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Among the Usual Days: Dresses With a Bustle - Fashion in the 1870s

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Among the Usual Days. Everyday life in American history and today. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Dresses With a Bustle - Fashion in the 1870s. You may wonder how the bustled dress stayed in place and draped so well. The illustration to the right shows the cage style that was made with materials like wire or cane. Other bustles consisted of muslin puffs boned to give the shape. Lighter bustles were simply be made of stiffened ruffles. Fashion plate photos from Wikimedia Commons). View my complete profile.

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Among the Usual Days: Just how did our foremothers do their cooking?

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Among the Usual Days. Everyday life in American history and today. Thursday, July 29, 2010. Just how did our foremothers do their cooking? Most often when we visit a small town museum we see an iron cook stove. So we are inclined to imagine that folks had them since the first European settlers arrived in America. So when the cook did stove come along? So next time you pop dinner into the microwave think about your ancestors who would never have dreamed of such an invention. Photos from Wikimedia Commons).

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Patalier: March 2012

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Never far from a needle and thread. Friday, March 30, 2012. Did I ever tell you about the time. When my youngest daughter decided my pressing ham was a blank canvas for her artistic creations? Maybe she got this notion from her older sister? Here's the story and I am telling this from the perspective of the adult:. How can one not smile at such an infectious grin from this character? Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Turn of the Century Strip Quilt Top. You can get the idea of how a border design was created with...

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Patalier: August 2012

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Never far from a needle and thread. Sunday, August 26, 2012. Assimilation - Lace Seam Tape pre 1940s. Art doesn't happen in a vacuum; therefore art is a reflection of the ideas and culture of the individual creating. One doesn't have to go back thousands of years for another example; in the twentieth century a universal symbol of good luck found new identity with Nazism. A symbol which could be dated back through history. No, it couldn't be? The lace came from a home of a 102 year old woman. She was ...

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Patalier: The world is changing...

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Never far from a needle and thread. Sunday, December 30, 2012. The world is changing. I have a quilt top that reminds me of change, and how it is possible that change doesn't always work out for the best. It was described on the estate sale tag as a "silk coverlet". It is neither silk, nor a coverlet. It is a machine pieced quilt top with nylon fabric. At first glance, this quilt top looks like an Amish framed square pattern, except in a pink and blue colorway popular during the 40's. I never really cons...

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Patalier: July 2012

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Never far from a needle and thread. Thursday, July 5, 2012. Those Nickles and Dimes Add Up. I hate to put it like this, but weddings can be such a blood sucking, budget busting event. And while I can appreciate the time put into some of the accoutrements of a well-put-together affair, my jaw has hit the floor a few times with the cost of some of the smallest items. Item 3 - Ring pillow: another cute item from Etsy $35 (shipping $5). The one on Etsy was only 6" square. This is the prototype for the attend...

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Among the Usual Days: "Hints for Immigrants" by Carl De Haas 1848

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Among the Usual Days. Everyday life in American history and today. Thursday, June 25, 2009. Hints for Immigrants" by Carl De Haas 1848. We've just discovered that the book "North America Wisconsin Hints for Immigrants". By Carl De Haas is online at the Wisconsin Historical Society website. What makes this so special is that Carl De Haas is my great-great-grandfather. He wrote this information to help friends from Germany who might wish to immigrate to America. View my complete profile. Write to Judy Anne.

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Among the Usual Days: Skirts, the Oldest Article of Clothing

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Among the Usual Days. Everyday life in American history and today. Saturday, July 17, 2010. Skirts, the Oldest Article of Clothing. I've been reading about early textiles and clothing in the book "Women's Work: The first 20.000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times" by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Fashionable details may come and go, but the fundamentals of how we clothe our body are remarkably conservative." p68. View my complete profile. Write to Judy Anne. My comments won't work &.