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Women’s Work Aprons of the 1840s and 1850s shown in photos. A Reference.
Early Photographic Images of American Women Wearing Aprons Curious to understand how aprons were constructed and worn by American women in the mid-1800s, I have collected some example…
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What is Apple Butter? Part 2: History, Evolution, & the Making of a Beloved Pantry Staple
If you haven’t read What is Apple Butter? Part 1, I recommend you start there. In Part 1, we talked about the essence of the substance, what apple…
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What is Apple Butter? Part 1: Ordinary Abundance & Comfort in a Jar
Most of us no longer need to turn orchard produce into auxiliary foodstuffs in order to stock pantries for survival through the winter, so the utilitarian reasoning for…
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![Tools and Trade Offs: Keeping Artificial Intelligence in its Proper Place [Creating without AI]](https://i0.wp.com/spriggedandspotted.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/a._h._goldon_2023.146.14r.jpg?resize=1000%2C1263&ssl=1)
Tools and Trade Offs: Keeping Artificial Intelligence in its Proper Place [Creating without AI]
Sometimes a thing worth doing… is worth doing the slow, handmade way. This blog is one of those things. I do not use any chatbots or other AI…
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The Art of the Pinking Iron: A Historic Object Study
An examination of two pinking irons shows us how swings of a mallet can turn strips of cloth into beautiful adornments.
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![Revival of a Treadle Sewing Machine – 1910s “Minnesota Model A” [Restoration and Use]](https://i0.wp.com/spriggedandspotted.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Treadle-Sewing-Machine-Minnesota-A-10-SS.png?resize=935%2C526&ssl=1)
Revival of a Treadle Sewing Machine – 1910s “Minnesota Model A” [Restoration and Use]
The Magic of Man-powered Machinery I try to remind myself to be grateful for modern conveniences. While I have been known to romanticize the past on occasion, there…
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