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  • How to Make a Glue Brush

    Greetings from the Hay Shop – Home Edition! Like all of you, I'm working from my home shop at the moment, and finding time for some of the “I'll get to it later” projects that always seem to take the back burner to more pressing things. One of those for …

  • Making 18th-Century Dolls

    In the interpretation of slave narratives, we often use a variety of props or objects to enhance the story. Sometimes that is a doll or two which can be seen throughout our programs. One of the women I portray is an enslaved woman named “Betty” who was the cook at …

  • How to Make a Market Wallet

    I’m off to the market todayTo find whatever I mayMust prepare the evening supAnd fill Peyton Randolph’s cupMany receipts call for carawayThat’ll be the cake of the dayAnd from my native landOkra will be on handRoasted squirrel his favorite meatA delicacy and a treatWhen prepared by Betty’s handIt’s the best …

  • How to Make a Mask

    We’ve been grateful to be able to donate face coverings to healthcare workers on the frontlines. As we welcome guests back to the colonial capital, we’re sharing instructions from the Costume Design Center staff who, along with textiles conservators and interiors technicians have been using to make face coverings for …