old magazines
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Kitchen Cabinets (Now Hoosier Cabinets), 1928
This article about kitchen cabinets comes out of a Modern…
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1913- Home Garments for Women and Children
This 1913 page might not be as interesting to some…
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July 1913- Styles with Individuality
It always amuses me that magazines (or today blogs and…
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Free Crochet & Tatting Patterns- Dainty Neckwear from 1912
This fun little page of patterns comes from Needlecraft Magazine,…
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1912- Dainty Corset Covers Using Bermuda Fagoting & Teneriffe Lace
In this article from Needlecraft from April, 1912, two lovely…
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Free Pattern! 1912 Crocheted Corset Cover
I’m happy to be giving away a FREE e-pattern today…
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April 1912- Fashions and Fabrics
I recently came across a whole slew of 1910s-1920s Needlecraft…
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A Talk with Worth About Clothes- August, 1913
It seems like Worth is all the rage in the historical…
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Sunday Inspiration: 1905 Corset, Suspenders, and Stockings.
I had scanned in several more pages from the 1905…
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1898- Trim Design Inspiration
I’ve already announced the new, lovely jacket pattern- Sophie. Here…
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1890’s Inspiration: Home-Made Muffs and Collarettes
I am working on a new 1890’s pattern, so as…
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Edwardian Food Oddities: Thanksgiving Animals I Have Known
Ah, the Edwardian times. Such odd table dressings, such odd…
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A 1909 Peek at Past Lives- “Thanksgiving Folks”
A while ago my mom gave me an old magazine…
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1908- How to Manipulate Long Skirts
Happy Friday! Today I have another set of images from…
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1908 WB Reduso Corsets
The weather here has been rainy, and, without fail, rainy…
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Pretty French Frocks, May 1908
Continuing some of the beautiful French images from La Miroir…
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December Pretties- Millinery & McCall’s Magazine 1908
Hope you’re having a lovely weekend! Here’s some pretty things…
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Pretty Corset Ads from The Delineator, 1905.
I’ve been working on and off on a new pattern…
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The Astor Baby- McCall’s Magazine, September 1913
Today is the centennial of the sinking of the great…
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This Easter’s Hats and Bonnets- Ladies Home Journal- April, 1897
If you’re following me on Facebook you may have seen…
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W.B. NuForm and Reduso Corsets, 1911
I got a fun little package in the mail today…
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>A bit of a flashback to 1915- Blouses and Mourning Attire
>The weather here has been so odd for July- where…