...slowly building up my historical library, focusing mainly on clothing. I've recently added to my collection: Patterns of Fashion 1 Patterns of Fashion 2 Blackwork Embroidery Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques Victorian Needlework 59 Authentic Turn of the Century Patterns Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques...

MM I'm finally getting around to scanning images from my Peterson's Magazines I got at an antique store in North Carolina this past May. First we have a pattern for an evening polonaise. The pattern is not to scale!

нус продолжим..                                            VICTORIAN LADY художник John O'Brien  

I started this gown last Halloween, and am finishing it, finally, this Halloween.  Primarily this is because I actually have places to go, to wear a costume.  The trim and buttons are pinned on, and...black hat.  Oh well! The trim and buttons are just pinned on at this point, and will be sewn on when I finish the armscye.  The front overlap will have snaps to keep it from gaping.  

So the guys are all done except for ties and cravates, here's my costume...it looks better on the dress dummy:-) The bolero is made out of cotton jacqard with linen lining, and silk velvet piping...go ahead and make the waist cincher. Here it is at work.  My husband is doing the carving of a phoenix breaking out of a gear.  Yep...Clockwork Phoenix is born.  There'll be an Etsy page soon.  

Here are the first pictures taken on our holiday. I am wearing the late bustle gown I made recently.     Bigger pictures on my website .  

OK, these are my #2 and #3 ever Steampunk projects. Red coat has silk lapels and the black has brass riveted leather lapels and....the top, a black leather gear also riveted per the wearers design.  :-)

www.postcardworld.co.uk - ссылка с 2006 года безнадежно устарела:)

Is anyone going to the Victorian Christmas weekend at the Citadel? http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax/ne/ne2_e.asp I also checked out Sherbrooke Village's website, and it doesn't look like they're having a Victorian Christmas this year. Anyone know otherwise? Or any other Victorian stuff coming up next month? I have an idea for a new bustle dress brewing, and it would be good to know what deadlines...

"The Victorian Horrors of Old Mauch Chunk", a graphic novel "Something unusual abounds in the mountains and woods around Mauch Chunk. Something more than the Lehigh River winding through the gorge past Glen Onoko. More than the sum of its known history, Mauch Chunk possesses an incredible story that's yet to be told... until now." Mauch Chunk happens to be a real place... now known as Jim...