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At some stage in your costume making journey, you may wish to construct all or part of a garment with stitches which are historically appropriate - Chris explains some of the most common ones. Time points: Running Stitch 0.35 Basting Stitch. 1.09 Back Stitch. 1.39 Whip Stitch. 2.13 Hemming/Felling Stitch 2.38 Blanket Stitch 3.40 Bar Stitch 4.05 Drawing/Closing stitch. 4.44 Buttonhole Stitch 5.4...

We bought a painting by William Crotch, a child prodigy in the Regency period and wondered where it depicted....... and we found the place!

This time Ros plays a dance from the 1996 version of Emma starring Gwynneth Paltrow - this is danced in the ballroom scene. Dance it yourself: First man turns Second Lady First man and First lady circle with Second Lady Second man turns First Lady Second man and Second Lady circle with First lady First couple lead down and back then with Twos either side lead up a double and back into second pl...

Chris takes you through the creation of a Regency Duster coat Timestamps: 1.10 Pattern 2.04 Cutting out 2.23 Rear Pocket Flaps 3.03 Placing rear pocket flaps and linings 6.06 Side seams 8.38 Centre back seam 13.02 Collar pad stitching 20.10 Stitch collar to coat 20.10 Facings and linings 23.01 Attaching lining to coat 26.35 Front pockets 32.05 Make sleeves 33.54 Make cuffs 37.17 Make and fit sl...

Ros plays the dance tune Dusky Night from the 1995 version of Pride & Prejudice

Ros plays this well known Regency dance. You can find the music for her arrangement on Musescore at musescore.com/user/29877079/scores/6764703

Chris shows how he made a cloak for a regency Guards officer

Reticules are all very well but you have to put them down - Chris explains just how easy it is to make these invisible but really useful additions to a ladies wardrobe. Very knowledgeable historic clothing experts advise us that by the Regency period, pockets were mostly out of use, having been replaced in function by the Reticule (originally called Ridicule because it was initially thought rid...

Chris explains how he made a Spencer with black soutache frogging.

Following requests, Chris takes you through the entire process of his making a new pair of breeches for an upcoming ball. This is a long video, so feel free to dip in and out using the following timestamps: 00.00 Intro 00.28 The Pattern 01.01 Tailors Tacks 01.31 Interface the Front 02.05 Front Extensions 04.40 The Front Welts 08.47 Side Frog Pockets 14.18 Leg Opening Facings 18.40 Back Gatherin...

In her offering in Contributors Corner, contralto Julia Dickmann sings the only song mentioned in a Jane Austen novel - Robin Adair, which in "Emma" was included in the music delivered with the mysterious gift of a piano to Jane Fairfax. It was a favourite of Jane Austen herself. This rendition is of the song itself - in another of our videos, th-cam.com/video/Q7fUMxlpYJE/w-d-xo.html Ros plays ...

Contributors Corner is graced by contralto Julia Dickmann who provides us with a rendition of Silent Worship, accompanied by Ros on her Square Piano. This song is also one of the songs from the movies, being sung by Gwyneth Paltrow in the film of Emma

Our offering in this video is Ros playing on her 1812 original Square piano a piece written by Nicola Sampieri - a castrato singer who turned his hand to composing. His music was aimed at the domestic piano player and often had beautiful engravings. He experimented with a new form of playing which sought to interpret light, colours and natural forms and events expressed as music combining the p...

The next in our series of Regency Characters is George Bryan "Beau" Brummell who became the undisputed fashion guru of his day. He was the epitome of the Regency Dandy, being very close to the Prince of Wales until his famous remark "Alvanley, who's your fat friend?"

The Young Widow - Pride & Prejudice 2005

Regency Neckties/Cravats

The Lamplighter

The Soldier's Adieu - copied by hand by Jane Austen

Original Regency Ladies Cap - Regency Rum Bluffers

Regency New Music - Sampieri

Auretti's Dutch Skipper from Emma 1996

Selkirk - Robinson Crusoe's poem set to music

Regency Long Stays Fan Lacing

Jane Austen's version of the Marseillaise

Jane Austen's Steventon

The Venite on the organ at St. Nicholas, Steventon

Happy the man by Dr Chard, Jane Austen's Piano teacher

"Trafalgar" Played in Jane Austen's Church in Steventon

Britain's tallest recorded man was in the Regency