A fun craft provided in an 1883 lady’s magazine features several bird motifs to be embroidered as a border on window curtains.

Old quilts in rough and worn condition can be recycled into beautifully crafted pillows that preserve the labor and effort of the original quilter.

“Inside let’s have red wall paper and red velvet portieres over all the folding doors and oh, lots of expensive walnut furniture and grand thick carpets and–oh, Rhett, everybody will be pea green when they see our house!”

A gallery of decorative fabric, needle-lace, crochet, and ribbon and braid closures you can create including Victorian style buttons.

Love the vintage bath look? Add these authentic c.1900 stencils, designed by Candace Wheeler, the renowned woman authority in her time on decorative textiles and interiors.

With these simple directions, create an elegant Victorian fan originally featured in an 1883 women’s magazine.

Fingerless netted mitts or mittens were a fashionable accessory for a lady throughout the 19th century.

With a supply of velvet ribbon and fine gold cord, plus a collection of gold, steel, and jet beads you can make this easy Victorian accessory on perforated cardboard.