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It's always nicer to do business with real people, so here are the folks invoved in Dead Chicken Hat.

Firstly, there's me, Fay, The Seamstress. I design, cut, sew and finish all the costumes. I have been designing and making clothing since I was about 14, which is arrhhmmm years ago. Let's just say it's over 2/3 of my life (eek!). I've won prizes for my needlework, both national and international. I've even been presented to royalty as the winner of a national competition ('curtsey and say "ma'am" as in ham, not "marm" as in farm').
Next there's the Shipping Department. That's me again. I prepare, pack, ship, check (repair, clean, iron) and organise all the costumes.
Finally, there's the Webmistress. Me again. I design, write and update the website.
In the odd millisecond when I'm not doing all this I'm Mum to three little girls who appear occasionally on this site. I'm also studying a higher-level course on The History of Fashion and Dress (links to Assignments) and do some voluntary work for Wycliffe Associates.

Chris is honourary design consultant and good friend. She is chief hem-leveller and idea bouncer-offer.
Chris' other main role is to curtail my over-use of frills on Victorian dresses.

Hi I'm Lizzy, I like dancing, sewing, knitting, surfing the net ... so that kind of makes me research assistant and apprentice seamstress. Oh, and I also help as an extra model.:-)
That's my Lizzy! Here she is modelling one of our fabulous one-and-a-half circle skirts. She wore this to English Heritage's Festival of History. I was most put out because she had more admiring glances that I did (but then, she is also younger and prettier!)

Jonathan is tech consultant for anything I don't know about. He is responsible for the installation of the whizzy shop part of our site. If you need a shop - contact Jonathan via the in-store messaging system.

Additions and corrections are welcome, accompanied by referenced sources, to seamstress(at)deadchickenhat(dot)com.

All mistakes are entirely of my own invention, and I claim world-wide copyright on them.

Dead Chicken Hats Biblical Greek Roman Medieval Tudor Stuart Character Glossary Gallery Free Patterns Free Leaflets Videos and Tutorials - NEW! Why The Fish? Fun Stuff Real Chicken Hut About Us About our Costumes Garment Care Fabric & Construction Refunds and Returns Hiring We Don't Sell That, But... Shipping Privacy Policies & Terms Contact Us See-Saw Maths Just What Is A Dead Chicken Hat, Anyway? .	It's always nicer to do business with real people, so here are the folks invoved in Dead Chicken Hat.
	Firstly, there's me, Fay, The Seamstress. I design, cut, sew and finish all the costumes. I have been designing and making clothing since I was about 14, which is arrhhmmm years ago. Let's just say it's over 2/3 of my life (eek!). I've won prizes for my needlework, both national and international. I've even been presented to royalty as the winner of a national competition ('curtsey and say "ma'am" as in ham, not "marm" as in farm'). Next there's the Shipping Department. That's me again. I prepare, pack, ship, check (repair, clean, iron) and organise all the costumes. Finally, there's the Webmistress. Me again. I design, write and update the website. In the odd millisecond when I'm not doing all this I'm Mum to three little girls who appear occasionally on this site. I'm also studying a higher-level course on The History of Fashion and Dress (links to Assignments) and do some voluntary work for Wycliffe Associates.
		Chris is honourary design consultant and good friend. She is chief hem-leveller and idea bouncer-offer. Chris' other main role is to curtail my over-use of frills on Victorian dresses.
	Hi I'm Lizzy, I like dancing, sewing, knitting, surfing the net ... so that kind of makes me research assistant and apprentice seamstress. Oh, and I also help as an extra model.:-) That's my Lizzy! Here she is modelling one of our fabulous one-and-a-half circle skirts. She wore this to English Heritage's Festival of History. I was most put out because she had more admiring glances that I did (but then, she is also younger and prettier!)
		Jonathan is tech consultant for anything I don't know about. He is responsible for the installation of the whizzy shop part of our site. If you need a shop - contact Jonathan via the in-store messaging system.