Lost Arts (and Crafts)
#151
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Oh my gosh at Grandmas house we used to cut out paper dolls. But we made our own from the catalog finding outfits we could cut out too. We glued them to lt wt cardboard with her bottle of Mucilage that golden colored glue in a bottle with an orange rubber top with a slit in it. You can still get paint by number, Walmart has a few. Grandma also had a can of wallpaper cleaner that was a lot like playdough I don't think playdough was invented yet. We made things with that too. And remember the regular kind of clay? Not playdough but it stayed soft. I know you can still buy it, I have some here someplace,
#152
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I remember shaving up the broken crayons and putting between two layers of wax paper and then ironing them with the iron. Made beautiful stained glass looking pieces.
We also laid a leaf on a piece of paper and then spattered with ink. Lifted up the leaf and had a work of art.
ahhhh the memories... :) :)
We also laid a leaf on a piece of paper and then spattered with ink. Lifted up the leaf and had a work of art.
ahhhh the memories... :) :)
#153
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Originally Posted by Up North
Oh my gosh at Grandmas house we used to cut out paper dolls. But we made our own from the catalog finding outfits we could cut out too. We glued them to lt wt cardboard with her bottle of Mucilage that golden colored glue in a bottle with an orange rubber top with a slit in it. You can still get paint by number, Walmart has a few. Grandma also had a can of wallpaper cleaner that was a lot like playdough I don't think playdough was invented yet. We made things with that too. And remember the regular kind of clay? Not playdough but it stayed soft. I know you can still buy it, I have some here someplace,
We also used to cut out rings and watches from the Sears catalogue and tape them on. We really believed that our "watches & rings" looked real.
#156
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Originally Posted by b.zang
Originally Posted by Up North
Moms did pin curls with bobby pins too!!
but I don't know how to make rag ringlets
#157
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Originally Posted by Up North
Originally Posted by b.zang
Originally Posted by Up North
Moms did pin curls with bobby pins too!!
but I don't know how to make rag ringlets
#158
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
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I have not read all the posts here, but Tatting almost became a lost art. I learned how to tat in 1997 when a small group of ladies in the next town to me started a class at their library. A year later in (1997) a write-up was in our local paper. At their next meeting, the number of attendees doubled the number of members. There are several sites on the web that sell tatting supplies, books of patterns, etc. Tatting has even invaded the jewelry making field. One lady in our group made a quilt and decorated it with her tatting. It turned out beautifully. My first project was an edging that I sewed to a plain denim dress to change it from humdrum.
#159
Originally Posted by BarbaraTX
How about macrame. I did a lot of it in the '70s.
Another thing you don't see anymore (not crafting related) is clothes hung outside on a line to dry. Mom didn't have a dryer, so everything got hung outside. I remember bring them in in the winter, and they'd be stiff as a board.
Another thing you don't see anymore (not crafting related) is clothes hung outside on a line to dry. Mom didn't have a dryer, so everything got hung outside. I remember bring them in in the winter, and they'd be stiff as a board.
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