tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70989395749741997422024-03-13T07:17:44.977-07:00It's my cakeIt's my cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04420870105295447899noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098939574974199742.post-81548675645216356772021-08-18T19:02:00.007-07:002021-08-18T19:10:37.774-07:00In silhouette <p>Sometimes handmade by a keen amateur, sometimes mass produced, sometimes produced by skill craftsman.</p><p>Celluloid silhouette pendants were popular in the 1920s-30s, I believe inspired by earlier Ivory creations. Some of the gorgeous chains are equally as impressive as the pendants they carry. </p><p>I’ve enjoyed collecting these little beauties over the years and was planning to produce a series inspired by them. This hasn’t happened yet...but maybe one day!</p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zNampRF1Kug/YR2vvV_K2hI/AAAAAAAABt8/Jgxnwii5izsMuKso2ttHbIE3apmnKApHACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/296A50A8-0D71-443A-9B31-69B66FDFEC34.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="800" height="405" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zNampRF1Kug/YR2vvV_K2hI/AAAAAAAABt8/Jgxnwii5izsMuKso2ttHbIE3apmnKApHACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h405/296A50A8-0D71-443A-9B31-69B66FDFEC34.png" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pgFFlx_C55c/YR2vwFfoYlI/AAAAAAAABuE/d8mZxtkgj2AjtV3s0WpJY0rUNxJbYWP7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s890/E197E94C-8774-4C6A-AF1B-4E02F83EF78A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="890" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pgFFlx_C55c/YR2vwFfoYlI/AAAAAAAABuE/d8mZxtkgj2AjtV3s0WpJY0rUNxJbYWP7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E197E94C-8774-4C6A-AF1B-4E02F83EF78A.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--sEUy5zAsC0/YR2vvV4acaI/AAAAAAAABuA/BVTX_cTqZxMVfmpJ3pWO2LELqLYiqaDEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1002/28520266-F40A-4290-8D9B-0F8455F43583.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="1002" height="133" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--sEUy5zAsC0/YR2vvV4acaI/AAAAAAAABuA/BVTX_cTqZxMVfmpJ3pWO2LELqLYiqaDEgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h133/28520266-F40A-4290-8D9B-0F8455F43583.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-69edl3dRQ98/YR2vus4A-qI/AAAAAAAABt4/g2NJN_K59z0Skyp6RNJCO6eoIcuWWh46QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1461/84CBD3D0-50D1-448D-BEF5-623376B95C15.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="866" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-69edl3dRQ98/YR2vus4A-qI/AAAAAAAABt4/g2NJN_K59z0Skyp6RNJCO6eoIcuWWh46QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/84CBD3D0-50D1-448D-BEF5-623376B95C15.jpeg" width="190" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;">Love vintage celluloid? Then you'll love my shop!</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;">Visit my Etsy store for some vintage awesomeness:</span></i></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Itsmycakevintage" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;">https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Itsmycakevintage</a></span></i></span></div></div><br /><p></p>It's my cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04420870105295447899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098939574974199742.post-30265963904424440692018-01-05T20:49:00.001-08:002018-01-05T20:49:42.417-08:00How to make: A Vintage Celluloid Ring! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a jeweller, collector and all round obsessive for vintage plastic I have long been fascinated by the art of making what are sometimes referred to as "Prison Rings" which were made by prisoners in the early twentieth century to send as cheap, but beautiful, keepsakes to their loved ones - often out of toothbrushes.<br />
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Celluloid rings were more commonly made though by home craftspeople and were often referred to as Toothbrush rings, as they were the disposable easily moulded plastic that people had on hand to fashion into these colourful rings. </div>
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As a jeweller I have worked with celluloid and love its ability to be carved and moulded, modern day acrylic also has similar properties and is available more readily. I'm a teacher and I hate to see old knowledge disappear and I am so happy to share with you this fantastic guide on how to make a toothbrush ring from 1937. I was over the moon when I found this vintage Popular Science compendium: Amateur Craftsman's Cyclopedia of Things to Make, it has so many great making projects but best of all - Toothbrush rings! Enjoy. </div>
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One of the most well known makers of celluloid rings was a man called Robert Dodd, you can read an excellent article, and see some examples of his work, on The Carrotbox Blog: </div>
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His pieces are highly collectible and you might be lucky enough to find one to purchase on Etsy or eBay as he made them for over 70 years!</div>
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Found in a vintage Popular Science book: <i>Amateur Craftsman's Cyclopedia of Things to Make</i> book from 1937. There are designs from airport terminals, Dahomey huts, Japanese to Californian Colonial style. </div>
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<br />It's my cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04420870105295447899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098939574974199742.post-39125659944166677402014-04-08T22:25:00.002-07:002017-12-28T03:52:10.605-08:00Vintage Portuguese Travel Brochure <br />
