Category Archives: PIONEERS

Not too long ago I got a hold of a very passionate creator, Pedro Altamirano. At 68 years old, Pedro has been doing embroidery for over 30 years, has work in all seven continents, and has no plans on stopping any time soon! Since the Summer of 1977, Pedro Altamirano has focused his embroidery talent…

Are you interested in American Civil War re-enactment? Are you wondering where to begin, as far as getting an authentic costume for the occasion? Well, if so, you should first learn a bit about the importance of linen during the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, linen fabric was used for clothing for…

Whether you are just starting out in the world of Middle Ages era re-enactment or you have been doing re-enactments for years, the one thing that should stick out in your mind is authenticity.  There is nothing worse than showing up at a re-enactment in inappropriate clothes.  It can ruin the entire mood of the…

A glance into the past. Patchwork has been known for centuries. It has been used together with other methods to create clothing and home décor. Some of the oldest patchwork pieces are dated as long as 3000 years ago. (I bet it was linen, that lasted that long 🙂 ). However the technique itself started…

Have you heard of our Doggie Bag Section? If you haven’t yet discovered this little oasis for bargain aficionados, let me point the way to additional savings on all in stock fabrics! Regular stock fabrics – sold right on the next page at regular price – here in the Doggie Bag Section are sold at…

Are you planning to attend a Renaissance re-enactment? If so, you should know a bit about Renaissance dress. A lot of clothing, during the Renaissance period, revolved around the use of linen. In the early part of the sixteenth century, dress was actually similar to medieval times. Early Renaissance women often wore a linen chemise….

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Petticoats By Kass Mc Gann History Possibly the most ubiquitous female garment in every time period is the skirt. Allied so closely to femininity, “skirt” became a slang term for women in the 1930s. But it was not always so. At its beginning, the word “skirt” didn’t refer to a female garment at all. The…

By Lisette BC Abbott Linen. The word alone can be intimidating if you’re not a seamstress or tailor. It conjures up exotic locales, perhaps with the ocean’s waves lapping at the coastline, while the sun brilliantly illuminates the pearlescent white caps of the waves. Or, at least that what it does for me. I come…

By Lisette BC Abbott Let me ask you a question: what do you think of when you’re dressing in the morning? Do you think of whether or not your outfit matches? Or whether or not it becomes you? Or whether or not you’d like to lose some weight so you can wear a smaller size?…

By Masha Karpushina To freely explore the oceans of the past, tell the story of vast forgotten cultures, filter the richness of ancient knowledge through my own vision, to introduce myself to intricate delicacies of historical detail, which on any other occasion would have remained closed- feels tempting. By all means, bear with me, as…

Is it true that you can’t make historically accurate garments that fit a modern body? That’s exactly what I asked a historical specialist Kass Mc Gann and this is what she had to say : Once upon a time, when I first got interested in historical clothing, someone told me that you couldn’t copy existing…