Book Review: Sew Retro by Judi Ketteler I very much suspect I’m a bit behind the times in reviewing this book as I brought it when I first saw it in Australia in November and have taken this long to write about it! But then I wanted to have a few photos of projects I’ve [...]
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Sew Retro
Posted in Design, History, Sewing Projects, tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, craft projects, flappers, knitting basket, needlecase, pin cushion, Sew Retro, sewing, sewing basket, sewing projects, thrift, victorian, Vintage inspired craft projects on April 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
200 Years of Decorative Arts
Posted in Design, Embroidery, Jane Austen, Quilting, tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s crafts, applique, craft, Embroidery, Jennifer Isaacs, Patchwork, pokerwork, Quilting, regency, silk, Tapestry, Victorian Embroidery, women on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At one of my talks earlier in the year, a lovely fellow crafter asked me about how she would find out what kinds of craft her ancestors had worked. I pointed her in the direction of an interesting book on Needlework in Australia (Marion Fletcher, 1989), but another book is a bit of a favorite [...]