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I have been teaching design this year and as a consequence I am on the lookout for inspiring design. I came across this random Portuguese travel brochure on etsy and just had to purchase. Love these vintage graphics! The colours and shapes are beautiful, and the seahorse sun, and the strange octopus person on the front are just whacky and wonderful. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pJEjNi_PdvU/U0TcT9EsKII/AAAAAAAABgA/ymM7rammwhE/s1600/Portuguese+Vintage+Tourist+Brochure+itsmycake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pJEjNi_PdvU/U0TcT9EsKII/AAAAAAAABgA/ymM7rammwhE/s1600/Portuguese+Vintage+Tourist+Brochure+itsmycake.jpg" width="370" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>"According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolaria" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> Radiolaria are 'protozoa of (diameter 0.1–0.2 mm) that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into the inner and outer portions of endoplasm and ectoplasm. They are found as zooplankton throughout the ocean, and their skeletal remains make up a large part of the cover of the ocean floor as siliceous ooze.' In 1862 the German biologist, philosopher and artist Ernst Haeckel published an image laden monograph on these microscopic organisms, turning his eye and exquisite line to their intricate and varied forms."<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></i></span></h1>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>"Illustrations of various strains of pollen in extreme magnification, as featured in <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ueber den Pollen</span> (1837), a book by St. Petersburg based German pharmacist and chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche."</i></span></h1>
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I often become fascinated by random things. This weekend it's the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten_pattern">Widmanstätten pattern</a> - patterns that appear on cross sections of iron meteorites when they are etched with acid.</div>
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"Widmanstätten pattern, also called Widmanstätten figure, lines that appear in some iron meteorites when a cross section of the meteorite is etched with weak acid. The pattern is named for Alois von Widmanstätten, a Viennese scientist who discovered it in 1808. It represents a section through a three-dimensional octahedral structure in the metal that is formed of bands of kamacite with narrower borders of taenite, the meshes being filled with a mixture of these two alloys. Widmanstätten pattern, also called Widmanstätten figure, lines that appear in some iron meteorites when a cross section of the meteorite is etched with weak acid. The pattern is named for Alois von Widmanstätten, a Viennese scientist who discovered it in 1808. It represents a section through a three-dimensional octahedral structure in the metal that is formed of bands of kamacite with narrower borders of taenite, the meshes being filled with a mixture of these two alloys."</div>
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I was struck by how beautiful, unusual and art deco these prints are; but at the same time remembering that the artists creating these images were doing so often within rigid requirements, and with little artistic freedom. Artists often had to depict "official" soviet propaganda themes - farming, industry, military and sport. </div>
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I have been thinking about all things mobile related (& no not the phone type!). I am working on some lesson plans to teach high school students how to make mobiles. I've been having fun looking at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder">Alexander Calder</a> examples; and I thought I would post some pictures of a lovely Finnish mobile I grew up with. This lovely <a href="http://www.aarikka.com/en/">Aarikka</a> mobile was given to my mum by her sister after a trip to Finland in the late 1970s. It sits floating, and swinging happily around in my mum and dad's kitchen. </div>
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This mobile is from a Finnish company <a href="http://www.aarikka.com/en/about-aarikka/our-company">Aarikka</a>, which was founded in 1954, and is still producing jewellery, housewares and mobiles today. </div>
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A trip to Daylesford would not be complete without stopping by the treasure trove that is: <a href="http://www.millmarkets.com.au/">The Amazing Mill Markets</a>. When you enter the airplane hanger sized markets, it is an overwhelming sensory overload - of the vintage kind. Once you have got over the initial "Where do I start?" & "What was I looking for?" questions, you are best to methodically go row by row - or you could do what I did and wander around in crazy zig zag patterns :) </div>
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You can spend a whole day at the Mill Markets, and still feel as if you haven't seen it all. This is collectors heaven. </div>
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The Mill Markets also have locations in Newcomb and Ballarat. Can't wait to have the opportunity to check them out! </div>
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I am returning to study this year, and my awesome work colleagues gave me these super lovely Eden "Big Eye" vintage prints as a going away present. So thoughtful and adorable! </div>
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I was watching a documentary recently on Carnaby Street and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging_London">the swinging 60s in London</a>, and it mentioned in passing the 1966 Michelangelo Antonioni film: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup">Blow-Up</a>, and I was so taken with the fashion that I had to find the film and take a look. See above some of the fab outfits featured in the film. The film is about a fashion photographer who stumbles upon a murder, it is quite dreamlike and at some points you could say a little slow, the treatment of women is very outdated, but I think it is worthwhile checking out, maybe even just for the 60s style - and the coloured tights! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>"This colouring book, designed by much-loved Melbourne artist and personality Mirka Mora, was originally published as a limited edition in 1970. The entrancing imagery is typical of Mirka's idiosyncratic style, with its iconography of angels, children, fantastical birds and beasts, archetypal symbols such as the sun and stars, and metamorphic combinations of each. Heide Musuem of Modern Art warmly thanks the artist for facilitating this second edition."</em></span></div>
