For the Book of Slightly Spooky and Weird

It is really boring at work so I've been playing with online family history sites. I just found out that my great, great, great grandmother listed her profession as Ecclesiastical embroiderer!! I know not an unusual profession for a women, but still weird. The daughters living with her at the time of the 1891 Census were both teachers (one language and piano, the other painting and music.

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Elizabethan Patterns

Elizabethan Patterns, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

I've been pretty quiet recently. I've been on a health kick which means I don't have much energy by the time I get home of a night added to which the weather isn't very conducive to sewing.

But I have been shopping. This arrived yesterday from Kass McGann, some great patterns and 6m of lovely scarlet wool flannel.

I got the Elizabethan Feminine Doublet, 1690s-1710s Mantua and went halvies in Netherlandish Working Women's Outfit. The Mantua is out of my period but I just love the look of it. I think I might use it for a mundane coat. We got the Netherlandish patterns to make for Festival next year. The site isn't good for long clothes and these just look so cool and practical.

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Linking to My Handouts

People are more than welcome to link to my handouts. However, I would recommend either linking to the blog post containing the link or linking to my main research page - http://needleprayse.webcon.net.au/research/index.html. I would recommend linking to the research page as I often update handouts or add them to the research page without putting a notice up anywhere else.

Please don't copy the file and put it somewhere else on the web. You can photocopy and distribute for non-profit purposes (eg at a local arts and sciences day or collegia etc) as long as no changes are made to the handout and no profit is being made (cost coverage is OK).

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