If you are planning for Hallowe’en festivities, you will be pleased with this appropriate design. It can be easily and quickly worked in outline, with heavy thread. The natural, bright colors of Autumn should be used. A table runner and sofa pillows would be novel and once made, could be used for several Hallowe’ens. Candle…
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Halloween Costumes You Can Make, 1922
Do you think home sewers and crafty people in the 1920s could actually create these costumes with the unbelievably limited directions the publishers give in these articles? I have my doubts. Still, the illustrations are pretty cute. Most of the costumes have no instructions at all (simply suggesting you apply fabric or crepe paper to a foundation garment), and there…
Vintage Halloween Screen Instructions
I’ve had several requests from readers who wanted to make the Halloween screen I gave to my sister a couple of years ago, which I copied from an embossed 1920s Halloween decoration that I found online. Since my sister has the screen, I can’t provide detailed photos, but I can give you a pattern, a list of supplies, and…