Jennie BatchelorMar 24, 20167 minShoe Conversations; or, what the Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off taught me about eighteenth-century footwI study and write about eighteenth-century literature, and one of my areas of interest is representations of footwear and movement in fic...
Jennie BatchelorMar 23, 20164 minThe Stitch Off: A Golden Opportunity, by Mary MartinAs a hand embroiderer working out of a home studio, making new friends and contacts can be challenging. Social media is wonderful for thi...
Jennie BatchelorMar 22, 20163 minPenny Gore, the ‘Good Enough’ Stitcher and the Lady’s Magazine Stitch-offThe spine – once leather-bound and gilded, now torn for a quarter of its length – has ‘1775’ inked onto it in an old-fashioned hand. Insi...
Jennie BatchelorMar 21, 20168 minStitch Off to a Flying StartAfter four months, hundreds of (wo)man hours, lots of friendly support and chat on social media and some innuendo-laden conversations abo...
Jennie BatchelorMar 15, 20167 minIdentifying ‘R-’, part 2: possible family connections in the Lady’s MagazineOne of the recurring themes in this blog has been our conviction that the much-slighted Lady’s Magazine occupied an important position in...
Jennie BatchelorMar 8, 20167 minThinking Back through our Mothers: The Lady’s Magazine on International Women’s DayToday, 8 March 2016, is International Women’s Day. It is a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of w...
Jennie BatchelorFeb 29, 20167 minSearching for ‘R’: A Collaborative IdentificationOne of the questions we are often asked about the Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832) is regarding the identities of the magazine’s thousands of ...
Jennie BatchelorFeb 22, 20165 minJane Austen, the Lady’s Magazine and what if Mr Knightley didn’t marry Emma?Regular readers of this blog will know that the Lady’s Magazine project is currently running ‘The Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off’. We h...
Jennie BatchelorFeb 16, 20167 minThe sources of appropriated content in the Lady’s Magazine: some tendencies in vols. I to X (1770-17Already several of our blog posts have discussed the many instances of appropriated content in the Lady’s Magazine. In my last post, I di...
Jennie BatchelorFeb 9, 20163 minAnimals, Children and Lessons in the Lady’s MagazineRepresentations of animals and children abound in the Lady’s Magazine; I have written Likewise This is the case for the serial fiction ‘D...
Jennie BatchelorFeb 4, 20163 minThe Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off FAQSIf you have been following our Stitch Off posts, you may not need to read this, although you may well like to take a look at just some of...
Jennie BatchelorJan 31, 20163 minThe Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off goes to Chawton House LibraryIf you have been following the project Twitter feed (@ladysmagproject) or recently set-up Facebook page you’ll have seen some of the rece...
Jennie BatchelorJan 21, 20166 minAuthorship Studies Now and in the Pre-Digital Age; or, A Tribute to the Old SchoolAs Jennie reminded us earlier this month, we have recently entered the last quarter of the term allotted to our research project. Most of...
Jennie BatchelorJan 17, 20164 minThe Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off: Update #1Now we are comfortably into the new year, we thought it was high time that we gave a brief update on the Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch Off...
Jennie BatchelorJan 14, 20164 minThe No Longer Anonymous ‘Memoirs of a Young Lady’The serial fiction in the Lady’s Magazine (1770-1848) is often novel-length, anonymous and absorbing. I began writing this blog about one...
Jennie BatchelorJan 4, 20165 minThe Lady’s Magazine Project: New Year Round-upLM XXVII (Supp, 1796). Image © Adam Matthew Digital / British Library. Not to be reproduced without permission. Happy new year from Jenny...
Jennie BatchelorDec 14, 20155 minPocket books and Liquid Bloom: advertising in the Lady’s Magazine (part 1)In my previous post on the material aspects of the Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832), I briefly touched upon the advertisements that were print...
Jennie BatchelorDec 7, 20151 minStitching through Time Part I: Embroidering a Lady’s Magazine PatternThe patterns in the Lady’s Magazine have been a subject of ongoing interest to those of us who work on the periodical. Often missing and ...
Jennie BatchelorNov 27, 20155 minThe Great Lady’s Magazine Stitch OffUpdate: The patterns have been uploaded here for you to enjoy and try. Good luck and let us know how you get on. Readers of this blog who...
Jennie BatchelorNov 20, 20156 minLost in translation: transnationalism and the Lady’s MagazineOne of the great pleasures and well as challenges of working on the Lady’s Magazine and other miscellanies of its day is the extraordinar...
