Are you thinking ahead to the ‘By the Sea’ challenge for the Historical Sew Fortnightly? I certainly am! I’d love to make a full, ridiculous, Edwardian or Victorian bathing costume, or a Regency chemise for sea bathing at Bath or Brighton, but I feel I ought to make something late ’20s or early ’30s, because it’s been on my to-do list for over a year (for two Art Deco Weekends), and (more importantly) I already have the fabric.  So I should probably be good, and do that, and save the super silliness for later. But, oh, the temptation! My desire for silly turn-of-the-century bathers is further fueled by this delight from the collection of 1906 Girls Own Papers I just bought.  Look at these bathing belles: Aren’t those bathing frocks fabulous?  I’m particularly taken with the model who is bending over to adjust her hem.  I love the petal sleeves, and the simpler, shaped rather than gathered, skirt.  The spotty kerchief is pretty cute too.  And the images are fantastically detailed.  The lone maiden with …