Regency Fashion

13/03/2026

I might'v bought new shoes! So happy with these, perfect as period shoes & look at that embroidery! 💚
Thank you so much & for all your help !

12/03/2026

Bought this beautiful Safa which is a pretty handmade traditionel wedding turban 🧡 at & very happy with the silk embroidered fabrix too, to make nice 18 century vests for hubby 🧡 & got this stunning silk velvet embroidered scarf for myself 🧡
What a wonderful shop with amazing staff who helped us with everything while enjoying their special tea which is sooo good! 🧡

08/03/2026

More time to find pretty fabrix is one of the advantages of being stuck in Sri Lanka.. I found it really hard to find good quality & HA fabrix where I was expecting it to be easier but haven't seen traditional costumes other than at a Sri Lankan wedding.
Btw Colombo is insanely busy 😱 and not the cleanest of cities

28/02/2026

In love with these rich colours of beautiful cotton 💙💜 was hoping to find some pretty fabrics & today was the day ❤️ after 1.5 wk looking for it in this pretty country! You' v probably guessed my preference 😉

28/01/2026

213 years ago 😍

213 Years Ago Today: the day before publication, Jane Austen held her "darling child" for the first time

Late January 1813. On the eve of publication*, Jane Austen received her own copy of Pride and Prejudice.

It arrived at Chawton Cottage, sent down from London: three volumes bound in blue paper-covered boards, with white paper labels on the spine. Her name appeared nowhere—only "By the Author of Sense and Sensibility."

For this brief moment, Pride and Prejudice was still entirely hers. Tomorrow, an advertisement would appear in The Morning Chronicle under "Books Published This Day."

Tomorrow, the books would appear in London bookshops and strangers would begin turning its pages, forming their opinions, passing their judgments.

But today—today she could cradle her "darling Child" in her hands before the world weighed in.

Seventeen years she'd lived with these characters. Years of revisions, of perfecting every line. And now it was done. No more changes. No final tweaks. It was too late for any of that.

All she could do now was wait to see how it would be received.

Most authors and artists will know that feeling—I felt it just before Jane & Me was published—the mix of pride and vulnerability, of having poured everything into something and then having to release it into the world.

Did Jane Austen, with all her genius, feel the same nerves in the pit of her stomach? The same hope that readers would love what she'd created?

Or did she know she had written a masterpiece?

*It is said Jane received her advanced copy the day before but there is no evidence to confirm when she received it. She received an advanced copy before publication, likely the day before.

27/01/2026

Embroidery for someone special 💜

15/01/2026

14/01/2026

❄️Prachtig zo in het wit ❄️

Allereerst wenst team Statenjacht de Utrecht iedereen de allerbeste wensen voor 2026. We liggen inmiddels op onze winterplek in de Veilinghaven van Utrecht. Klussen lukt even niet. Het schip is bedekt onder een dikke laag sneeuw en de kade is onbegaanbaar. Maar het levert wel mooie plaatjes op.

21/12/2025

All geared up for the Regency christmas dance workshop in Amsterdam but didn't reach Amsterdam (car trouble again 😞) made a christmassy photo instead. Cat Micky didn't like it as much though 😁

16/12/2025

We celebrated Jane Austen's 250th Birthday this weekend 13-14 December at Celebrating Jane Austen's 250th Birthday a fabulous weekend!
Thank you everyone, you made it into an unforgettable & wonderful weekend! ♡
We celebrated it a bit early as this famous author was born on the 16th of December 1775, 250 years ago!
Happy birthday Jane!

Sharing a few photos made in beautiful Chawton, whith one of her statues near the St. Nicholas Church Chawton & Jane's mother and sister Casandra their graves 💙

16/12/2025

Happy 250th birthday Jane Austen! ❤️