Today I’ve been spotting some beautiful vintage sewing machines in our CRAFT flickr pool. This one is a vintage 1966 Morse Super Dial sewing machine posted up by Cidell. Link. From abmatic, “My grandmother’s White Rotary from 1913 that she had converted to an electric. Still runs like a champ but boy is this thing […]
Continue ReadingGarth at Extreme Craft haas been collecting vintage craft magazines and hit the jackpot with nine issues of “Needlecraft” from the late 1920’s to the early 1930’s (one of my favorite eras). In one of the first issues he opened up, he came across a letter from a reader entittled “Needlework as Nerve Tonic”. I […]
Continue ReadingHow fun to find a treasure like this at a flea market. What looks like an old book on the outside is not a book at all but a misprint which is filled with blank pages. Yet almost forty of the pages inside are filled with drawings dating back to Chicago in 1913. I love […]
Continue ReadingDated back to Dec 15, 1946, this hair wreath is actually much like a mini family tree with hair from 15 different people weaved together into this bouquet. [ via ] Link.
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I love this Flickr photo pool, it’s a huge collection of vintage hobby books. At first glance, I think these are my favorite so far… – Link. You can also get the pattern here! “Armed Robbery for the Holidays” – Link. Related: Vintage craft magazines – Link. Vintage archives on CRAFT – Link.
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Sarah of Pink of Perfection visits Beatrice of the shop Red Hook in Brooklyn to show us how to reupholster a 50’s dinette chair. Thanks Sebastian! Link.
Continue ReadingThere’s a great flickr group I’m a member of that has great vintage images of Halloween from the 1800’s-1960’s. Photos are of halloween decorations, photographs, costumes and more! Pictured here is a postcard from 1910. Link.
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