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Deb grew up in Northern California, and has lived in England and Colorado. She currently resides in sunny Central Texas. She has been a receptionist, a waitress, a computer programmer, a warranty clerk, a real estate assistant, a costume maker and a dressmaker. Above all, she has been an avid reader.

She has written a dictionary of color in history, Elephant's Breath & London Smoke. She is the creator of the Mantua-Maker historical sewing patterns. Her costumes have won Best in Show at Costume Con, organized by the International Costuming Guild. She is a member of Forward Motion, an online writer’s group.

You can visit her at blog.debsalisbury.com/, http://www.DebSalisbury.com, Mantua-Maker-Patterns.blogspot.com and http://www.Mantua-Ma ...more

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A few costuming links

Oh, dear! Where has the time gone? Sorry to be running so late!

Scientists Find 5,500-Year-Old Preserved Shoe In Cave via NPR

An Overview of Regency Stays/Corsets at the Oregon Regency Society

Costume-Con 29 will be hosted by the Sick Pups, the NJ/NY Chapter of the International Costumers' Guild (ICG).

Thistle Hill Weavers has hard-to-find reproduction fabrics

There's a new issue of Yipe

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Elephant's Breath & London Smoke
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I love this novel! It's fast paced, funny, and quite absorbing. I opened it just for a quick peek (I wasn't supposed to be reading tonight) and I couldn't put it down. I adore those magical cats. Now I've got to track down the rest of the series. Bril...more
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