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Making an Edwardian Dressing Gown 4: The Pattern

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Brenda Clough

There are a couple areas of creativity where I have achieved a pleasing level of competence. I can sew or knit or write something entirely new, and it mostly turns out the way I envision it. Other areas I have … Continue reading →

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Making an Edwardian Dressing Gown 3: the Sketch

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Brenda Clough

Let me describe what I’m going to make. It will be a floor length garment in gold brocade, fitted fairly closely through the shoulders but falling loose to the floor. Front fastenings TBD, long sleeves and a box pleat at … Continue reading →

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Making an Edwardian Dressing Gown 2: Fabric

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Brenda Clough

Dressing gowns were pretty spiff wear in the 19th century. They evolved from the Indian banyan, a casual long garment. Our modern bathrobes, worn to brush your teeth or donned after the shower, do not fill quite the same ecological … Continue reading →

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Making an Edwardian Dressing Gown 1: Inspiration

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Brenda Clough

Oh dear, look at her — she’s getting -creative- again. I can’t help it. I just do these things sometimes. This particular vortex was set off by the Diana Wynne Jones conference, in Bristol August 9-10 this year. Since in … Continue reading →

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Within My Teaching Box

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Gillian Polack

Oyster shells are lovely. I don’t eat oysters, so I didn’t appreciate their loveliness until quite recently. This shell is my very own, collected on the Pacific (the Australian side) a few years ago. I use it to teach stuff … Continue reading →

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Posted in Art, Crafts, History, Research, Worldbuilding

Things I Wish I Knew

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Diana Pharaoh Francis

You ever run into things that you wish you knew? Things you don’t have time to learn, maybe, or that are out of your willingness to run down, or stuff that’s hard to find out? There are many such things … Continue reading →

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Posted in Art, Crafts, Education, Food and Cooking, Lifestyle, technology | Tagged diana pharaoh francis, learning

State of the Farm: Spring, 2018

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Steven Popkes

  It has been a long winter. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Crafts, gardening, Lifestyle | Tagged farming, Steven Popkes

Within My Teaching Box – pins

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Gillian Polack

In my teaching box I have several objects from my grandfather’s business. You’ve already seen a dress. Now you can see a paper of pins. The dress was uncommon – it may never have been made commercially. The pins are … Continue reading →

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Returning to Oil: Bigger, Darker

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  One of the things that I am prone to (I remember now!) is green. Somehow everything I paint in oil is very, very green. I don’t even like green! Other people can paint landscapes that are … Continue reading →

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Returning to Oil: The Inspiration

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough As I recall, I received a set of oil paints for my birthday. They came in this exact wooden Grumbacher box, which has an address label on it with an APO New York address. Which allows … Continue reading →

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Posted in Art, Crafts, creativity, Writing life | Tagged Brenda W. Clough, paintings

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