Modern Handcraft, Inc. (publ.)

The Workbasket Volume 15 April 1950 No. 7

Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit

Modern Handcraft, 2401 Burlington, Kansas City 16, Missouri

This issue contains a knitted lace, a tatted collar, and crochet bedspread, chair set, and edging. There is also an April Miss to applique, the North Carolina rose quilt to sew, and details on the invisible patch. The many uses of gourds are discussed. Did you know you can make vases, lamps, dolls, and more from gourds? Basketry is covered in detail, including materials to use, weaves, and where to find the supplies. The recipe section covers an Easter menu with ham, pigs in blanket, and several egg dishes. One of the books reviewed, named Cosmopolitan Cooking, covers how to make international dishes like bortsh, marmite, vichyssoise.

Stapled softcover, 32 pages. Scanned 400dpi png.

From the collection of Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Linda Mays. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.

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