National Pet Month, April 2025

 

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Quote Of The Day

 

Oh, what tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. ~ Walter Scott.

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Sewing - A Child's Duffle Coat from 1955

 

From the August issue (well, the UK used to be quite cold during the summer) of Britannia and Eve, a duffle coat that assumes an awful lot of tailoring knowledge on the part of the maker.  Clothing rationing ended in 1949, but this is the sort of pattern that might be created from the good bits of an old blanket or an older family member's coat.  Left-click to enlarge.

Obscure Holidays - another Two-fer

This is not only National Mustache Month, it's also Talk Like Shakespeare Week ("thou crusted botch of nature" is a personal fave).

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Do everything you can to live a quiet life.  Mind your own business.  Work with your own hands, just as we told you to. ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Sì, mi chiamano Mimì

 

Off to Chicago for the opera and a costume exhibit.  Best get some use out of Amtrak while it's still around.

Vintage Workbasket Crafts - a Two-fer from 1955

From the June, 1955 issue of Workbasket magazine, a belt to crochet and a rug to knit.  Rug yarn is hard to find these days, but I'm wondering if some of the new cotton t-shirt yarns wouldn't work just as well.

This one isn't on the Antique Pattern Library page yet - it's from my own copy.  Left-click to enlarge.

Vintage Holidays - St Patrick's Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

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Quote Of The Day

 

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer.

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Miscellaneous Crafts - Washcloth Gifts from 1970

 

From Pack-O-Fun magazine, November 1977, an array of animals to make from washcloths wrapped around a bar of soap.  Fun idea for a housewarming or baby shower.

Left-click to enlarge.

A Distinct Lack of Congruence

 

There has to be a reason today is both International Bagpipe Day and National Napping Day.

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A Cliche But He Pulled It Off

 He went as Fluffy the 3-Headed Dog and I was Hagrid.  Half the second grade came as Ron, Harry or Hermione, so he had his picture taken a lot.

Quote of the Day

 

More history than ever is today being revised or invented by people who do not want the real past, but only a past that suits their purpose.  ~ Eric Hobsbawm

Grrrsday

 

Photoshopped but timely.

Vintage Tatting - A Floral Edge from 1948

 

From Workbasket magazine, May 1948.  Left-click to enlarge; this particular issue is "pending" at the Antique Pattern Library, so the above is a scan from my personal copy.

Vintage Magazines - The Delineator, November, 1919

 This lovely Edwardian lady isn't attending a Mardi-Gras ball, but she looks as though she could be.

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