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1. Box of Hole Punches and Hat Pins, c. 1970-1990 - Box, Needlework

   Box of Hole Punches and Hat Pins, c. 1970-1990. Plastic, rectangular box with a hinged lid that contains 2 seweing needles, 1 flat pin, 1 dowel with hole punch, 1 handmade dowel with hole punch and string wrapped around joint between dowel and punch, 1 very fine crochet hook with a pointed end, 1 two-pronged hook with ornate wooden handle, 1 piece of 400 grit sand paper to sharpen pins, and 9 hat pins with various decorative tops (brown tear dro...

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2. Box of Pins "La Bouronne d'Or", c. 1970-1990 - Box, Pin

   Box of Pins "La Bouronne d'Or", c. 1970-1990. Plastic box with a black sticker on top that reads "La Bouronne d'Or / Epingles en laiton" in gold. There is also a white sticker on lid with handwriting that reads "17mm / 25 pr". Edge of base has a pattern of sets of 5 raised, vertical stripes (3 sets on long edges and 2 sets on short edges). Lid is loose on case and comes off with ease. Case contains hundreds of small brass-colored pins with ...

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3. c. 1970-1990 Bobbin Lace Pillow and Stand - Cushion, Lacemaker's

   c. 1970-1990 Bobbin Lace Pillow (A) and Stand (B) is made of wood and covered in blue velvet, with padding underneath. Velvet is attached with gold-colored, metal nails. The underside of the stand is uncovered, and has two feet that run from from front to back that are covered in green felt. The stand is curved on one side and straight on the other. On the straight edge of the stand sits the pillow. The pillow is cylindrical in shape, with a met...

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4. c. 1970-1990 Bobbins with Lace and Pattern - Bobbin, Lace

   c. 1978 Bobbins with lace and pattern consists of (A-B) two beige cards with pattern drawn on them in blue pencil and with holes punched through them, (C) 12 bobbins attached to threads that have already been woven into a long strip of lace with a repeating club pattern (still in progress), and (D) a strip of ribbon with a blue, brown, and yellow pattern.

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5. c. 1970-1990 Bobbin Winder - Winder, Bobbin

   Bobbin winder for filling bobbins with thread in preparation for bobbin-lace making. Wooden unit has a clear mat finish. Rectangular base has a notch extending its entire length with two upright pieces on either end and a sliding upright piece in the center. A dowel goes through the center piece and is affixed to either end. Taller end has a wheel-shaped crank with a perpendicular handle on the outside. Center piece and crank-end piece both ...

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6. c. 1970-1990 Fabric Bobbin Holder and 12 sets of 2 Bobbins - Bobbin, Lace

   c. 1970-1990 Fabric Bobbin Holder (A) with 12 sets of 2 Bobbins (B-Y) (various styles) is floral print with a black background. Flowers are pink, yellow, blue, and white with green leaves. Fabric has been machine sewn to contain 23 small compartments that come up from the bottom to the center. Each compartment can hold two bobbins, some compartments are empty. Holder is meant to be rolled up and bound with attached ribbon. The ribbon is stripped ...

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7. c. 1970-1990 Fine Old Bucks Pattern and Completed Sample - Pattern

   c. 1978 Fine Old Bucks Pattern and Completed Sample consists of 3 pieces that were located between pages 50-51 of 2012.001.003B. (A) is a small piece of card with "Color-start-Picot-end" and has a list of the colors (red, green, purple, and brown) written in their corresponding color and notes on start, picot, and end. (B) is a rectangular piece of graph paper with the pattern drawn on it in pencil and holes punched all throughout. (C) is the ...

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8. c. 1970-1990 Lace Doily - Lace

   c. 1978 Lace Doily is made of white thread. Doily is square in shape with a scalloped edge made of a tight weave. Working inwards is a lose pattern of squares, followed by 4 small crosses, with the center being lose squares again.

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9. c. 1970-1990 Lace Doily - Lace

   C. 1978 Lace Doily is made of white thread. It is square in shape with the corners cut off . The edges have a triangular peak/trough pattern. The outer sections have a small checkered pattern, and moving inward are larger holes surrounding very tightly woven squares, the center is loose holes with small, tightly woven, oval sections.

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10. c. 1970-1990 Lace Doily - Lace

    c. 1978 Lace Doily is made of white thread. It is clover shaped with large open sections, connected by very tightly woven four-pointed "flowers". The middle creates a fat "x" shape that is solid with a line of holes running through each leg of the "x".

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11. c. 1970-1990 Lace Sample - Lace

    c. 1970-1990 lace sample of off-white cotton thread in "Floral Patterns" as shown on pp. 54-55 of "Lacemaking Point Ground" by C.C. Channer (2012.001.003B). Piece is rectangular in shape with openwork at top and flowers and leaves at bottom with additional leaves in the center. Ends are unfinished.

