Zips & Darts

Are struggling to find an appropriate gift within your budget for someone special? Or perhaps you are determined to have your holiday gi...

Gifts made from your hands are the best and will be the most cherished of gifts. These easy to sew toiletries bags make the perfect s...

When I was a wee tot the tv programs that I watched the most were those that had real kids in them. Romper Room was both fun and educational...

Sew Grateful Week - My Happy Sewing Place Growing up in a large family, sharing was one of the first rules to maintain civility in our h...

1950's Birthday Party Baby boomers in the 1950s had no shortage of sources for homemaking ideas. This generation of American su...

Wrights, founded in 1897, sold pre-measured lengths of trim wound around little cardboard rectangles in flat little packages making distribu...

Sewing quality garments that you will be proud of wearing takes time and patience. Finding the right fabric for the pattern you choose is no...

Laura Wheeler was a powerhouse of Mail Order needlework patterns. Perhaps as early as the 1930's, patterns for knitting, crochet, needle...

101 Ways to Save was published by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company, established in 1861, known as the American Domestic Sewing Machine wh...

I have uncovered yet another pattern that originated from the Home Economics Department of the Educational Bureau of William Prym, Inc, a ...

In 1955, ads for a series of mail order "Face" or "Girl" aprons appeared in Newspapers across the US. This "M...

Extension work began as early as 1785. It was developed as a means to reach out to rural America and assist with aspects of farm management...

Another wonderful Prims pattern. This one is for a Cutaway Bolero Jacket pattern using none other than the ever so versatile Cover Your Own ...