Diy chatelaine

You might have noticed I’ve been reviewing quite a few hand embroidery kits lately. Back in April, we discussed designer’s embroidery kits – that is, embroidery kits directly from the designer, as opposed to embroidery kits that you might find at a big box craft store or similar. Since then, I’ve been reviewing some kits ...

create your own useful set of sewing tools

Queen Sofia’s Sewing Bag and Chatelaine are a reminder of the history of fashion in dress when ladies used chatelaines and hand bags to carry valuable tools.

When writing this post, I initially started writing about how a problem facing many historical costumers is carrying all of our bits and bobs when many dresses come without pockets, and how finding appropriately period purses can be difficult. And I was going to talk about how that's what prompted me to want a chatelaine,…