Her War

Interpreting Women's Lives during the American Civil War

Tag: Living History

Black Check Wool Dress

I had planned to have this dress done for Welbourne, but it didn’t happen so it’s first outing was at Remembrance Day in Gettysburg (more about the weekend in the next blog entry). I had found the fabric at Affordable Fabrics in Connecticut for $2.99 a yard. As with several things at this store, you’re never quite sure you have a 100% or a synthetic blend. I did a burn […]

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Welbourne 2016

It’s not very often that we, as living history civilians, get to “live” in the time. So many reenactments focus on the military with the civilians in a “town” trying to pretend a wall tent is our home or worse, staying in the military camp trying hard to come up with reasons for our presence there. Welbourne is an event put on by Jessica Craig held at the Welbourne Inn […]

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