Blockbuster of a Book Haul
I live near about 4 million other people, and it turns out, a lot of them have recently inherited a house and they want it cleaned out to sell. Rather than hire a… 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
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
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
Knitting for Victory in the Early 1940s
As the 1940s dawned, my “adopted ancestors“, Minnie and Olive, were still interested in neckwear fashions — — but just two weeks after the attack at Pearl Harbor, they had picked up patterns… Continue reading
1930s Pattern Books
Going through the Awesome Auction Haul of pattern books from the 1910s to the 1990s, I found that there were no books from the 1920s. Hopefully the original owners, Minnie and Olive, were… Continue reading
Awesome Auction Haul
This year I have been indulging in some online auctions. I always liked going to estate sales, but lately it seems they have all moved online, and I like that even better! I… Continue reading
We Interrupt Spring Cleaning…
As I have mentioned before, after our daughters grew up and moved out, my husband and I downsized from our typical suburban home, into a cottage that his family had built on their… Continue reading