Dear Venturers, Good evening! Today I would like to talk about some 18th Century undergarments, why you don't need patterns for most of them, and instructions for making them.  Stays: Please, please, please buy a pattern!!! Shifts: Shifts are surprisingly easy to make. Here's how I made mine...  fold your white linen in half and cut out a rectangle (long enough to reach from your shoulders to below your knee) with the top end (one of the short ends) on the fold.  cut a semi-circle into the center of the folded edge (this will be your neck hole) cut an elongated triangle and two more rectangles (sleeve length) from the linen unfold the main body of the shift and sew in the pieces as shown fold it over again and sew the remaining seams Petticoats: Again, it's not to bad. Here's how I did mine...  You'll  need to start with a very long rectangle of fabric that is as wide as your waist to floor measurement (don't worry about seam allowance because you'll want it...

  Dear Venturers, So I was putting up the railings on my dollhouse the other day, and I decided that the plain red porch needed something more, and the cork fiasco  was not the answer… The picture doesn’t do it justice So I pulled up a few of the bricks and made a stamp. I realized later that the stamp should have been opposite so that it painted the outline of the bricks rather than the actual brick, but whatever.  1. Cut four brick shapes out of a cork board, foam, etc.  2. Hot glue the pieces to the back of a metal container for a tea light candle 3. Hot glue an empty thread spool to the inside  4. Stamp away!!