Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Patterns of the Past - Hollyhocks


I have to post these happy, sunny little flowers, if only because we're expecting between five and seven inches of snow tomorrow night. From McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Summer 1940.

5 comments:

  1. Love the hollyhocks - wish I had the instructions (oh yeah, and the basic needlework skill) to outfit my kitchen in these lovelies. Thank you for posting them. :)

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  2. This is something that I could and would do. Love these. They would be perfect in my dilapidated kitchen. Do you have the instructions? Would you be willing to share?

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  3. Those are so bright and cheerful!!!
    Yippers.. snow is on the way.. weird tho, the sun has been shinning all day

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  4. Packie, I only wish I had this pattern. It's an ad from one of my old McCall's needlework magazines.

    Maybe you could copy the picture at a higher resolution and make a pattern of it?

    Pat it was sunny and bitter cold yesterday, and it's snowing like mad right now.

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  5. Shay, Thanks. I'll try enlarging it.

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