YA author Blair Thornburgh shares the appeal of her special witchcraft skill / future apocalypse job. Blair explains the challenge of planning for a garment and graces us with her Strong Opinions about historical costuming in movies. We learn the technical meaning of the word “notions,” wax poetic about the magical appeal of fabric before use, and detour into classic children’s books that really show their age. It was really fun, and I could’ve talked with her about sewing for three more hours. Hope you enjoy!SHOW NOTES: There’s a great video on youtube called “A Dress Historian Explains the Difference between Corsets and Stays” by Abby Cox that explains exactly that, with lots of pictures. Skip to 5:28 to get down to business. The LuLaNo reddit really does provide some sewing schadenfreude, if you need that sort of thing. At one point, Blair refers to the Belle Epoque - check out MyModernMet’s article on the Belle Epoque to learn a bit more about that time period. The wikipedia link that we looked at in “something I learned this week” was called List of Highest Grossing Media FranchisesHit up blairthornburgh.com to learn more about Blair and her projects!

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