Pappafichi (Hunting Hoods)

True confession time, sometimes when I see accessories from different time periods, I feel envy. This week that envy was … More

Impunture (Specialty Stitches)

I have just started my wool sottana senza busto which means I am deep into the process of interlining. It … More

The Sottana is a fascinating garment (FYI: it shares its name with an unrelated clerical dress). As far as we … More

The construction of this doublet is a gift of lessons. Although I have constructed quite a few complicated interlinings, this … More

Thinking is dangerous. The doublet padding kept bothering me and I kept returning to the Moroni painting. I was reading … More

Cutting out the various layers which are involved in the fitted garments of the late 16th century requires care and … More

Every time I begin a project I am tempted to reuse a pattern I’ve already drafted. More often than not, … More

So one of the things I will try to do on the blog is to get more precise on a … More