That's some really neat stuff! I never heard about the colour associations from Revolutionary France outside of the obvious red,…
I've thought about color in terms of "did this color exist during the time I am sewing for". Hot pink…
Thank you for sharing! Very intresting post (:
When I hear the name Adelina, I think of a 1830s satin slipper. Something perhaps seen at a ball, with…
Sewing willy-nilly; I've done that, and I think it's how I work best, too. I did that a few years…
Good idea. Don't restrict yourself, just have fun 🙂
You might be interested in the post I wrote yesterday: http://buttonbasket.blogspot.com/2012/04/reenacting.html I made a similar decision about my 18th Century…
Fabulous parade of pictures there. Colour isn't something I've thought much about in that way, thank you for sparking some…
Absolutely! You could lose your head if you were caught wearing the wrong stuff, secretly harboring a black or white…
Marion, you are right! That's one of the convoluted things about the Revolutionary code of dress - for instance, Parisian…