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.

Presidents' Day

 

Caturday!

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

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

Grrrsday

 

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.

Vintage Holidays - Valentine's Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

Hope is the thing with feathers. ~ Emily Dickinson.
 

Grrrsday

 

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.

Black History Month

 

Caturday!

 

O Tempora, O Mores, O Hell

 

When the Little Man and I first started volunteering at three local elementary schools, I of course familiarized myself with their fire escape plans.  Because this is the United States of America, I also had to learn each school's protocol for Active Shooter drills.

And, because this is the United States of America in the year of Our Lord 2025, I now have had to learn what to do during an ICE raid.

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Crochet - Perky the Pussycat from 1960

 

In honor of National Cat Health Month (February) - from the January, 1960 issue of Workbasket magazine.  Left-click to enlarge the instructions.

Vintage Advertising - Kinsey Whiskey

 

From Collier's magazine.

Caturday!

 

Offered With No Comment

 

"She's not very good at her job."  Donald Trump

Grrrsday

 

Spes Desperata

 I was hoping he could go at least one day before making us cringe.

The Time Is Always Right, To Do What Is Right

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

image from the Graphics Fairy

Day hides with closing wings her charms
And all is cradled in repose, save where
Yon band of black, belated crows
Still frets the evening air. ~ Emily Pauline Johnson

Grrrsday

 

Pecking order.

Vintage Knitting - a Bedspread Leaf Motif from 1962

 

A handy small project for pick-up knitting on winter nights.  I'm not up for a bedspread, but this would look nice as an afghan.  Complete instructions are in Workbasket magazine, December 1962, and can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. 

Vintage Magazines - Blue Book, February 1941

 

The cover story certainly looks interesting.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Servant

 

Other Crafts: Lapel Pins from 1966

 

The mid-century craze for "novelty" lapel pins included miniature versions of just about everything you could think of - military personnel, flowers, Scottie dogs (very popular) and here from the May, 1966 Workbasket magazine, a pair of doll-sized scuffs (which I think would look better on a doll).  

This particular issue is from the Internet Archive and available as a free download. 

Obscure Holidays - Happy National Cuddle Day

 

kitten cuddle puddle courtesy of the Anchorage Animal Control FB page