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We are very lucky in Melbourne that there is so much of Mirka Mora's work available to see everyday: her work is at Flinders Street Station, the St Kilda Foreshore, Readings bookshop in Acland Street, and dine amongst her paintings at <a href="http://www.mirkatolarnohotel.com/">Mirka at Tolarno Bar</a> in St Kilda. </div>
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Once upon a time, a number of Melbourne artists were invited to paint trams in the <a href="http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/Exhibitions/Art/Pages/12a7ca36-f1fb-4152-92b6-a702639a3b77.aspx">Transporting Art</a> project, and one of them featured Mirka Mora:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.heide.com.au/">Heide Museum of Modern Art</a> Education Resource Online<a href="http://www.heide.com.au/assets/files/Education/Mirka.pdf"> has a education pack on Mirka Mora available online</a> - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it even has a colouring in page for you to print and colour in yourself!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I highly recommend reading Mirka's books, her autobiography - <em>Wicked but Virtuous</em> (her life is as amazing and as beautiful as her art) and <em>Love and Clutter</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I hope one day I might be able to purchase a Mirka Mora piece myself, but in the meantime I am very happy with being able to see her work for free around Melbourne town, and colouring in the colouring book :) </span>It's my cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04420870105295447899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098939574974199742.post-77041981756586686922013-01-01T21:00:00.000-08:002013-02-02T20:17:20.882-08:00Art Deco Cat Valentine's Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One holiday over, and I'm thinking about the next greeting card event! </div>
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I am not actually a big Valentine's Day fan, but I do love the vintage Valentine's from the art deco period. I love the heart shaped musical notes detail on this card. </div>
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Another featured Art Deco It's My Cake <a href="http://itsmycake.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/vintage-art-deco-valentine.html#!/2012/02/vintage-art-deco-valentine.html">Valentine</a>. </div>
<br />It's my cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04420870105295447899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098939574974199742.post-38492718486543469682012-12-21T16:39:00.001-08:002012-12-21T18:27:17.584-08:001950s Czech Rhinestone Christmas Tree Earrings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Purchased these lovely vintage Czech rhinestone Christmas tree earrings some years back. I love the colours, the soft pink and green, so different from the usual Christmas earrings you find. <br />
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You can also find amazing small Czech rhinetsone Christmas trees to stand on tables, they come in such amazing colours and shapes, well worth looking out for if you love all things Christmas and sparkly. It's my cakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04420870105295447899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7098939574974199742.post-4032460132316053192012-12-12T02:33:00.002-08:002012-12-12T02:36:04.953-08:00Lovely Vintage Badges <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some lovely new additions to my badge collection. </div>
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Read more about vintage soviet badges on a <a href="http://itsmycake.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/vintage-soviet-badges.html">previous post</a>.</div>
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I was shocked at how little I have posted about my favourite children's book illustrator<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Beatrice_Pearse"> Susan Beatrice Pearse</a>. She illustrated the Ameliaranne series, it had several different authors, but was always illustrated by her. There were twenty Ameliaranne books in all, published from 1920 until 1950. The books are about the adventures of Ameliaranne Stiggins and her five younger siblings. The illustrations are magical, but I particularly love the incidental illustrations on the endpapers and title pages. Above, I've featured a few of my favourites from the series.</div>
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We only had one Ameliaranne book in the bookshelf when I was young: <em>Ameliaranne Bridesmaid</em>. I would spend hours pouring over the illustrations, every fabric is drawn with such care and detail, and the colours are glorious. </div>
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I became fascinated a few years ago when I found out the Ameliaranne books had actually been a series. In fact I love the series so much the banner of my blog is from the first Ameliaranne book: <em>Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella</em>, published in 1920. I've collected a number of the books, here and there, when I come across them online. I hope one day I will have all twenty! - I have to say, whilst many of the books don't have the best storylines (<em>Ameliaranne Bridesmaid</em> is probably the best), they always have beautiful illustrations. </div>
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This is a fun art deco christmas card for you to print and cut out!</div>
