tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post118024129002808085..comments2024-03-22T17:11:42.609-04:00Comments on World Turn'd Upside Down: Colonial PocketsStephanie Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324411278252488163noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-31378412992746605312019-05-23T14:27:25.265-04:002019-05-23T14:27:25.265-04:00I know its five years later, but maybe you'll ...I know its five years later, but maybe you'll see that. If you want answer to those questions, read Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese OneillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03060522387672661761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163330007385367610.post-66517023378320980182014-09-27T15:11:53.702-04:002014-09-27T15:11:53.702-04:00Today, I learned about Prairie Pockets...and what ...Today, I learned about Prairie Pockets...and what a delightful topic of trivia to store in my mind! I'm looking forward to using your pattern to make one for a friend.<br /><br />I noticed you're also making a Colonial Outfit....which is darling!<br /><br />I always wonder why we find life 100-200 years ago fascinating. Does ANYONE stop to think of having to use chamber pots, outhouses and even RAGS for our "monthly visitor"??? I mean who would give up those things now days????<br /><br />I'm really interested in how women coped with that (not to mention corsets, petticoats, hoops/frames and pantaloons...I guess I'm a bit of an anthropologist...but if personal hygiene from one or two centuries ago was understood (I'm not just talking about a bathtub in a galvanized tub) we'd change our "romantic" view of the "good old" days!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com