Blue & White Shawl: I have wanted to knit this shawl for many years, ever since Daisy gave me this blue yarn that she spun. The title of this shawl pattern is "Blue and White Shawl". The white yarn is reclaimed from a white angora beret that was purchased at the Goodwill Bin store. The… Continue reading Workbasket Wednesday – 4 New Projects/One Old
Category: Historically Inspired
Daughters of Genius BOM – 1 & 2
I have no idea where time keeps going! My plans are always to stay on top of serial type posts. Then the clock and the calendar speed up while I am not looking. :-/ Each September a new session of Grandma's Attic Quilt club begins. Rachel (the Grandma, and owner, of Grandma's Attic) is a… Continue reading Daughters of Genius BOM – 1 & 2
Grandma’s Scrapbasket Newsletter – June 2021
The new newsletter arrived directly before we left for the weekend. Besides the newsletter highlighting Vogart Transfer Patterns, also included was a flyer about the Alphabet quilt, the new Grandma's Gazette, and a quilt pattern The new fabrics are a rainbow of blenders. In a previous post it was mentioned that the fabric samples are… Continue reading Grandma’s Scrapbasket Newsletter – June 2021
Corseted ladies Can Dance!
These corseted ladies seem to move just fine...
If I didn’t already like her, I would after this video…
Bernadette Banner, Historical Sewist, shows her limited everyday wardrobe and speaks to the problem of fast fashion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HXhW6nTCuo