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Local Event: Textile Museum Sale
View post: Local Event: Textile Museum SaleFor those of you in the GTA, next weekend is the More Than Just a Yardage Sale, the Textile Museum of Canada’s annual fundraising sale in downtown Toronto. The Museum’s volunteers will be selling lots of sewing and crafting supplies including fabric and yarn, buttons and beads. Here’s the official poster: This is a free…
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Girls’ Patterns, 1926
View post: Girls’ Patterns, 1926In my collection of Twenties patterns I have a group of children’s patterns that are shown in the McCall’s Quarterly for Winter 1926-27. (Many thanks to Debby for sharing the images.) I noticed something interesting about the envelope engravings. Observe: Special engravings for the smaller sizes! Here’s another example from my collection: Have you seen…
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