Plans finally firmed up and I am excited to be going to the costumed ball at Chateau Versailles in France! [Read more…]
Conferences in 2016
More amazing news today! I have been invited to speak at the annual conference of the UK Costume Society! I am so honored and excited! While we were living in Paris, I was lucky enough to attend two of their conferences. I met the most wonderful people and learned so much that really, it was there that the seed was planted to go back to school. It’s exciting to already have an opportunity to share back with the community that gave me so much encouragement. See you in Manchester!
2016 Already?!
Finished my first semester of my master’s program, had a short whirlwind break, and now I’m back in class for my second term. Time is flying by! The course-work is very challenging, but I’m really enjoying it. It’s also time to plan my next research trip to London, a new dress for dancing the night away in the Hall of Mirrors at the Chateau Versailles costume ball, prepare to present about needlework pattern books at the Textile Society of America‘s biennial symposium in Savannah, Georgia, and plan to finish my master’s thesis by the end of the year! Those are just the current major highlights. It’s going to be a big year!
2015 Babel Conference
The Babel Conference Off the Books was amazing! The presentations that attended were thought-provoking and inspiring, and I really appreciated when the panel had planned a lot of time for discussion. [Read more…]
Grad School Underway
SO MUCH READING. I’m a pretty fast reader, but reading history text books is slower going and the VOLUME of reading is staggering. But it’s started! Great group of people in the department, interesting discussions in class, and I like the urban downtown campus. I also seem to have volunteered to be the Treasurer of the Graduate History Students Association. Should be easy enough with my background in small business bookkeeping. Yay school! 🙂
Added New Photos
Just a quick update to say that I added a handful of new photos to the gallery pages. Still lots more to come! I wish they were all “gallery” quality, but they still document my work.
Conferences Upcoming and CFPs
I completely missed writing a post for July! Granted, I was away for half the month to visit family, but still. [Read more…]
Reproducing Museum Embroidery
As a wedding gift for a dear friend, I embroidered a pair of garters. I reproduced a pair in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, using a motto from another pair, and working with the best supplies I could find. It is my finest embroidery work to-date, as I was really striving to match the quality of workmanship of the originals. [Read more…]
Winterthur Textile Study Day
I wrote a short blog post about my trip to Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware for a study day with fellow members of the Textile Society of America. You can read it here and see some of my photos from the day.
Challenge Accepted
I have accepted the offer from Montreal’s Concordia University to enroll in their Master of Arts program in History! I’ll be back in a classroom starting in September, getting serious again about my research, and maybe even doing some work as a teaching assistant. Exciting! In the meantime, I’m reading a book on Old English grammar, plying my needle, and working to improve my French. Always learning something new, and I do love a good challenge! About Concordia