We had a mixed-up Historical Sew and Eat Retreat this year, with a day of 18th century, and a day of Medieval. Enjoy a bunch of photos of costumers of varying levels of expertise in 14th century English, French and Swedish fashions, and their time-travelling Viking friend!
Our historical weekend for 2021 is come and gone. This year we planned an exciting activity: fossil hunting, 1910s style! We put on our corsets, practical shoes, packed a lunch, and grabbed our picks and buckets…
A few months ago Nataya contacted me through instagram and asked if I’d do a sponsored post featuring one of their dresses. I don’t generally do sponsored posts because I have to actually love and need a thing in order to feel comfortable marketing it. And I really don’t need any more pretty frocks… But I knew about Nataya because my friend Emily has raved about their dresses. She’d always wanted to have the excuse to have one. Hmmmmmm… Someone who I love and owe a lot of favours to (Emily is my tech wizard for this blog and Scroop Patterns!) loves the dresses and would look amazing in them… I sense a plan coming on! So I had a chat with Nataya and Emily, and they both agreed to a post featuring Emily in her favourite Nataya frock. Three weeks ago a gorgeous dress arrived in the post in pretty pink packaging! This is the 40163 Downton Abbey Tea Gown in mauve in size 2x. Emily tried it on, and I did a little …
