Regency Crafting

The Art Of Silhouettes

During the Georgian period, almost all activities that were to be completed in the evening required the use of candles, and especially in the afternoons during the darker winter months. It was not ...

What a Notion: Regency Sewing Boxes

Her needlework both plain and ornamental was excellent, and she might have put a sewing machine to shame. ~James Edward Austen-Leigh about Jane Austen Hand sewing was a way of life for every femal...

On Needlework by Mary Lamb

The following essay on Needlework was written by Mary Lamb and published in The Lady's Magazine in 1814 under the guise of a letter to the editor. The Lady's Magazine or Entertaining Companion for...