Category: Household

1918 anti-influenza / epidemic masks

I went down the internet rabbit hole trying to actually come up with the Red Cross sewing pattern for facemasks more »

This 8 page chapter is excerpted from Carpentry & Mechanics for Boys by Albert Neely Hall 1918. The first two more »

Unlike modern sweater vests most of the designs for Chest Protectors or Chest Warmers are dickies designed to not go more »

I don’t clip a lot of hats, usually things that have a function. I was dusting the cobwebs and I more »

In my research on recycling and reuse in the home, I collected a lot of scraps about using scrap fabric more »

I kept running across “Soap papers” it in my research about traveling. So I went down the rabbit hole. I more »

Fibers have always been one of the most precious maker materials in the home. Whether fabric started off as yardage more »

Laundry bags were such a ubiquitous item, it was hard to find some descriptions of their construction. In 1840 Eliza more »

Not all mittens are knitted, some are just made from canvas or flannel. Useful for protecting the hand while working more »

I”m still pulling on this thread, but from what I have learned so far is that thread came on wooden more »