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It uses a clever fold-in design, and when you open up the card it reveals a longer message and cute singing baby birds. You can fit two of these cards on a A4 page. The fold-in doesn't match up exactly (see image above), use the visible fold lines as guides and use the houses and trees to guide the fold-in.</div>
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Adorable vintage tea towel, I purchased for my kitchen, but then was too lovely to use! </div>
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You can still buy fabulous unused vintage stamped linens, and transfers on Etsy and ebay. I think they make great craft projects and I'm currently working on a couple myself - will post when finished! </div>
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I know Christmas is still a long way off, but, I've decided to set myself a Christmas challenge this year. A "Vintage Christmas Challenge!" & it's a bit of a task to source all the things required, so I need a bit of a head start. </div>
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You may ask, "what is this vintage Christmas challenge of which you speak?" Well, everything I purchase for Christmas this year - every present, every card, the wrapping paper, decorations, all vintage! Heck, I will even try and find vintage sticky tape. I guess this challenge is along the lines of reduce, reuse, recycle; I want to see if I can have a lovely Christmas that is hopefully a little bit cheaper, and a little bit kinder on the planet (& still find things my family and friends will love). We'll see ... I'll keep you posted! </div>
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What is vintage? It usually is defined as goods over 20 years old. I'm happy with this definition and that's what I'll use for my Christmas challenge. </div>
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(Obviously for the big day I'm not including vintage food - that might be a little too Miss Havisham like! Plus food is one of the things where usually - fresh is best!) </div>
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Anyway, to get in the vintage mood, I've added another lovely vintage Chritsmas card from my collection for you to print and use :) </div>
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Another post on Irma Bolley! Her designs are fabulous, and I wanted to share this photo of her studio (featured in McCall's Needlework and Crafts Spring Summer 1964-65). You can see the two wall hangings I have featured in previous posts on her wall. </div>
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Another gorgeous Irma Bolley wall hanging that was featured in McCall's Needlework & Crafts Spring Summer 1964 - 65. Her designs stand the test of time.<br />
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The issue included a small pattern, and instructions, for this wall hanging, find below.<br />
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I haven't posted for a number of weeks as I have been working on some longer term projects. I haven't finished this current project but could not wait any longer to blog about it! This little crafting adventure started with seeing the cover of the McCall's Needlework and Crafts Fall Winter 1964 magazine on etsy. I was struck by a wall hanging, in shades of gray, in the background. I didn't know if the wall hanging was featured in the magazine but decided to purchase it to find out.</div>
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When the magazine arrived I was excited to see the wall hanging was featured, it was created by a textile artist Irma Bolley, and it had been a pattern that McCall's would post to you: Leaflet 634-NB. </div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">‘A midsummer night’s dream garden blooms in pearly grays on white wall hanging. You can reproduce it with bits of yarn and fabric!’</span></div>
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<i>McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Fall Winter 1964, pg 93. </i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">‘This lovely yarn and applique wall hanging, “Dream Garden,” is a fantasy of stylized flowers in misty grays and black on a white background - easy to make from our instructions! Design is printed full size on tissue. You baste tissue pattern to background fabric, embroider over it and tear away when finished. 40” x 65”.” <i>McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Fall Winter 1964, pg 133.</i></span></div>
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Armed with the pattern number, although thinking it was a long shot, I googled it to see if it might still be available somewhere. It was! A vintage patterns website had a completed unused tissue pattern and instructions, still in it's original envelope! (see envelope below). </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">The original tissue pattern, instructions and envelope arrived safe and sound. I saw a very similar Irma Bolley design on the cover of the McCall's Needlework and Crafts Spring Summer Issue 1964-65. I couldn't resist prchasing this also. When it arrived I was excited to see it featured an article on Irma Bolley, and outlined that the pillows and smaller wall hanging designs were just using the pattern I already had! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">"Dream Garden, lovely yarn and applique wallhanging was featured in our last issue in tones of soft grays and black. It is easy to make with other color schemes, as long as you follow the values of light to dark in the same tones. Here we show how it would look in shades of greens, reds, and pruples. It is all a matter of value relationship! We adapted sections of the hanging for other uses! Parts of the design were reproduced exactly, others rearranged to suit the new dimensions and materials.” <i>McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Spring Summer 1964-65, pg 92.</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">I'm going to tackle the red pillow first, before I tackle the large wall hanging. First project though is to carefully trace the original tissue pattern onto new tissue paper, to make some copies to use. </span></div>
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