Tag: Gingham
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The Kirsten Project | Happy Birthday, Kirsten!
Spring has arrived! The chickens are laying a rainbow of colorful eggs, the redbuds have popped and the fruit trees are blooming! Warmer days lead us outside to play and prepare our gardens for the summer ahead! Between these moments, I’ve been sneaking away time here and there to finish my 1850s spring dress, based…
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The Kirsten Project | 200 Years of Gingham
Allow me to zoom out from the 1850s for a moment to consider a fashion trend that has revived itself over and over again during the course of the past two hundred years. Thus far in The Kirsten Project, my research has shown me that a lot of what was popular in the 1980s (when…