Monday, September 7, 2009
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Girls Who Do Needlework Are Heterosexual
And they're proud of it too.

Boye Needle Company proclaimed "Girls Like Boye's" and proffered a tee-shirt which read "Every Girl needs a Boye" on the back cover of McCall's Needlework & Crafts, Spring 1978 issue.
Thinking I just might be willing to kill for one of those shirts, I did a search at eBay for Every Girl needs a Boye -- and finding just one (irrelevant) result, do you know what eBay suggested I might have meant?
Now that's funny. And redundant.

Boye Needle Company proclaimed "Girls Like Boye's" and proffered a tee-shirt which read "Every Girl needs a Boye" on the back cover of McCall's Needlework & Crafts, Spring 1978 issue.
Thinking I just might be willing to kill for one of those shirts, I did a search at eBay for Every Girl needs a Boye -- and finding just one (irrelevant) result, do you know what eBay suggested I might have meant?
Did you mean... every girl needs a bone ?

Now that's funny. And redundant.
Labels: 1970s, crochet, embroidery, fashion, knitting, vintage ads, vintage advertising








Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Nothing Warms Them Up Like Baked Goods

Girls Cupcake Scarf Pattern from Jaybird Designs.
Labels: children, crafting, crochet, fashion, food, free patterns








Thursday, November 6, 2008
Pac Man This
Looking for appliques for an article at Things Your Grandmother Knew (a new blog where I focus more on the vintage living & practical home ec tips & less on the kitsch and snark), I found this pattern for making Pac Man appliques.


Labels: 1980s, arcade, crafting, crochet, games, retro style








Thursday, January 10, 2008
Flashback: Thirteen Retro Teen Girly Things
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Labels: 1960s, 1970s, beauty, books, crafting, crochet, donkey, fashion, kitsch, retro, Thursday Thirteen, weird







