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Thursday 12th February 2026

Stitches in Time: Reconstructing Historical Dress

Ninya shares the research and making processes behind some of her most memorable commissions. Examples of work will available for viewing and handling.

Breaston Belles
Blind Lane
Breaston
Derby

Time: 1.30pm

Tickets: Members only

Photo by Henrietta Clare

Saturday 7th March 2026

Borne out with whalebone: A dressing demonstration

Bodies, farthingales and farthingale sleeves were an integral part of fashionable women’s dress in the 1590s when both shoulders and hips were widened, in contrast to an elongated narrow waist by being ‘borne out with whalebone’. These exaggerated fashions of the late Elizabethan era have led to the modern belief that women were somewhat weighed down and immobilised by them. In this dressing demonstration historical costumier Ninya Mikhaila will show how a lady’s outfit was achieved, from the underwear out, using reconstructed garments and a live model.

Norfolk Lacemakers
Poringland Community Centre
Overtons Way
Poringland
Norwich
NR14 7WB

Time: 2pm

Tickets: Members £5 Non/Members £7

Photo by Henrietta Clare

Saturday 21st March 2026

Borne out with whalebone: A dressing demonstration

Bodies, farthingales and farthingale sleeves were an integral part of fashionable women’s dress in the 1590s when both shoulders and hips were widened, in contrast to an elongated narrow waist by being ‘borne out with whalebone’. These exaggerated fashions of the late Elizabethan era have led to the modern belief that women were somewhat weighed down and immobilised by them. In this dressing demonstration historical costumier Ninya Mikhaila will show how a lady’s outfit was achieved, from the underwear out, using reconstructed garments and a live model.

Lutterworth Stitchers
Wycliffe Memorial Church Hall
Lutterworth
Leicestershire
LE17 4EZ

Time: 7.30pm

Tickets: £5 on the door

Thursday 26th March 2026

Stitches in Time: Reconstructing Historical Dress

Ninya shares the research and making processes behind some of her most memorable commissions. Examples of work will available for viewing and handling.

Lutterworth Stitchers
Wycliffe Memorial Church Hall
Lutterworth
Leicestershire
LE17 4EZ

Time: 7.30pm

Tickets: £5 on the door

Photo by Henrietta Clare

Saturday 4th July 2026

Borne out with whalebone: A dressing demonstration

Bodies, farthingales and farthingale sleeves were an integral part of fashionable women’s dress in the 1590s when both shoulders and hips were widened, in contrast to an elongated narrow waist by being ‘borne out with whalebone’. These exaggerated fashions of the late Elizabethan era have led to the modern belief that women were somewhat weighed down and immobilised by them. In this dressing demonstration historical costumier Ninya Mikhaila will show how a lady’s outfit was achieved, from the underwear out, using reconstructed garments and a live model.

Herts Textile Art & Stitch
1 Watling Street
St Albans
AL1 2PT

Time: 1.30 - 3pm

Tickets: £7 on the door

Saturday 11th July 2026

Stitches in Time: Reconstructing Historical Dress

Ninya shares the research and making processes behind some of her most memorable commissions. Examples of work will available for viewing and handling.

Romford Embroiderers
Romford United Reform Church  
Western Rd
Romford
RM1 3LP

Time: 2pm

Tickets: £5 on the door

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