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How to Make a Sunflower Pincushion Craft From 1893

This neat sunflower pincushion can be made out of felt and brown velvet or felt fabric can be used for the center cushion. The instructions…

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Sewing Box Shaped Like a Shoe Craft

Here is a craft project from 1915 that creates an ornamental shoe that can be used as a small sewing box. Personally, I think that…

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Simple Square Pincushion Craft From 1912

For this simple pincushion, women would make a small silk “button” out of cardboard and silk. This would decorate the center of the pincushion, giving…

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Chip Carving Instructions From 1897

During the warm summer months, I like to sit outside and make relief carvings of animals and flowers, but I must admit that I have…

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Ping Pong Ball Pincushion Craft From 1904

A ping pong used in making a pincushion? Is there no decency left? The other day I said that women used every sort of object…

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Voodoo Meets June Cleaver – Strange Wishbone Pincushion From 1907

Don’t want women to work outside the home? Fine, then we will make strange things out of chicken bones. No, seriously, we will. The following…

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Instructions for Making a Daisy Pincushion From 1897

I think that a daisy pincushion is a brilliant idea, but I would make it differently than the instructions from 1897. For one, I would…

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Stamp Covered Furniture Craft Project from 1897

When I read the following article about a man who decorated his furniture with stamps, I had to share it. I am a huge fan…

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How to Make a 1906 Shamrock Pincushion

I wish I had found this pincushion pattern/idea before St. Paddy’s Day because it would have made a great gift for a friend of mine….

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How to Make an Authentic Tomato Pincushion

If you don’t own a tomato pincushion, you’re a monster. Just kidding. I had one that was made in the seventies and I lost it…

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