The Past is a foreign country

As you know, I have a great love for vintage clothes and jewellery. My current obsession is all things Edwardian (thank you Downton Abbey) - not as frilly and fussy as the Victorian era but still very pretty. I have been looking at sewing patterns for Edwardian style blouses with a view to finally mastering my sewing machine as well as knitting patterns for Edwardian cardigans and sweaters with a view to...well, finally finishing a knitting project. The question is, though,

How do you wear vintage in everyday life?

I know this topic has been covered elsewhere many times before but I have never found it to be satisfactorily answered. In my own case, I want to wear something a little different, but I don't want to look like I am a fully-fledged member of a re-enactment society on my way to an event. Neither, and there is no nice way to say this, do I want to look...barmy.

So, what do you think? Do you wear vintage? How do you do it?

Image from http://www.vintagevixen.com

Image from http://www.wearinghistory.com

Image from http://www.vintagefashionlibrary.com

Image from http://www.pastpatterns.com

 Image from http://www.erasofelegance.com

Image from http://www.becomegorgeous.com

Mmmmm...Bread!

Well, we had a very crafty afternoon here at the Wood yesterday. I finally mastered casting on (I know - I'm a bit slow - but hey, now that I'm out of the gate, there's no stopping me!), I spent an hour with the sewing machine and made a couple of cute little herb bags and best of all my dear Fellow Traveller returned to his breadmaking! He used to make bread when we first moved in together and I can remember the odd delicious loaf over the last couple of years but sadly, despite pleas from his bread-loving public, nothing. But, yesterday, two loaves! One was demolished with leftover cottage pie while we watched Stephen Fry in America and there is one left...just waiting in the bread-bin...