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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…

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….

In 1904, small bottles containing a magic, bullet proof ointment, were being bought up by Russian soldiers. Fearing an attack by the Japanese, the Russian…

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…

Edward was bathing in the Ohio River when he was overcome with cramps. Fortunately, he was saved from drowning by another man, but then a…

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…

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…

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…

The Scottish needfire was a fire of purification, lit every year to purify people, livestock, and the home. The following article was published in 1920….

In the past, pincushions of all sorts were made, but the doll pincushions were, by far, the most creepy pincushions around. Women would made these…