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12. c. 1970-1990 Lace Sample Portfolio - Portfolio

    c. 1970-1990 Lace Sample Portfolio is made of white poster board, with blue colored cloth binding. Interior pages are blue paper on one side and blue felt on the other. Lace samples are on felt pages, representing different types of edging, materials, patterns, corners, and shapes. Contains 43 samples in all, most of which have paper labels attached identifying the stitch and/or material. All of the lace itself is white in color and includes, cot...

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13. c. 1970-1990 Lace Sampler - Lace

    Lace sampler is made of white and off-white cotton thread and has been woven into a fairly rectangular shape. Within the sampler are various knots and patterns for different lace techniques.

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14. c. 1970-1990 Small Medallion Pattern and Completed Medallion - Lace

    c. 1970-1990 Small Medallion Pattern and Completed Medallion consists of a yellow card (A) with handwritten notes in pen on how to make medallion, a green card (B) with the pattern in black ink and holes poked out, a piece of graph paper (C) the same size as green card, with same pattern and hole punches, and a completed lace medallion (D) using the pattern depicted on the card. Medallion is made of white, cotton thread

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15. c. 1970-1990 Snowflake Pattern and Completed Snowflake - Lace

    c. 1978 Snowflake Pattern and Completed Snowflake consists of a yellow, rectangular piece of paper (A) with hand written directions for making a snowflake. The pattern consists of a square, green piece of cardstock (B) with "Snowflake" written in the lower right corner, the pattern drawn on it in ink, and holes punched in it. The next part of the pattern is on a square, white piece of graph paper (C) and has "snowflake" written in lower right cor...

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16. c. 1970-1990 Thread in Woven Pouch - Thread

    c. 1978 Thread in Woven Pouch is a ball of cotton thread held in a handmade, woven lace bag. Bag has loose netting and a scalloped opening. The opening has a purple ribbon threaded through opening and cinches bag shut.

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17. Civil War Era Sewing Kit, c. 1861-1865 - Kit, Sewing

    Civil War Era Sewing Kit, c. 1861-1865. Tri-fold sewing kit, royal blue in color and possibly made of velvet, with white bead work done in a floral design and on the fringe. The edges of the kit are made of a white fabric to match the bead work. There is a red silk interior. The kit has been closed with a metal pin (unknown if that is how it closed originally).

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18. Friendship Quilt, 1900 - Quilt, Bed

    Friendship Quilt, 1900. Hand-embroidered friendship quilt made by women of Half Moon Bay, California, to raise money for the Methodist-Episcopal Church to buy carpet. Quilt consists of red circles on a white ground. Circles have individual names embroidered in white stitches. A border of alternating red and white stripes surround the red circles, forming sun rays. Names are embroidered on the white strips with red thread. Quilt appears to be mach...

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19. Japanese Sewing Awl, c. 1941-1945 - Awl, Sewing

    Japanese Sewing Awl, c. 1941-1945. Cylindrical wooden handle that narrows and expands to a rounded finished end. The top of awl has a green plastic end that has the protruding metal awl. The metal awl is a silver and metal piece that comes to a point. Japanese characters stamped to side of wooden handle.

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20. Little Angel Needlepoint by Hilaria Sanchez Reed, c. 1850 - Needlepoint

    Little Angel Needlepoint by Hilaria Sanchez Reed, c. 1850. Cloth needlepoint work under glass with gold wood frame. Stitches include needlepoint, petipoint and one other in blue, red, brown, pink, and green on a black background depicting an angel with hands crossed over its chest surrounded by lillies, violets, roses and various leaves and grasses. Angel is wearing red top and skirt with short sleeves, possibly edged in lace and has blond hai...

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21. Sewing Classes College of San Mateo, 1963 - Negative

    Black and white photo negative of Mrs. Danielson with sewing class at CSM. Part of a series. Photographed for Peninsula Living 1963.

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22. Sewing Classes College of San Mateo, 1963 - Negative

    Black and white photo negative of Mrs. Danielson with sewing class at CSM. Part of a series. Photographed for Peninsula Living 1963.

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23. Sewing Classes College of San Mateo, 1963 - Negative

    Black and white photo negative of Mrs. Danielson with sewing class at CSM. Part of a series. Photographed for Peninsula Living 1963.

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24. Sewing Scissors, c. 1970-1990 - Scissors, Fabric

    Sewing Scissors, c. 1970-1990. Silver in color with an ornate, floral pattern on handles and finger loops. Blades curve inward at very top, where they join handles. Blades themselves are smooth.

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25. Utica Muslin and Fine Linen Quilt Top, pre-1959 - Quilt

    Utica Muslin and Fine Linen Quilt Top, pre-1959. Rectangular Quilt Top is comprised of 24 machine-pieced, printed squares of fabric in red, blue, and black. Each square has one of two designs. The first design is of images of birds, and includes ostriches, a nightingale, lyre bird, turkey, sparrows, swans and an owl. The second pattern is of animals, which include images of a tiger, lion, leopard, bear, pig, elephant, and camel. Depicted animals...

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