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Unusual fabric?
Please take a look at this 18th century doll and tell me what is going on on her skirt ( Read more... ) -
Long time, no see!
Now that we've moved and things are settling down a little, I'm going to dip my toe back in here. One day, I'll get some "after" pics of our house, when all those last little projects (hanging pics and curtains, etc.) are done ( Read more... ) -
New house
"Where has Justawench been?" you haven't wondered ( Read more... ) -
Catching up
On Memorial Day weekend we went to the Vincennes Rendezvous. The weather was nice and I managed to throw together something for B. to wear: a pinner and a jam. Everything was great, except I forgot my contacts. Yay. I spent the entire time wanting to hide my face because I have black plastic-rimmed glasses. I did participate blindly in the fashion ( Read more... ) -
Met Video Lecture
The Art of Making Chintz:
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/video/lectures/making-chintz
Details the steps, though I haven't seen them described in quite that order. -
Boring you to tears...
The five-color fabrics will not be analyzed, I've decided. They already contain just about every color, so the analysis won't reveal anything much. I still need to crunch the numbers for the 4-color fabrics, but I don't expect any real breakthroughs there either ( Read more... ) -
1920s London
The History Blog links the coolest videos of 1920s London compared to footage of today. I love the overlay of the second one - it seems eerie. -
"Lattice" prints (and indigo resists)
I've been thinking about the prints that have a diapered motif. (I had been calling them "trellis" prints to myself, but "lattice" is more what I was trying to convey so I have changed terms.) I have only ever seen them used as lining fabrics, which had left me scratching my head. I started to fear that they were some specific sub-set of prints ( Read more... ) -
Flowers
On a different note, I went to the Master Gardener's sale this past weekend and bought a few plants I'm really excited about, like "Raspberry Truffle" coneflower, "Summer sorbet" verbascum, and some fancy daylilies. I got "Pearl Harbor", "Mapping Carolina", and an unknown whose picture reminded me of "Wolf Eyes". It definitely had purple edges and ( Read more... )
