Bon Voyage (Again)

 

Departing for the Adriatic tomorrow.  Blogging will be intermittent for a while. 

(The dog-sitter has been engaged, and the boys are not pleased).

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

Grrrsday

 

While We're On the Subject of Vacances

 

Does anyone know of any good yarn shops in Athens?

Vintage Crochet - A Thread Motif from 1950

 

From the September, 1950 issue of Workbasket magazine, a delicate motif in thread crochet for a tablecloth or dresser scarf. This is from my own collection, and as of this date, not yet available at the Antique Pattern Library.

Left-click to enlarge.

Semper Paratus

 

Happy birthday to the branch nobody remembers until some damn fool rents a powerboat and sinks it.

Summer In The City

 

 

Why I am taking vacation when technically I am always on vacation?  Oldest sister is arriving today and we'll be hitting the fleshpots of Chicago* until Saturday.

(*or at least the Art Institute and the Palmer House).

Welcome to Summer in the Midwest

 We will be under a "heat dome" until Thursday.

Caturday!

 

Quote Of The Day

 

I ate healthy, I didn't drink or smoke...and then my reward was to watch everyone around me die.  So go ahead, get the French fries instead of the carrots. ~ Anonymous hospice resident

Grrrsday

 

Children's Crafts - A PaperDoll from 1925

 

"Hildegarde Lives in Holland," a paper doll from Good Housekeeping magazine, January 1925.  The entire year's issues as a bound copy to download can be found at archive.org.

Obscure Holidays - National Junk Food Day

 

image from FB

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Knitting - A Child's Sweater from 1952

 

A child's blazer-style sweater with contrasting trim, from Modern Knitting, Summer 1952. Left-click to enlarge.

Quote of the Day

 

image from the Graphics Fairy

When the heat like a mist veil floats,
And poppies flame in the rye,
And the silver note in the streamlet's throat
Has softened almost to a sigh.  It is July. ~ Susan Hartley Swett

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Tatting - A Traycloth motif from 1916

If you are getting started on your Christmas tatting already, the center motif from this tray cloth (first three rows) would, stiffly starched, make a classic snowflake (even if it does have eight points instead of six).  It's from a 1916 Bucilla tatting and crochet manual, with the instructions on p43.

(And if you do filet crochet, there are a variety of fantastic "La Belle et La Bete" beasts on pages 9-12.

Obscure Holidays - Happy National Koi Day

 

image from Pinterest

Give a cat a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach a cat to fish and he'll empty the neighbor's koi pond. ~ old Japanese saying.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

A Republic - if you can keep it. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Grrrsday

 

We Still Love You, Neighbors to the North, In Spite of our Stupid President

 

Vintage Crochet - Daisy Lace from 1948

 From the January, 1948 issue of Workbasket magazine, a rather tricky-looking edging to crochet. Left-click to enlarge.

Vintage Magazines - Good Housekeeping, July, 1921

 

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

photo by Jacob Riis

I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace. ~ Federico Garcia Lopez

Grrrsday

 

A Vintage "Model" Dolls' House Sink from 1938

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 dolls' house project from the April 30th, 1938 issue of Hobbies Weekly, a small (fewer than 30 pages) publication that looks as though it was done rather on the cheap.  Still great fun and some wonderful person has scanned several issues from 1938 to 1944 and put them up on the Internet Archive.  Enjoy.  EDITED TO ADD:  left-clicking to enlarge the image above results in reduced legibility but if you enlarge from the Internet Archive page, the font is still faint but readable.  The pattern pieces on the center of the booklet are quite clear.

(The sink is 6 inches tall so, not to scale).

 

Don't Tempt Me

 Today is International Widows' Day.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

Nobody's free until everybody's free. ~ Fannie Lou Hamer

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Sewing - a Summer Hat and Bag from Placemats, 1952

 

A summer set from Good Housekeeping magazine, August 1952 - a sort of pixie had and handbag to make from woven straw placemats.  Left-click to enlarge, or go to the Internet Archive to download the entire magazine.

I'm not sure, myself, if I would try to wear these unless I were still under twenty-one. They'd look cute on a little girl, though.

EDITED TO ADD:  Blogfriend Sam is correct, there is just a hint of The Handmaid's Tale about this. Ick.

Happy National Fudge Day

 With three vintage fudge recipes from the archives.

Caturday!

 

Quote of the Day

 

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Grrrsday

 

Vintage Doll's Furniture - A Mission Bedroom from 1912

 

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

Diagrams and instructions can be found on p59.

Caturday!

 

The Last Crewman

 

Quote of the Day

 

You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had. ~ Dr DaShanne Stokes

The Online Bookshelf - The Rainbow Book

Subtitled Tales of Fun and Fancy, with illustrators that include Arthur Rackham and Harry Rountree. A free download from Project Gutenberg.

Vintage Knitting - A Patchwork Sweater from 1989

 A retro but still very wearable design from Workbasket magazine, October 1989.  Thriftily knit up from 2 skeins of cream worsted and leftover partial skeins of the other colors, this would look stunning in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet. 

The magazine can be downloaded from the Antique Pattern Library.

National Gardening Week

 

image from Swanson's Nursery.