Skip to content

Beth's Bobbins

Living history and historic costuming, with a particular focus on women's clothing and hairstyles of the Victorian and American Civil War periods.

  • By Beth
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly 37 posts per year
  • First post on

Posts per year

Data for this chart is available in the table below
Posts per year
Year starting Posts
2023 54
2024 26

Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.

Most recent posts

Original: Print Dress, c.1825
I like the stripes on this one: the contrast between the vertical stripes on the bodice and skirt, the horizontal stripe on the skirt, and diagonal of the bias-cut sleeves. The maker even made the …
On , by Beth, 57 words
Original: Denim Dress, c.1890
Found this while working on a different research project, and fell in with love with the stripe fabric. It's described as a denim, which I need to look into further, as I haven't seen a …
On , by Beth, 78 words
July Mending
Mostly Faire gear this month: I've fixed holes in my linen hose every weekend, and probably should just made new pairs for next summer. Also somehow managed to pull out both gusset seams on last …
On , by Beth, 53 words