This cute coloring book was published by Watkins-Strathmore in 1961. I’m pretty sure, although I can find no documentation, that this must be the same Lois Ehlert who illustrated many popular children’s books beginning in the 1980s, including Color Zoo (1989), a Caldecott Honor Book. She would have been 27 in 1961, and it…
Month: June 2012
Walker’s Embroidery Transfers – Pots and Pans
These designs are from a sheet of Walker’s blue numo hot iron transfers — the ones on tissue paper with blue raised dots that are one use only. The serial number for this sheet is 1598, and it came in an assortment with 3 other sheets. Sometimes these numo transfers don’t look too great, even…
Vintage Fabric Gallery – 1930s Pinks
These fabric swatches are part of a large lot of salesman samples from the 1930s. The photos represent a 2″ x 3″ rectangle of each print.
Aunt Priscilla Scrappy Patchwork Patterns
Because I have always loved scrappy quilts with lots of little pieces, these three patterns are all on my list of quilts to make. I especially love the third pattern, which I hadn’t seen before. There generally are not many directions in these old patterns, and in this case there aren’t any. The first and…
Dean’s Rag Book Doll Quilt Top
For this little top I used two vintage cloth books published in the UK by Dean’s Rag Book Co. The company began in 1903 producing small books printed on muslin that they advertised as “safe and washable” for baby. Later they expanded into stuffed bears and cloth dolls. Dean’s Rag Books were still being made…
John Martin’s Book — June, 1926
To celebrate June, here are the inside cover pages from one of my favorite illustrators, George Carlson, who was a regular contributor to the magazine, creating over 50 of its covers and most of the puzzles and games.