Category: Sewing

19th century handmade household headwear

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

My friend Jane (Lady Bunbury on Instagram) has been making a scrap rug Buggy/Wagon Wheel Rugs and asked me to more »

Contradicting what I wrote yesterday the 1852 Patchwork pillow doesn’t seem to made of washable materials, but it predates ‘crazy more »

I had a request for ‘patchwork’ projects. However patchwork usually just meant pieced projects where smaller pieces of fabric are more »

I put a Scissor Case on my to make list when I became a scissor snob. I wouldn’t be able more »

Raggedy Ann was a doll before she was a book character, the book and doll weren’t marketed together for the more »

This “Little Orpan Annie” Doll pattern is from 1924 Handy Hands Book: Happy Occupations for Little Folks, Many things to more »

In the 19th century, clocks were an extremely valuable commodity and if a home had one, it was on the more »

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

Like shoes, store-bought corsets came package in decorated boxes which became long term storage boxes. During the Edwardian era as more »