A Midwife's Tale mcoats18 The patterns used are historically

The patterns used are historically inspired by 18th and 19th-century block-printed fabrics

The EDEN buckles were made after an original in a personal collection

These linen/cotton (80/20) waistcoats are cool in the summer and fashionable all year round

Regency era

A cap is an absolute necessity for any woman in the 18th century

A Midwife's Tale mcoats18 The patterns used are historicallyBy Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Paperback WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEDrawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in