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Victorian Handcrafts, Flowers, Beauty Advice, and Moral Advice

Here are some miscellaneous scans from near the back of the winter Delineator Fashion Magazine. As you can tell, Victorian women had alot of past times and made alot of arts and crafts! Articles include: Rugs and Robes of Fur: Unfortunately, this 1892 article on fur fashions didn’t include any pictures, but it goes quite in [...]

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Victorian Crochet, Knit, and Lace Making Patterns

Here are some scans showing mostly lace making patterns and crochet designs from the early 1890s for various things, including how to knit and crochet childrens booties and baby clothes! This series of scans from the 1892 Delineator Fashion Magazine start with patterns for a crochet fascinator and infant’s blanket. The crochet and knit section [...]

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Edwardian Filet Crochet Pattern from 1917

The “centerfold” of this April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla magazine was a detailed pattern and instructions on how to crochet filet pattern lace and create bridal teacloth, napkins, pincushion, scarfs, scarf ends, and doilies.

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1917 Lace Fashions on Clothing

Here is some 1917 advice and articles from the Modern Priscilla on adding lace to women’s clothing, decorating hats with embroidery, and an article or advertisement about Summer Blouses of Viole fabric. I scanned these several times to capture both the vintage ads as well as the articles from this magazine. I especially enjoyed the [...]

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Tatting and needlework patterns from the April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla

I scanned thru the needle work section of the April 1917 issue of The Modern Priscilla, which had patterns and advice on making doilies, tatted edges on linens, crochet patterns, small hand sewn gifts for the bride, and other needlework ideas. I’ve scanned several of these twice, because my scanner bed wasn’t big enough to [...]