There are only two pages left to clean up in this book. It turns out that the child who received this cute book decided to color not only the outline pages, but several of the example pages as well, which I hadn’t noticed at first and which was annoying because the crayon has to be…
Thank you for the feedback on Marjorie’s owl dress. I feel much better about the embroidery after reading your nice comments. I have a tendency to be overly critical of my work. Now for this weeks transfers, which are very small and so sweet — there are 16 tiny transfer patterns on one page of…
Instead of vintage fabric, today I’m going to show you some vintage thread I purchased on ebay a while back. I found an article in the NY Times dated January, 1886, titled The Manufacture of Linen Thread, How Flax is Grown — Barbour Bros. & Co., a Century of Tread Making. According to the article,…
Whenever I see this pattern I am reminded of the beautiful Rose of Sharon bush in our backyard, and also the character Rose of Sharon (or “Rosasharn”) from The Grapes of Wrath. There are so many different Rose of Sharon patterns, but this is one of my favorites because I like the little center pinwheel…
This cute owl print fabric inspired me to make this little dress for my niece’s daughter, Marjorie, who is 3 1/2. The dress is a size 4, but Marjorie is tall for her age, so I made the dress a bit longer than the vintage 60s pattern (McCall’s 9464). As usual, I made a few…
Here are the next three pages of this adorable Whitman children’s book. I love the simple graphic shapes, and the bright primary colors. The cover and previous 2 pages are located here. ABC Painting Reading Book Whitman Publishing, 1934
Now that the Independence Day celebration is over, I’m getting back to the antique Royal Society Transfer book. Here are some lovely baskets from one page. One of the baskets was cut out and that always drives me crazy wondering what fabulous transfer I am missing.
Today is the birthday of my wonderful Mother-in-Law, Gail Gray. Here she is at age 16 looking very pretty and patriotic. I’ve always loved this picture, and that great military looking band uniform. Gail Ann Kollie Gray – July, 1945 Now here are the Wednesday vintage fabric photographs, completing the Independence Day themed posts for this…
Here is an old booklet with some nice star patterns, including an applique version of the Star and Crescent block. I’ve always loved this pattern, but I want to make the pieced version.
Here’s a dress that would be perfect for a little girl to wear on the 4th of July. There isn’t much vintage action going on here, with the exception of the linen collar and cuffs and the vintage pattern. The fabric is another print from Joann’s that I thought looked patriotic and reminded me of…
This image is not actually from a vintage children’s book, but I hope you don’t mind. It was drawn by Beatrice Stevens, and published in the Milwaukee Sentinel in July, 1914. The illustrations in the Sentinel are some of the best I’ve seen in old newspapers, there were tons of them, and they were large…
These are more difficult to find than the other major holidays, but I managed to locate a few in my collection. There are some additional transfers in last year’s post.
These elongated triangles were part of a lot I purchased on ebay several years ago. There were some vintage quilt blocks and cardboard templates, but the real prize was an old shoebox packed with about a zillion different triangle swatches in three sizes. Today, in keeping with the theme, I have picked out a few…
In honor of our upcoming Independence Day, here is a vintage quilt pattern booklet featuring Centennial Quilts.
A couple of years ago I purchased a bolt of Irish linen manufactured by Belfast Mills. The linen is off-white with a beautiful feel and nice light weight; probably produced in the 30s or 40s, but possibly earlier. I’ve been hesitating to cut into it, but I finally got up the courage. The machine appliqued…