Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Un Petit Chat en Boules de Laine

 


Continuing with our National Pet Month theme (perhaps my French isn't what it used to be, but I didn't find instructions for the tail).

Monday, March 31, 2025

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Caturday!

 


Friday, March 28, 2025

Quote Of The Day

 


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

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Grrrsday


 

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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.

Monday, March 24, 2025

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).

 

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Caturday!


 

Friday, March 21, 2025

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


Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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.

Monday, March 17, 2025

Vintage Holidays - St Patrick's Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Caturday!


 

Friday, March 14, 2025

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.

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Grrrsday




 

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

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.

Monday, March 10, 2025

A Distinct Lack of Congruence

 

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

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Caturday!


 

Friday, March 7, 2025

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