Category: Make
How to Make a Ballet Doll Double Pincushion From 1914
I believe that this is the third pincushion on Strange Ago that features a doll. One uses just a doll head, the second uses the…
How to Make a Hanging Bag for Storage Instructions From 1915
The instructions for making a hanging bag below were originally published in 1915. The suggestion is that the gauze bags should be used to hold…
1913 Pincushion Made From a Hat Stand
If you have a hat stand lingering about the house, you can be a nut like the ladies of old and turn it into a…
How to Make an Oven Mitt Instructions From 1912
The instructions below for making an oven mitt are fairly simple. Just trace your dominant hand to make a pattern and then use the proper…
How to Make a Simple Hanging Pincushion Instructions From 1915
Here is a very simple, hanging pincushion that was made to be hung in the guest room. The instructions and illustration are from 1915. For…
How to Make a Box Pincushion Instructions from 1909
With so many different types of pincushion patterns from over a 100 years ago, I had to find out if people actually still collect pincushions….
Wood Shack Smokehouse
The instructions for a wood shack smokehouse below come from a newspaper article published in 1896. According to the heading of the article, this smokehouse…
How to Make a Heart Pincushion Instructions From 1911
This heart pincushion is made with two pieces of cardboard that are filled with cotton and then edged with ribbon. The pins go into the…
How to Make a Teapot Cozy Instructions From 1915
Teapot cozies have never been all too popular in the United States, which is why the pattern instructions below are so odd. They were published…
How to Make a Cattail Pincushion Instructions From 1896
The pincushions from over a hundred years ago were weird and the ladies, trapped in their homes over the long winter months, were definitely stir…
