Gain the confidence to get your treadle sewing machine in working order to glide as they should. 60 pages with many clear illustrations and photos

This vintage how-to manual the first modern American sewing book provided turn-of-the-century seamstresses with clear instructions for altering patter...

This booklet is for collectors of toy sewing machines, pictures 50 different machines with descriptions, magazine ads and historical background.

Here is the best available book on quilt making - a complete, easy-to-follow guide that shows you how to make beautiful, useful quilts that you will b...

Hundreds of examples of 1940s and 1950s hand crocheted pot holders are pictured, explained, dated, and priced.

This well-organized guide is recommended by the Button Society as a book that every button collector and dealer should own. The standard book in the f...

Tape measures, those useful sewing tools in imaginative cases, are now becoming a collecting passion. Presented here are over 700 tape measures in bra...

This book is a design resource and step-by-step guide to new patterns and shapes for the traditional Mariner's Compass quilt motif. Learn to replace t...

Handkerchiefs are the perfect collectible: they are inexpensive, useful, decorative, fun, and easy to pack in a suitcase! Whether a souvenir of a memo...

The bible book of buttons is back in an updated and revised sixth edition. This is the best introduction to the world of buttons that has ever been wr...

Sweetheart and Mother military pillow covers provide a point of departure for the study of World War I and II and the years of Civilian Conservation C...

Terry cloth was once relegated to towels for the kitchen and bathroom, but, after World War II, it was embraced as a bold, colorful, and comfortable f...

Collecting handkerchiefs is one of the few affordable areas of collecting in which the collectible also takes up very little space. Most people have p...

Perfect for the experienced collector as well as for the novice, this book covers all the details, beginning with the origins of handmade linens and e...

This wonderful book contains stunning images of 540 rugs crafted by 292 of today's contemporary rug hooking artists. They are rugs made by a group of ...

This groundbreaking, beautiful book exposes the jewels, craftsmanship, technological development, and history of Bohemia. Almost 400 gorgeous color photographs.

Fun Buttons is different! Humor in button subjects and design is featured in the nearly 400 color photographs, text and captions. From all over the wo...

Whimsical household linens of the mid-twentieth century, most from the "fun linen" period after World War II and through the 1960s, fill this book. Th...

Sweet strawberries, bold florals, grandma's kitchen plaid, and state souvenir tablecloths: these are some of the images in this comprehensive referenc...

Revisit those family vacations of yore through these charming, colorful tablecloths and linens. These whimsical collectibles are fun "snapshots" of Am...

Terrific Tablecloths from the '40s and '50s is a must have book for anyone interested in textiles. These tablecloths take us back to mom's or grandma'...

Thousands of tablecloth manufacturers from the 1930s to early 1960s produced countless styles of popular printed tablecloths in various colors, fabric...

This beautiful book is the first to exclusively present what many agree are the very best of vintage household linens, the products of the Weil & Durr...

Bright colors, cheerful patterns, storybook rhymes, art of every style has been printed on vintage kitchen towels. Today's collectors use these wonder...

We hate to name drop, but this beautiful book features the top manufacturers and designers of kitchen towels from the 1930s to the 1960s! From the del...

Between 1840 and 1870, thousands of women arrived in the Pacific Northwest by way of the Oregon Trail. This migration or "leave taking" was a life-cha...

This beautiful book features an exciting and wonderfully diverse selection of over 475 rugs created by 270 of today's contemporary rug hooking artists...

This book captures a rich part of our textile history. With over 300 delightful photographs, it presents an array of vintage and antique tablecloths f...

Enjoy the bold design and glowing colors of Amish quilts, specifically the 82 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Amish quilts formerly known as the Espri...

Using over 450 vintage color photographs, this handsome album chronicles the pivotal years of rug hooking-from the 1950s through the mid-1980s. During...