Grrrsday

 

Other Crafts - A Leather Shopping Bag from 1950

 

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 small items don't fall out).  From Crafts for Everyone, by Louis V. Newkirk, 1950.  This can be read for free online at the Hathi Trust site, but you will need a library or school account to download it.

Chicago, Chicago, That Toddlin' Town

 

Off to stuff myself with culture for four days - Cendrillon and Carmen at the Chicago Summer Opera series, and then the Willem de Kooning exhibit at the art institute.

Whether this trip will include visits to two of my favorite Loop restaurants (Bereket and the Dearborn) remains to be seen.

Knitting - A Scrap Yarn Rug from 1950

 

From Workbasket magazine, September of 1950, and is another iteration on the theme of strip-knitted rugs.  This issue is my own, and is not yet up at the Antique Pattern Library site.

Left click to enlarge.

 

Annus Mirabilis

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

A fence lasts three years, a dog lasts three fences, a horse lasts three dogs; and a man lasts three horses.  ~  German proverb.

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Sewing - A Handbag to Match Your Suit from 1943

 From Woman and Home, February, 1943.  Another way to "make do" on the UK home front. Left-click to enlarge.

Vintage Advertising - Grape Nuts Cereal

 

Maybe we should send a carload to Congress.  From Blue Book Magazine, April 1918.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy

A moon-flooded prairie; a straying
Of leal-hearted lovers; a baying
Of far-away watching dogs; a dreaming
Of brown-fisted farmers; a gleaming
Of fireflies eddying nigh - 
And that is July! ~ James N. Matthews

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Crafting - A Hot Mat from 1951

 This ... interesting little craft from the February, 1951 issue of Workbasket magazine falls in the category of "we can't do it anymore."  Separate rubber canning rings haven't been a thing for at least forty years, if not longer.  I wonder what you could substitute?

Brothers And Sisters, I Bid You Beware Of Giving Your Heart To A Dog To Tear

 

He was fifteen years old, which is a good long life for a German Shepherd.  Just not long enough.

Grrrsday

 

(#2, especially this weekend.  It is just too damned hot).

Quote Of The Day

 

I'm afraid I found this unbearably accurate last month.

Grrrsday

 

I Blame The Democrats

 

I've come down with prickly heat.

Caturday!