Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Dolls & Dollhouses - Some Furniture from 1936

right-click to enlarge for a better view of these charmers

"Don't throw away your ice-cream cartons -- that is, if there is any little member of your family interested in doll's furniture!"

From 1936, a copy of McCall's Needlework, with (among many other things) instructions on making this furniture on page 52 .  A free download from the Antique Pattern Library.

5 comments:

  1. Lots and lots of good stuff in that issue. Thanks so much for searching out these things.

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  2. I'm wondering what would happen to my Bernina if I tried to make the burlap rug (in the magazine) on it.

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  3. We used egg cartons and TP rolls top make furniture for our trolls (Mom banned Barbie as a false sense of girl). Toothpaste caps filled with glue and toothpick stuck in will become a plant once you add tissue paper. Your Bernina will HATE you if you sew burlap. Just saying...

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  4. I have a 1940 Singer with all of the attachments including the rug maker. Dare I?

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  5. Do you have the thing that looks like a very long two pronged fork you wind wool over, then stitch down the centre gap? Yes. Dare.

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