Caturday!

(he just wants to play wif dem...)

Quote of the Day

How To Bring In The New Year With A Bang Dep't

And a happy, healthy 2010 to us all.

Grrsday

The Online Bookshelf - Monsters of Mars

They look more like monsters of Lake Okechobee to me. And what are those fellows in the fancy lace-up boots doing? The answer, possibly, at Project Gutenberg.

Patterns of the Past - "Color, Color Everywhere"

A cheerful pattern from McCall's, found in Needlework & Crafts, the summer edition, 1940. Left-click to enlarge.

Tatting--Some Motifs for Household Linens

The two motifs shown come from a very-much-the-worse-for-wear, four-page remnant of what is probably a Coats & Clarks tatting booklet from the mid-to-late 1940's. I started No. 8917, made a hash of the middle, and am trying it again -- the Mission thrift shop had a basket of vintage #30 tatting cotton last week at two for a buck so I have several colors from which to choose (the shop also had a baggie filled with the World's Ugliest Orphan Earrings for a dollar ninety-nine but that's a post for another day).

Instructions on my Flickr account.

Curse You, Brett Favre

I want to go to bed, we have one tv, it's in the bedroom and the damn game just went into OT.

Vintage Greeting Cards - New Year's

Some French kitties wishing us all a Happy New Year from the amazing collection at Mazaika.

Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth the Kitteh

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

I was trying to get some work done on the computer and someone kept trying to crawl up onto my chest. After I had deposited her back on the floor for about the third time, she went away and left me....

....left me, that is, in order to go into the dining room, drag my new black microfiber raincoat down from the back of the chair where I'd left it, curl her grey-white-and-brown hairy little backside up in the middle of it, and go to sleep.

Recipe for Holiday Entertainment

Take:

one paper gift bag, large size

Insert:

one sheet of tissue paper

Add:

one cat

Caturday!

Quote of the Day

How silently, how silently the wondrous gift was giv'n...

Christmas Spirit

(hat-tip to TKWKIWDBI).

Grrsday

The Online Bookshelf - Vintage Treasures from Patricia

This and several other craft books on Patricia's site, Agence Eureka. And no, you don't have to parler to enjoy them. Be sure to scroll down and look at everything!

Because It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without Pogo

Patterns of the Past - Just for T-Mom

First issued by the McCall's company in 1952, some of man's best friends to cross-stitch. Left click to enlarge or go to my Flickr account.

Sewing - Vintage Collars

As promised, I have scanned the chapter on using bias tape from a late 20's or possibly very early 30's sewing book from the Spool Cotton Company; it can be downloaded from my Flickr account. Three pages of illustrations on making collars from bias tape are included (left-click on the above for more detail). If I have time this weekend I'll scan the rest of the booklet.

More Christmas Clipart

(copyright-free images from Dover Publications).