A shopping bag to make from leather scraps (with very little tweaking, you could turn this into a clutch or a wallet - just line it so sma...

  From Harper's Handy-book for Girls , a project considered suitable for girls (especially those who might someday have to sew their own...

  From Good Housekeeping magazine, February 1929.  If you want to give that recipe a try, left-click to enlarge.  A black and white copy of...

 From Handicrafts for the Handicapped , a set of paper animals for a sick or invalid child to cut out and play with - in the days when Mamma...

  From the March, 1952 Workbasket magazine, a straight-forward medallion tatted in four parts.  The issue is available as a free download fr...

  From the 1960 edition of McCall's Golden Do-it Book , here are some beginner, straight-line knitting projects and quick to make. This ...

  left-click to enlarge From the UK magazine Hobbies Weekly , designs for jewelry to be fashioned out of wood or sheet plastic.  Complete in...

  From The Boy Mechanic , Book II, published in 1915 and available as a free download from Project Gutenberg .  Left-click to enlarge.

  From a great and fun book called The Woman's Day Book of Gifts To Make , published in the mid-1970s (which is when I think home crafti...

copyright-free image from The Graphics Fairy  

  From Make it From Odds 'n' Ends , published in 1973 by the Pack O' Fun people, a variety of jewelry, pendants and earrings to ...

  From The Boy Mechanic: Book II , a free download from the Internet Archive , dating back to a time when your house might have one or two s...

From Hobbies Weekly , November 16th, 1949.  A British publication from a time when toys, and materials to make toys, were in short supply.  ...

  From Workbasket magazine, September 1957 (this is from the copy in my collection, but the entire magazine can be found at the Antique Patt...

  This is an example of what boys were expected to be able to accomplish, perhaps with a bit of help from Dad or the shop teacher.  From Pop...

  "Hildegarde Lives in Holland," a paper doll from Good Housekeeping magazine, January 1925.  The entire year's issues as a ...

Finding stuff to put on the blog on Tuesdays gives me a great excuse to burrow around on the Internet - and here courtesy of Pinterest is a ...

  A summer set from Good Housekeeping magazine, August 1952 - a sort of pixie had and handbag to make from woven straw placemats.  Left-cli...

 With three vintage fudge recipes from the archives .

  From Boys' Make-At-Home Things  by Carolyn and Marian Bailey, a set of bedroom furniture in "Mission Style."  A free downloa...