Blink yourself back in time and place to September1851 and the fictional village of Elm Ridge, Illinois.
Are you there yet?
Today we’re going to a dress shop. The location is prime — on the corner of Third and Apple. They are re-opening after a disaster of a fire in July.
What do you have today? I really would like to find buttons to replace those broken and lost on my second dress. Oh — they have cotton prints beautiful for schoolgirls. And light wool in both dark and bright colors.
After much discussion and a new set of measurements. (The size book was destroyed in the fire.) This is the new gown I will wear to church.
The ladies, Mrs. Clark and her assistant, Polly Black, are so helpful and kind. A quick with the needle. They had this finished for me in less than two weeks. Why, if I’d attempted to make it myself (and it would not be so grand) I would have been working every afternoon by sunlight for two months — much too far into winter.
You can learn more about life at the dress shop — and especially about Polly Black — in the new sweet historical romance Stitching a Dream. Official release date is August 7 — but you can pre-order and delivery will be automatic.
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