Children’s Playmate Magazine Fern Bisel Peat, Illustrator
Month: March 2013
Herrschners Chic Kitchenette Aprons, 1928 — My Version
I love these old Herrschner Art Needlework catalogs from the 1920s; the aprons and children’s wear items are my favorites. The style of these aprons is appealing to me because they are simple to make, have good coverage (I am a messy cook), and the embroidered details are so sweet. For my two aprons, I…
Children of Other Lands, 1954 — Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, & Canada
In 1959, not long after this coloring book was published, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states. As an 11 year-old growing up in Oklahoma, I remember thinking how cool it was to have such exotic places become part of the United States. You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on…
Children of Other Lands, 1954 — Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Greece
I noticed that African and South American countries are underrepresented in this coloring book. A modern “Children of Other Lands” coloring book would probably be a lot more diverse, but I wonder if the illustration style would be as cute. You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia,…
Children of Other Lands, 1954 – Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Finland & Norway
Finally, I have managed to scan and clean the rest of this cute coloring book. Over the next week I will post all of the remaining countries in no particular order. You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia, and France-Switzerland-Italy-Germany. Click any image for slideshow.
Easter Hand Embroidery Designs
There’s still time to stitch up a little Easter cuteness. These patterns are from Book 7 of the 20 volume 1973 series, Make it Yourself – The Complete Step-by-Step Library of Needlework and Crafts.
West Elm Swatch Pillow
Last week my daughter, Emily, and I visited one of her favorite shops, West Elm. Because she and her husband, Aaron, have just moved into a new apartment in a beautiful 1920s Art Deco building, I wanted to buy her a little house warming present. For her gift, Emily picked out a couple of pillows…
Aprons and Bibs, 1945
The illustrations in this booklet are so cute, and the aprons are pretty sweet too. Yesterday I decided to make another donation apron for the thrift shop, and I tried to figure out the easiest way to enlarge the patterns in this book. Drawing the designs on paper seemed like a drag, so I thought…
Crepe Paper Flowers – A Blue and Yellow Wedding
All quilt work took a back seat these past two weeks while I began a new project for our dear friends who are getting married this June. They were high school classmates in the late 60s, and recently met again at a high school reunion. Kyle has been our friend since he and my husband,…