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Make an Heirloom Style Baby Bonnet

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Easy instructions for an adorable bonnet

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How to Cut a Silhouette

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

A Regency Portrait Pastime

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How to Make Soap

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Make your own hand milled soap

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The Baker

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011
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I suppose, you will be going to Streatham, to see quiet Mr. Hill and eat very bad baker’s bread.
Jane Austen to Cassandra, November 3, 1813

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The Straw-Hat-Maker

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

The labourers behind High Fashion

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The Jeweller

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011
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“What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have!”

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The Regency Rose Garden

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Travel back 200 years ago to see what was growing in Mrs. Austen’s Chawton Garden.

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Meissen’s White Gold

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011
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The rediscovery of porcelain in Europe

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All Hallow’s Eve

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

How was Halloween celebrated in Regency England?

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Jane Austen’s Quilt

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 20, 2011

Translate  Jane Austen was both an accomplished novelist and expert seamstress. She mentions household sewing as well as trimming and retrimming her hats, bonnets and gowns several times throughout her letters. Many of her pieces of fine work survive and can be seen in the displays at her home, Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire. Among these [...]

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