Sarah Thursfield - kerchers
Sarah Thursfield is a historical dressmaker, demonstrator and teacher with a particular interest in the long tradition of plain (and not-so-plain) linen sewing
done by women to produce domestic items, underwear and accessories.
She learned to sew from her grandmothers in the 1960s and gained a Distinction in City and Guilds Fashion in 1985.
In 2001 she published The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant, a guide to the basic forms of English clothing from 1100 to 1480,
and it has become a standard reference for garment reconstruction.
She is now studying the emergence of garment types before 1100 and relaxes with endless hemming.
