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The following airplane pattern and instructions were published as part of an advertisement back in 1922. The pattern is pretty unique and I am anxious…

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…

A quick search online tells me nothing further about the matchbox that was once General Grant’s. And this story about it seems to have been…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…