19th Century Children
by Lynn Downward, First published for the November/December 2011 issue of Finery So you want to bring the kids to Dickens Fair this year – in costume! How can you possibly build children’s clothes when you’ve never researched them before and you have no time or money budgeted for it? In preparation for Dickens Fair, here is an overview of […]
Book Review: Betsy-Tacy Series
by Catherine Scholar, First published for the January/February 2011 issue of Finery Why review a beloved children’s series for a costume newsletter? It’s a fair question, one the author partially answered herself: “in these Betsy-Tacy stories, I love to work from real incidents.” The Betsy-Tacy books were based closely upon author Maud Lovelace’s own life, and almost all of Betsy’s […]
