“Feminine Resolution”. Needed as much in August 2023 as September 1812 (from the Lady’s Magazine). #womenshistory #Regency #C18 #ladysmag #periodicals

Done (though preassembled). Quite pleased with my Georgian pincushion based on a pattern from the 1770 Lady’s Magazine. Basic repertoire of stitches: stem, satin, padded satin, chain, French knots, split. Quite pleased with it. Question is, what will I tackle next (after the next database upload, which should be this week or next)? #ladysmag #Georgian #eighteenthcentury #needlework #embroidery #sewing #womenshistory #craft

I am so very honoured and thrilled to be giving the Colby Lecture at the RSVP conference in Caen next Saturday. I will be taking about my book, The Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832) and the Making of Literary History and how its women readers engaged in its page with the worlds of politics and war #ladysmag #periodicals #womenshistory #magazines

Just completed a small gift to say a big thanks to a colleague. This floral sprig is from the 1796 Lady’s Magazine and was originally designed as a sprig repeat for a gown or apron. But I rather like it on this cotton handkerchief. #ladysmag #embroidery #georgian #needlework #fiberarts @fiberarts

#easterweekend and the sun is shining. Managed some gardening and some outdoor #stitching. This is a 1771 pin cushion pattern from the Lady’s Magazine. Still figuring out some colours and stitches but happy enough so far! #needlework #georgian #ladysmag #regency #craft @fiberarts

This past week has been challenging (a euphemism!) so I need to sew at some point this weekend to help me reset. Here is my next project: a 1770 pincushion from the Lady’a Magazine. I have drawn it onto the fabric but now is the fun bit. Colours? Stitches? (The magazine had no instructions, which I love.) I know what stitches I want to use but can’t settle on colours. Ideas welcome. #embroidery #needlework #eighteenthcentury #ladysmag @fiberarts

Here’s my attempt at a September 1775 watch paper pattern from the Lady’s Magazine. Not totally happy with it. Why I chose the only one with a perfectly circular outline (which I couldn’t recreate) is beyond me, but it was a fun experiment. Thread card in third picture for scale (it is under 5cm in diameter). #embroidery #needlework #ladysmag #patternsofperfection #georgian #eighteenthcentury #fiberarts @fiberarts

Day 24 (final day!) of my #LadysMagazineAdventCalendar. Thank you for all the lovely comments and I hope it has piqued your interest. Today I bring you an image and a free gift! Pattern for a winter shawl from December 1796. The free gift? Today I launch phase two of https://ladysmagazine.omeka.net with another (fully searchable) 100 Georgian/Regency #needlework patterns from the #ladysmag for you to enjoy. #openaccess #digitalhistory @fiberarts @histodon. Wishing everyone peace and happiness!

Day 3 of the #LadysMagazineAdventCalendar: “Pedestrian Carriage; or Walking Accelerator”. This earlier #bicycle was designed by “an ingenious German, M. Drais” and introduced into London by a coach maker called Johnson, it was “calculated for exercising invalids” and “expediting travelling”. From the March 1819 issue. #histodons #ladysmag #cycling

Day 3 of the #LadysMagazineAdventCalendar: “Pedestrian Carriage; or Walking Accelerator”. This earlier #bicycle was designed by “an ingenious German, M. Drais” and introduced into London by a coach maker called Johnson, it was “calculated for exercising invalids” and “expediting travelling”. From the March 1819 issue. #histodons #ladysmag #cycling

On a day when so many people seem to be joining the Fediverse, I thought I would share an image from the Lady's Magazine for 1801, from Ann Murry's fascinating 1800-5 series 'The Moral Zoologist'. 'The Elephant' or the closest you get to a Mastodon in 1801. #ladysmag

Writing about #C18 #embroidery patterns for a journal article too long in the making is a pleasure. It is also highly distracting. I keep trying to focus on the writing and then I look again at a pattern like this (detail of a pattern for a fan) from the September 1771 Lady’s Magazine, and I just can’t stop staring at it and thinking about how stunning it is and how I would go about stitching it #needlework #dresshistory #fiberarts #dresshistory #womenshistory #ladysmag