On Saturday I received a package from my friend, Patty, with two cute feedsacks I’d purchased from her Etsy shop (Patalier). Patty always includes a few vintagy surprises for me, and this time there were skeins of vintage perle cotton, gathered eyelet edging, two sweet hostess aprons (for a later post), and this l922 soft cover book. I know . . . she’s an amazing friend!
The poor book was in kind of rough shape with lots of tears, but Patty knows how much I love these illustrations from the 1920s, so I spent several happy hours digitally restoring my favorite pages. As usual, click to enlarge the images.
So sweet.
Love those illustrations. Thanks to both of you for saving them!
Thank you, I love these old books. I print them out and read them (I have actually learned how to craft many things) I then save them in binders.
Thanks for sharing these patterns.
A truly great friend and an awesome book
What a neat book full of inspiration!! Love the applique page! xo Heather
I just love looking at these wonderful patterns! I don’t think many people actually use aprons any more (people don’t cook like they used too, which is too bad) but I don’t know what I would do without one.
Thanks, Martha and Patty! I especially like those elephants.