Anatomy of 1860s Dress

Well done article with pictures.
http://romantichistory.blogspot.com/2009/06/anatomy-of-1860s-dress.html

Texas State Historical Assn. Webinars for free.

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Have you heard about the new Texas Talks series?

Texas Talks are live webinars that occur throughout the year and allow TSHA members to listen to, learn from, and engage with notable Texas history scholars and experts in an interactive platform, ideal for audiences on the go who love Texas history.

For a limited time, we are opening registration to everyone for FREE.

This exclusive opportunity is made possible by the continued support from our dedicated members who help us bring Texas history to life.
Free registration is now open for the following upcoming Texas Talks:

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 @ 7 PM: Texas Talks with Dr. Jean Stuntz from the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. From San Antonio to the Panhandle: Texas Pioneer Women

• Thursday, April 14th 2016 @ 6 PM: Texas Talks with Dr. Gregg Cantrell. Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas

• Monday, May 16th 2016 @ 5 PM: Texas Talks with the State Historian of Texas Bill O'Neal. Gunslingers in Texas

• Monday, June 6th 2016 @ 6 PM: Texas Talks with the State Historian of Texas Bill O'Neal - June 2016. From the Alamo to San Jacinto: Spectacular Victory from the Ashes of Defeat

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Become a member of the Texas State Historical Association today and get access to this special content and other benefits unavailable anywhere else.

• Texas Talks with Dr. Frank de la Teja. Understanding Spanish Texas through the Life of Fray Margil

• Texas Talks with Dr. Rick McCaslin. Mending Fences: The Marques de Rubi in 1767 and the Spanish in Texas

• Texas Talks with Dr. Caroline Castillo Crimm - November 2015. Bernardo de Galvez and the Impact of the American Revolution on Texas

• Texas Talks with Dr. Caroline Castillo Crimm - December 2015. Contrasting Cultures: Patricia de Leon and Petra Vela Kenedy

• Texas Talks with Dr. Gregg Dimmick. Come and Take It!

• Texas Talks with Debra Winegarten. Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby

Texas History Day by Day

The Texas State Historical Association is offering a Texas History Day by Day service you can subscribe to. According to the side you can:

•  Explore Texas history each day in bite-sized pieces conveniently delivered to your inbox each morning 
• Astound your friends with your Texas history prowess 
• Get in-depth looks at some of the overlooked events and landmarks in Texas history 
• Discover new places to explore in the Lone Star State

Sign up here:  https://texasdaybyday.com/index.php?status=success

You can also download an e-book on African Americans in Texas at the same page.

Petersham Trim and Seam Finishes

Petersham ribbon has many sewing uses, and one of them is as an embellishment for garment edges such as necklines. Learn how to make beautiful pleated Petersham trim with this video. 


This video was from ThreadsNewsletter.com .  This is a new turn on a vintage embellishment from the 1800s.  In addition, check out the guide to seam finishes.  Many of these finishes are from seamstresses long ago that did not have the fancy sewing machines and sergers we have today.

Webinar on Only Women to Receive the Medal of Honor

Lessons of Personal Bravery and Self-Sacrifice: The Medal of Honor Character Development Program

Community URL: www.edweb.net/cmoh

Sponsored by Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation

This professional learning community, hosted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, provides access to free primary sources and lesson plans to help teach good character in the classroom.  Good character is important for us all—but especially for today’s students who are tomorrow’s leaders.  Character is best taught by example...and there are no greater examples than our nation’s true heroes.

This free program includes Living History videos of the Medal of Honor recipients and over 50 lesson plans on courage, commitment, sacrifice, integrity, patriotism and  citizenship in the classroom. The exercises highlight aspects of development like overcoming obstacles and understanding consequences.

The monthly webinars include demonstrations and discussions on how to best use this resource in your classroom.  In addition, some webinars will feature Medal of Honor Recipients discussing their experiences and the importance of character in young people today.

The program is built on the premise that all people have within them the capacity for extraordinary bravery and selfless service. 

Upcoming Webinars

 

Thursday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time

New Lessons for Women’s History Month Featuring Female Medal of Honor Recipient, Mary Walker

Presented by Cory Etchberger, Regional Curriculum Trainer - MOH Character Development Program

Join the Webinar Room at the scheduled time.

March is Women's History Month. Be ready with new lesson plans highlighting the courage and commitment—and the controversy—of Mary Walker, our country's only female Medal of Honor Recipient. Learn surprising details about Walker and her groundbreaking actions so that you can inspire your students to venture out on their own unique paths with courage and commitment. This webinar also will introduce new lessons aimed at elementary school students as well as new lessons focused on those in middle and high school.

Attendees will:

• Explore the extraordinary life of Mary Walker, a beacon for gender equality in the midst of our divisive Civil War
• Recognize real-life examples of commitment and tenacity in the face of repeated rejection
• Understand the micro and macro effects of real moral and physical courage

Discover new ways to engage K-12 students with the Character Development Program in the classroom

 

Hooray! Westering Women Quilt Blocks 2016

From Barbara Brackman's website...

"On the last Wednesday of each month beginning January 27, 2016, I'll post a free pattern and history lesson about America's western migration. Westering Women will have patterns for 12" block designs, each chosen for a traditional name that recalls a location along the old trails from the Missouri River to the Pacific coast.You'll get a monthly view of the history of the western migration through the eyes of the women who kept diaries and wrote letters home a century and a half ago."
http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/2016/01/westering-women-block-of-month-2016.html

Barbara Brackman is an astonishing quilt designer and textile historian.  She maintains a blog that tells the history of American quilting and offers reproduction fabrics.  She is starting an new Block of the Month (free) which highlights the history of western migration.  Not only do you get instructions on the quilt block but its history as well.  This would be well worth the time to read and make the block if you like.  She has several other "Block" series that utilize historic reproduction fabrics for you to go back to study.  I am really looking for to keeping up with this series.  Her blog gives me a feel for historic textiles that I can use when looking to make my own costumes.

School of the Victorian Lady, Fort Concho, San Angelo, Texas March 11-13, 2016

The School of the Victorian Lady will be held this year at Fort Concho, San Angelo, Texas, March 11-13, 2016.  This is a wonderful opportunity to develop your living history persona and learn more about Texas women and history. The theme of the School of the Victorian Lady this year is
Home on the Range: Ranching Heritage Life Before and After the Indian Wars
You can find a registration form and schedule at https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/d97cc112-2097-4234-a3fe-9cb9ed96b5a1

You can also take a trip back and view some videos from
previous Ladies Conferences at
2014 http://frontierwomen.blogspot.com/2014/04/school-of-victorian-lady-conference.html
2013 http://frontierwomen.blogspot.com/2013/03/frontier-women-living-history.html