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Children's Crafts: A Dog Bookmark from 1964

 

From the February, 1964 issue of Workbasket magazine, a bookmark to cut out of felt.  I would use ribbon for the tail.

This was trimmed out of a 8x5.5 inch magazine, so you will need to enlarge it a bit.

This issue of Workbasket can be found on the Internet Archive, which unfortunately is currently suffering from a prolonged and vicious DOS attack.  I'll post the link when things are back to normal.

Happy National Book Month.

 

Best Laid Plans

 

We decided that Blitzen would be strictly an indoor cat. You can see how well that's working out.

Quote Of The Day

photo by Armand Oliveros

Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart. ~ Basil Rathbone.

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Tatting - and Edging from Workbasket, 1983

A trickly looking, intricate edging from the old Workbasket magazine, September of 1983.

Vintage Advertising - Congoleum Flooring

Advertisement for Congoleum, McCall's, March 1937.  I swear this was the pattern about four layers down when we were refinishing the floors in our kitchen.

And in other news, posting may be sketchy for a while - since I am not currently able to deploy with the Red Cross, I'm going to be working two days and one evening each week at the chapter office until November, replacing a woman who is currently out supporting reunification services (a job I would not take in a million years.  Too hard on the heart).

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

You can't fix stupid, but you can sell it a red hat. ~ Anonymous 

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Woodcrafting - Puppy Bookends from 1954

 Intended as a project for kids, not adults, this comes from Things for Boys and Girls to Make, 1954, by William Hennessey.

Another downloadable treasure from the Internet Archive.

It's National Fall Foliage Week!

 

image from the Graphics Fairy

Go out and look at a tree.

Terre de Nos Aïeux

 

Heading north of the border for nine days of leaf-peeping and poutine. EDITED TO ADD: it was lovely, but my French is not nearly as good as I would like it to be.

Vintage Crochet - A Daisy Edging from 1960

 

"Daisy Lace," a pretty edging from Workbasket magazine, January 1960.  Also the Hedenkamp people would like you to start selling their greeting cards.

Just A Reminder

 

image from USA Today

September remains National Emergency Preparedness Month.

Caturday!

 

"It Just Exploded"

SPRINGFIELD, OH:  The woman behind an early FB post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout. 

Quote of the Day

 

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