by Catherine | Jun 20, 2016 | Sewing
I’ve decided to start sewing again for me… I always used to make my own clothes, (if you’ve read the about us page, you’ll see I was handmaking my clothes age 12) but looking back, the last major project I made was my wedding dress. When I took...
by Catherine | Jun 10, 2016 | History, Vintage garters
This is an unusual pair of French Edwardian silk garters C1910 possibly earlier… Elastic would have been fairly new and in this photo you can see the flat elastic just showing proud of the stitched ribbon (at the black wood of the mannequin’s neck) Looking at the back...
by Catherine | Jun 10, 2016 | History, Wedding Traditions
“An exquisite pair of yellow silk garters dating to about 1780. These would have probably been wedding garters.” The painted design is delightful showing two love birds on a green nest on a sky blue oval ground edged in a raised gold border stitch. To left and...
by Catherine | Jun 8, 2016 | History, Wedding Traditions
Valentines day is THE time of year for romance and is the most popular time of year for marriage proposals… It’s also a popular date for a wedding with February 14th having 70% more weddings than the surrounding dates Endless Love Wedding Garter Traditionally men do...
by Catherine | Jun 8, 2016 | Help Choosing a Bridal Garter
Review from Heat “ We spat out our drinks laughing…It’s fun and frivolous – we liked it a lot” I’ve read most of the Sophie Kinsella ‘Shopaholic’ series, they’re a fabulously funny read, where the well meaning heroine Becky Brandon seems to go from one scrape to...
