Saturday, August 9, 2025
Friday, August 8, 2025
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Vintage Crochet - A Thread Motif from 1950
From the September, 1950 issue of Workbasket magazine, a delicate motif in thread crochet for a tablecloth or dresser scarf. This is from my own collection, and as of this date, not yet available at the Antique Pattern Library.
Left-click to enlarge.
Monday, August 4, 2025
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Summer In The City
Why I am taking vacation when technically I am always on vacation? Oldest sister is arriving today and we'll be hitting the fleshpots of Chicago* until Saturday.
(*or at least the Art Institute and the Palmer House).
Monday, July 28, 2025
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Friday, July 25, 2025
Quote Of The Day
I ate healthy, I didn't drink or smoke...and then my reward was to watch everyone around me die. So go ahead, get the French fries instead of the carrots. ~ Anonymous hospice resident
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Children's Crafts - A PaperDoll from 1925
"Hildegarde Lives in Holland," a paper doll from Good Housekeeping magazine, January 1925. The entire year's issues as a bound copy to download can be found at archive.org.
Monday, July 21, 2025
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Friday, July 18, 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Vintage Knitting - A Child's Sweater from 1952
A child's blazer-style sweater with contrasting trim, from Modern Knitting, Summer 1952. Left-click to enlarge.
Friday, July 11, 2025
Quote of the Day
image from the Graphics Fairy
When the heat like a mist veil floats,
And poppies flame in the rye,
And the silver note in the streamlet's throat
Has softened almost to a sigh. It is July. ~ Susan Hartley Swett
And poppies flame in the rye,
And the silver note in the streamlet's throat
Has softened almost to a sigh. It is July. ~ Susan Hartley Swett
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Vintage Tatting - A Traycloth motif from 1916
If you are getting started on your Christmas tatting already, the center motif from this tray cloth (first three rows) would, stiffly starched, make a classic snowflake (even if it does have eight points instead of six). It's from a 1916 Bucilla tatting and crochet manual, with the instructions on p43.
(And if you do filet crochet, there are a variety of fantastic "La Belle et La Bete" beasts on pages 9-12.
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