Sewing Tips and Techniques for 17th Century Costume
These articles originally appeared in “Orders of the Daye”, the magazine of the The Sealed Knot Index Decorating Unconfined Breeches
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Historic Knitting and making the Gunnister purse
Historic Knitting Whilst knitting has had something of resurgence in 21st century there has been a great deal of debate
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Frequently asked questions sent to Caroline Compiled by Caroline Vincent I find that I spend a lot of time answering
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REFERENCES TO STRAW HATS IN THE 17th CENTURY compiled by Caroline Vincent Book: A Visual History of Costume in the
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Useful Book List for making 17th Century Clothes Compiled by Caroline Vincent Period Costume for Stage & Screen – Patterns
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Foreign visitors to England would often remark how well dressed the English* women were, one traveller has been quoted to
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STAYS, A Brief History …or, How 17th Century Women got their shape including instructions for how to make them Please
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