Lady's Repository Museum & Diamond K Folk Art

  I love my early china dollys!  Poor little Sarah has been nekkid for so long. When I bought her, she had the most hideous 1950s made dre...

   Cinching up tight....    Emma is modeling a young girl's soft boned bodice, c1785-95.   This would have been worn as part of a...

Rare 18th c Sleeve Links Such a rare what~not. Just think of things that you take for granted, and use every day, but never actually keep. ...

Bits on Lacing a corset...... Trevette asked a wonderful question today that I have been asked before several times, so thought I would shar...

Marguarite's 17th c Corset / Bodies Complete I couldn't be more please with how these came out! As soon as I am finished with Mar...

Binding the Bottom of Marguarite's 17th Century Corset Here you can see that I have finished back stitching the silk binding, right...

Binding a 17th Century Pair of Dollye Bodies Here are some progress pictures of Marguarite's pair of bodies. I used 1" hand dy...

If U want somthin' done, do it yourself ....... That's what my parents always told me growing up, and what I tell my own children...

17th c Pair of Bodies Progress!! I have been progressing nicely on this pair of bodies. I am making every effort to be as period correct ...