Dear Venturers, Greetings! Today I stained some of the floors in my dollhouse, and I made a video to share. Here it is!  Venturing in the Prior is on Pinterest! 

Dear Blog,  Greetings! As we venture into the past today (in my very first post!), I'd like to talk about  how I made, or, am making, my 18th century cap.  The history: In the 18th century, and way before and after, it was very common for women to have some sort of usually white cap. This could go under another hat such as a, "pancake hat" (the proper name is a bergere hat), or by itself. I wont go too far into detail because I want to talk about the pattern, and I have just shared all my current knowledge on the matter ;)... Here is an example of the cap by itself:  and another... And under a Bergere.... And here is another example, but on a richer woman: And to add in some examples other than 1700 styles, here are a few more: (these two are from the 1800's being sold as antiques)  And these are earlier versions... And then there's this monstrosity... :/ The style: And so, I began to narrow down the styles.The first step is always to look at reliable sources su...

  Dear Venturers, Greetings! My name is Elizabeth. I love historical sewing, reading, chickens, and pretty much anything obscure and interesting.  I have named this blog, Venturing in the Prior because I like to think of my sewing endeavors (that's mainly what I intend to write about) as grand adventures, whisking oneself away into another world full of fun mysteries waiting to be discovered. Since, of course, I'll be writing about most of these adventures, I thought it would be amusing to take all you (those who might happen to read this blog) on my adventure with me, making us all venturers into the unknown and intriguing world that is the past so that we all might learn something.  Since you've bravely agreed to accompany me this far at least, I wish you the best of journeys as you set forth reading the reports of my findings. They may not be entirely accurate, nor the quality of work as nice as one might desire (one being me), but, as previously stated, I am still lea...