Happy New Year!

I have been wanting to thank you very much for all your kind wishes - the truth is that Christmas was put on hold this year as there were other plans for us. But here we are today full of hope and gratitude and Richard and I send all our best and kindest wishes to you for a Happy and Healthy New Year.

SOLD Fine Lines 1998/1999 - 4 Magazines - £10 €15 $27 Including Shipping ($30 Australia or New Zealand)

Fine Lines was a great stitching magazine published in the late 90s and ealy 2000s by the Historic Needlework Guild in the USA. This is a set includes: Fall 1998, Winter 1999, Spring 1999, Summer 1999.

Fall 1998 includes full making instructions for the glove on the front cover as well as related articles inside

including this fascinating article - Solving the Mysteries of the 17th Century - by the renowned embroidery historian, Kathleen Epstein

Spring 1999 has full making instructions for this peascod sampler designed by Lauren Sauer

together with an informed article on the history of the peascod - or peapod

The Summer 1999 issue has much to enjoy

including an item on the needlework of the anti-slavery movements.

The Winter 1999 issue focuses on blackwork - with this sampler to stitch and intriguing history to read.

Retirement and Richard

Thank you so much for all your kind messages - they are deeply appreciated by us both.

SOLD The Tudor Child * £28 €42 $100 (New Zealand and Australia $110) Including Shipping

This is a superb resource for anyone interested in Tudor costume and its construction.

It is 160 pages of extremely informative text, illustrations, diagrams of techniques and patterns for making your own costumes.

The book is in mint condition and you can see some of the wonderful source material here.

Interesting to see that gloves on ribbons around necks wasn't all to do with me and my capacity for forever losing them! And that it wasn't just the girls who wore the skirts... spot the lads!

I have probably gone a bit overboard in showing the source images - simply because they are so fabulous, and the research is exceptional.

The embroidery on this boy's costume is just lovely...

Here you can see the start of one of the projects which includes not only patterns and making up instructions, but diagrams of stitch techniques.

There are 7 patterns for full costumes ...

plus many patterns for accessories such as ruffs, hoods, bonnets, aprons etc