A Regency Picnic

Happily, not all the costume events were canceled this year. Caitlin, The Victorian Archivist, hosted a socially-distanced regency picnic this Labor Day weekend at Saratoga Spa State Park through the Empire State Costumers group on Facebook. In all, six of us attended so it was quite perfect. It was so lovely to meet new people…

Review of My S&S 1810s Gown and the 19th C. Ball at Brookside

I am pleased to finally have a bit of time to be able to write up my review of this gown, which I completed in December 2018 for the local JASNA chapter's annual Jane Austen birthday tea. Unfortunately that day I had been sewing right up until I had to leave and so I was…