Category: Make

If you ever need to store safety pins and needles in the same place, here is a handy pincushion craft that was originally published in…

Mattress shaped pincushions were apparently fashionable in 1898, and according to a few newspaper accounts, the playing card pincushion was the thing for women to…

Baby socks are the easiest thing to lose and you will probably ponder what on earth you could do with just one perfect baby sock….

Being one who enjoys Game of Thrones as well as historical fiction, when I saw this 1939 craft project for making a life sized knight…

If you collect handkerchiefs like my adult daughter does, you might want to make a special box for them. The craft project below is from…

If you have a lone drain pipe sitting on your property, you can turn it into an old fashioned umbrella stand, according to the craft…

So far, I have covered several different types of doll pincushions from the past. Here is yet another one but instead of making a cushion,…

This 1906 pincushion craft takes on the form of an umbrella and is made to hang. Women of the past kept pincushions in just about…

This 1916 pattern for a wall hanging match holder would be pretty handy even today. It was made to hold large matches and had a…

Women used handkerchiefs for a wide variety of crafts, including pincushions. The instructions below are for a handkerchief pincushion where the handkerchief is made into…