
Bonus Episode 3: A Chat with Jane Healey, author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club, a novel
Join us for a very special bonus episode! Alicia sat down to chat with Jane Healey, the author of The Saturday Evening Girls Club, a novel set in the early 1900s. The SEGC was a real club that launche...
27 Touko 20min

Episode 36: Laura Ashley, Iconic Designer & Company
If you were a 90s kid (like Alicia was) or the little sister of a 90s kid (like Sonia was), chances are Laura Ashley influenced your bedroom design. Laura Ashley, born Laura Mountney in Wales in 1925,...
25 Touko 20min

Episode 35: A Sampler of Samplers from Around the World
Close your eyes and picture a sampler. We bet you are picturing a cross-stitched design with an alphabet on it. This type of sampler is quite common in England and North America, but there are many ot...
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Episode 34: The Saturday Evening Girls and Paul Revere Pottery, Icons of the Arts & Crafts Movement
The Saturday Evening Girls began as a story hour in Boston's North End at a trade school for young people--and quickly grew into something more. This episode is sponsored by our Patreon Patrons. Thank...
27 Huhti 23min

Bonus Episode 2: A Conversation with Author Anne H. Putnam about Breakups & Mending
In this bonus episode, Alicia chats with author Anne H. Putnam about her newest book, Make Do and Mend, a breakup memoir. Grab your favorite handcraft and listen in to learn about kintsugi, the Japane...
6 Huhti 28min

Episode 32: A Select History of Early Knitting Machines
This episode is sponsored by our Patreon Patrons. Thank you! And a special thank you to Emily for supporting the show! We invite you to sign up to our Patreon at any level. Free members get a blog pos...
30 Maalis 21min

Episode 31: Brown Lung and Blow Outs: The First Mills and Millworkers in New England
Thank you to our sponsor, Quiltfolk! Visit Quiltfolk.com and use code HandmadeHistory for 20% off your first order. When Francis Cabot Lowell built the first end-to-end cotton mill in Waltham, MA, he ...
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