Pattern Books from the 1970s and 1980s
We have reached the end of the great collection of pattern books that I picked up in an online auction. Handwritten notes clipped into these books show that the original owners, Minnie and… Continue reading
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Pattern Books from the 1960s
We are getting close to the end of the huge collection of pattern books I bought at an auction, and I remember this era well. I lived through it with deep disappointment because… Continue reading
Pattern Books from the 1950s
As the year comes to a close, it seems like a good time to dip back in to the pattern book collection I got at an auction in the spring. The 1950s brought… Continue reading
One Warp, Six Variations
In an effort to use up my yarn stash, I returned to a project I had first woven in 2015, and I ended up weaving six table runners. This Handwoven magazine cover from… Continue reading
ScrapHappy November 2023 — Scraps from Many Lives
Back in 2012, I sketched a plan for a way to use all the vintage handkerchiefs I had gathered up over the years, and this year I finally got around to making it.… Continue reading
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day — Circles and Squares
I am part of an online art quilt group that completes quarterly challenges. This time our theme was “Circles and Squares.” I spent about two months wondering what on earth I would make… Continue reading
Recipes from Old Cookbooks
Updated to include the recipe for frozen pudding from the 1908 cookbook, especially for Kate Chiconi. 🙂 Mixed in with the needlework books that I got in my awesome auction haul, were some… Continue reading
A Colorious Quilt
I started this quilt eleven years ago!! And quickly ran into trouble. It has been on my To Finish list every year since then, and I am thrilled that it is finally done.… Continue reading
1940s Pattern Books from the Home Front
It’s been a while since I dipped into the treasure trove of pattern books I got in an auction. As I wrote a few posts back, during the 1940s, the original pattern collectors,… Continue reading
ScrapHappy: The Next Generation
Earlier this summer, the text string went something like this: Millennial Mom next door: Do you have any fabric scraps I could buy from you? Me: Your family gave me half my… Continue reading