25: Living History: The Kirsten Project

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Fan fiction can take many forms. With that in mind, this episode goes off book and dives feet first into the world of historic textiles. After responding to our invite via Pony Express, Jessica Quirk, founder of The Kirsten Project, agreed to talk about her process. A fashion blogger and seamstress extraordinaire, Jessica has recreated several key Kirsten outfits and has plans to do more. Jessica generously shared what it has been like to make and inhabit carefully reproduced Kirsten style clothing. Along the way, we got to chat about re-enacting, Jane Austen festivals, and why Kirsten’s winter garb looks an awful lot like an ‘80s Mom sweater. As the old saying goes: a stitch in time may save nine, but a sharply made Kirsten pocket will get you many well deserved likes on Instagram.

Check out Jessica’s book and her blog - Stars and Field:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/142367/jessica-quirk

https://www.starsandfield.com/weblog/2019/8/17/the-kirsten-project-dress-inspiration

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0:16.7	Coca-Cola, Real Magic. Mary I'm wondering if you could kind of set a mood for me like maybe turn some lights down maybe get some snaps going can I get some snaps so we were thinking like how do we wrap up this beautiful journey that we've had with
0:44.2	Kirsten and you know who my favorite character of the series is?
0:48.6	Miss Winston? Yeah of course. So she doesn't get a first name but I thought what if we got a poetic
0:55.0	owed to Kirsten and her favorite teacher instead?
0:59.0	I think Kirsten would would maybe love that.
1:02.0	Okay. She doesn't seem to like school. would maybe love that. Maybe not.
1:03.0	She doesn't seem to like school.
1:05.0	Can I share with you something that I'm calling
1:08.5	Abduction 1855?
1:11.3	I'm a little bit nervous that I'm going to have nightmares tonight but please feel free.
1:15.7	Okay.
1:17.1	O to a raccoon, stolen in the winter snow, was the fire your fault? Your family saw yellow hair, the need to hunt. They knew it was goodbye. But you emerged clean, born again from the dark ash, gray paws stolen land. They took you away, saw only
1:35.8	your black and white. You were the danger.
1:38.6	Oh my God.
1:41.6	Jessica, if you feel traumatized by.
1:45.0	That was amazing.
1:47.0	Was it? I mean, I have like, I'm clutching my phone off camera Jessica I'm literally have 9-1
1:56.2	If this goes one step further I'm hitting that further one
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