Gina Barrett shares with us the easy method for making yards and yards of tassel and pom-pom trim for your Victorian gowns.

The art and science of hand sewn buttonholes, looking close-up at museum examples and then making our own in four simple stages.

Gina Barrett shows us how to make Deaths' Head buttons, one type of the many different type of  passementerie buttons. 

How to create stand-alone miniature works of textile art with cord, thread and a few pins.

No matter how good a garment is, it can always be improved by adding some lace. Izabela looks at Punto in Aria and bobbin lace.

Tips and tricks for scoring big on eBay - and introducing some less well-trodden auction sites for vintage and antique deals.

Lynn finds out whether several tools and machines are worth the money, or whether they just make a simple job more complicated. 

Soutache is a fantastic looking Victorian trim. Even better, it offers a huge visual impact with relatively little work attached to it!

Diane shows us how to use "Match Points" to guarantee that your garment has perfectly matched plaids or stripes.

Plaids are Difficult, Stripes are Tricky, so we avoid them. But they can be tamed to impressive results: Diane shows how!