This is the third post in the “A Tale of Two Coats” story. Here’s part one and part two. I laid out all my pattern pieces, front, front, back and back, on the fabric; I lined them precisely, using the grainlines and the waist and lengthen/shorten lines to match them to the design of the […]
In last week’s post, I learned while laying out the pattern for my beautiful ivory coat on my salvaged cloth shower curtain that I was shy about four inches in the width of the fabric. Piecing the fabric together would be time-consuming and I wouldn’t be able to match the pattern. What to do? Since […]
We’ll be talking for the next several weeks about sewing coats. Much of the “Suburban Stockade” project is focused on making do with what you have, with not going into debt, and with finding ways to protect yourself against unexpected downturns, whether it be losing your job, the bursting of the housing bubble, or worldwide […]
(Newsletters are posted 30 days after they are sent to subscribers. If you want to take advantage of any special offers be sure to sign up.) Greetings Planet Peschelteers! Hello from Bill Peschel! It took 30 months after losing my newspaper job and commence writing full-time, but I finally got around to launching the newsletter. […]
Mr Holmes – video review – The Guardian Ageing Holmes saga is sadly clueless – Express Film: The many faces of Sherlock Holmes – The Independent Agatha Christie Auction Record – Fine Books Magazine Stephen Mangan cast as Sherlock Holmes author in ITV drama Houdini & Doyle – Express Lionel Wigram teases’ new Sherlock Holmes […]
The International Agatha Christie Festival is in various venues in and around Torquay, Sept. 11-20. The latest Agatha Christie news will appear here with the most recent item at the top. News and reviews about Dorothy L. Sayers and other women mystery novelists will appear as well. Kenneth Branagh boards Murder on the Orient Express […]
SHERLOCK HOLMES SEASON 4 RETURNS TO THE BBC IN 2017 WITH THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL IN DECEMBER. The latest Sherlock Holmes news will appear here with the most recent item at the top. News and reviews about 19th century detective fiction will appear as well. Video Introduces Meiji-Era Ace Attorney’s Sherlock Holmes — Anime News Network […]
The Peschel Press of Hershey, Pa., announced the publication of the second book in the series of books collecting Sherlock Holmes Victorian Era parodies and pastiches. “Sherlock Holmes Victorian Parodies and Pastiches: 1888-1899” collects more than 60 examples of stories, songs, poems, and jokes that appeared during the opening chapters of Arthur Conan Doyle’s literary […]
The Dead Man found himself a friend in Bill Peschel. The novella “Hell’s Casino” was recently added to Amazon’s Kindle Worlds section of the website. [UPDATE 180722: Kindle Words has closed, but the book can still be bought at Amazon!] Created by TV producer Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin, the Dead Man series features Matt […]
To the residents of Rugeley, William Palmer was a country doctor with a wife and family and an interest in raising and betting on race horses. When his gambling companion John Parsons Cook died in agony at the inn across the street, the locals thought it suspicious. In the past few years, Palmer’s wife and […]