ...
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Repairing a Vintage Hand Fan
... The shards had torn through the silk in several spots of nearly every section. Some were hanging from one edge. Others had completely detached. Sob ...
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Making a Parasol Bag
... I'd seen a single example of a parasol bag, and that was for at-home storage. But that didn't mean a carried version never did or could exist. Surely some enterprising woman had whipped one up back when, right? ...
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Que pouvez-vous *faire* à partir de trois serviettes de bain ?
... Cela ressemblait à une sorte de robe de chambre ultra moelleuse (c'est un peignoir que vous pouvez porter au-delà de la salle de bain, pour vous les jeunes)...
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Tout échoué : récupérer la robe verte
... Première étape : évaluer l'état, vérifier les dommages et décider combien (temps, efforts et argent) investir...
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