Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Vintage Fiber Craft - A Basketry Book for Children from 1914

 


A recent offering from the Antique Pattern Library, free download of the Priscilla Juniors Basketry Book, intended for schoolchildren ages five and up  (this basket design was considered suitable for sixth graders).  

And if you really like it, as always, there's a donate button in the top right corner.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Caturday!


Actual photo of a Mexican who crossed the border to work in America. 

Friday, February 14, 2025

Quote of the Day

 

Photo from the Guardian, UK

Faced with the choice between a cosily heated, well-lit house tonight versus the vague threat of floods and melted icecaps at some distant point in the unknowable future, most people will crank up the thermostat, switch on the lights, and settle down for the evening.  Culture is a habit that is hard to break. ~ Eleanor Barraclough

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Grrrsday

 


Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Valentine Crafts from 1912 - Heart Monograms to Stencil


 From Good Housekeeping magazine, February 1912.  The copy at the Internet Archive is incomplete, but this can be found on p88.

Monday, February 10, 2025

Vintage Holidays - Valentine's Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Caturday!

 


Friday, February 7, 2025

Quote of the Day



Hope is the thing with feathers. ~ Emily Dickinson.

 

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Valentine Crafts from 1953


 From the McCall's Giant Golden Make-it Book, published 1953.  A copy is available for loan (not download, alas) on the Internet Archive.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Caturday!