I stalked ebay for many, many months, but I finally own Barbara Johnson's Album. (Interesting, mine does not say "Lady of Fashion"! But it's the correct ISBN and complete.) From England, less than $60 including shipping.  It is SO COOL!  There are SO MANY FABRICS and prints out there, things that we just don't think would be accurate.  I can't ( Read more... )

I haven't done a meme of any kind in quite a while. This is interesting! From litlover12.  Pick a letter from the list below, and I'll talk about it. Please feel free to do it yourself ( Read more... )

Describing a typical morning scene in Oxford, 1938:

... All over the city, in colleges and belfries, the mechanism of clocks whirred, clanged, and struck nine o'clock, in a maddening, jagged syncopation of conflicting tempo and timbre ( Read more... )

I haven't sewn anything since the last time I reported status. So Eleanor's dress is still unfinished (but still looking adorable), patterns are un-printed, and the sewing room is still dark. But I did drive an hour plus to the guild's Tiaras and Top Hats Tea Party on Saturday. That was fun! The tea was lovely. I liked the main course best, and the ( Read more... )

Meme from impulsereader:

It's international book week. The rules: Grab the closest book to you, turn to page 52, post the 5th sentence. Don't mention the title. Copy the rules as part of your post.

"He had his orders to divulge nothing."

No title, but I will say it was published in 1946.

New book today on Project Gutenberg:

English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop (William I - George IV)
Published 1906

It's... interesting!  Pretty watercolors, if nothing else. And excerpts from things like Pepys' diary. I'll bet it was very useful for fancy dress balls!

This one from seawasp.

1) What author do you own the most books by? Not sure. With the weekend's acquisitions, I have 32 Saint books, so that's probably the highest.  The Agatha Christie and Nancy Drew collections surpass that, but both are jointly owned by my mother and I. And the majority of the Louis L'Amours are Nathan's.

2) What book do you own ( Read more... )

Book meme, last seen on suededsilk's journal.

( I DID try to keep it short, I promise. )