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Take a fun look back at the stereotypical ’50s housewife, as she vacuums in heels, washes dishes wearing pearls, and makes everything practically perfect.
Dita Von Teese, known as “The Queen of Burlesque,” lives in glam retro style at home in L.A., and it's featured in InStyle magazine.
Take a fun look back at the stereotypical ’50s housewife, as she vacuums in heels, washes dishes wearing pearls, and makes everything practically perfect.
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I decided to try a week-long cleaning experiment, to see if I could unlock Grandma’s secret to a clean home and how it would fit into my modern lifestyle.
I decided to try a week-long cleaning experiment, to see if I could unlock Grandma’s secret to a clean home and how it would fit into my modern lifestyle.
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History behind the kitschy 1950's food culture. Brace yourself for tacky appetizers and Jell O, baby, lots of Jell O.
The 1950s housewife would run the home, look after her family and look good whilst doing it. Learn how you can get the look of these iconic women.
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Take a fun look back at the stereotypical ’50s housewife, as she vacuums in heels, washes dishes wearing pearls, and makes everything practically perfect.
Cintia Dicker is a domestic goddess for the March 2021 issue of Vanity Fair Italy. Channeling a housewife, she appears in a spread captured by Carla Guler.
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Personal choices — both in relationships and in the workplace — make up one’s life. Despite the fact that some gender stereotypes still influence how individuals envision their ideal life, both men and women are equally driven to achieve their goals. Particularly in the case of women, some opt to remain at home while others want to continue working, even after getting married. It doesn’t matter what you do as long as it makes you happy. So today, we’re sharing opinions on this subject and the significance of making these types of choices in life.
I decided to try a week-long cleaning experiment, to see if I could unlock Grandma’s secret to a clean home and how it would fit into my modern lifestyle.
Take a fun look back at the stereotypical ’50s housewife, as she vacuums in heels, washes dishes wearing pearls, and makes everything practically perfect.
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Want to clean like a 1950's housewife? Try this 1950's cleaning schedule. Your home will be spotless but you may be a bit exhausted!
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Hello and welcome to week one of the Vintage Housewife Sew Along Today we are doing the Baking Block If you have not downloaded the Sew Along Guide PDF CLICK HERE so that you can "Bee Prepared" My blog post telling you all about the guide and how to use it was 3 weeks ago... if you need to refer back to it CLICK HERE ***NOTE*** When this sew along is over... I'll add a list of links at the bottom of this post to each week's tutorials. Just scroll down and click on each one that you would like to read! I'm sew excited to be using my brand new collection called Vintage Happy 2!! And my latest set of Sew Simple Shapes: Vintage Housewife We will be making the Vintage Housewife Quilt 74" x 82" For week one of my Sew Simple Shapes Sew Alongs Cindy and I always do a video and I show you how to lay out your first block and how to do the bias tape strips. CLICK HERE to watch the video!! If this is your first sew along with my applique method... just know that once your block is ready for applique... feel free to do your applique on your machine or by hand. When I applique by machine I use a tiny zig-zag stitch and I match my thread to each applique piece. When I do it by hand I also match the thread to my appliqués. If you need a refresher on how I do it by hand CLICK HERE to watch my hand applique video during my previous sew along for my Granny's Garden Quilt. Hopefully you have followed the Sew Along Guide cutting instructions and have your kit for the Baking Block all ready to go! Just as a reminder here are all of the Sew Simple Shapes that you will need for this block: J-6 J-7 J-8 J-10 J-19 Straight Bias Strips Needed *From the Coral Gingham you will need 2 - 1/4" prepared that measure 10 1/4" long after pressing each end under to tuck behind the oven sides. *From the Vivid Stripe you will need 1 - 1/4" prepared that measures 5 1/4" long after pressing each end under to tuck behind the pyrex dish. *Also prepare one that is 3/4" long after ends are tucked under. Use this for the lid. *From the Cayenne Clothespins you will need 2 - 1/2" prepared that each measure 6" long after the ends are pressed under. Use these for the oven handles. For the stove itself you will need to use your ruler and draw a 8 1/2" x 10" onto the Sew-In Interfacing and then pair it up with the fabric and sew directly on the line... just like you do with the Sew Simple Shapes. Be sure to follow the special instructions that I showed you in the video when making your Pyrex shape. After you have sewn everything it's time to shape and turn! I covered the trimming and clipping cleavage as well as shaping in the video for you:) After you have your shapes prepared... do a quick satin stitch for the clock hands before you glue baste. I used 3 strands of the red in my Bee Basics Aurifloss Box. If you want to watch me do embroidery stitches... CLICK HERE to watch my Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along video Now you can go ahead and layout your block for glue basting just like I showed you in the video. YaY! I used 5 of the largest size in the package of my Barn Door Cute Little Buttons collection. I also used the tiny size for the clock center. But before you sew them on you will need to trim your block. You may also choose waiting to sew your buttons on until after quilting. This is what your block should look like before buttons... And before borders! It's sew cute! For each block you will need 2 - 1 1/2" x 12 1/2" border strips for each side. You will also need 2 -1 1/2" x 14 1/2" border strips for the top and the bottom. Cutting for these strips is in the Sew Along Guide as well. When I trim my blocks I first use the lines on the ruler to completely center my design. Because I am right handed I trim the right side and top first... Then I rotate my block and trim the remaining two sides. If you are left handed just do the opposite! My Baking Block is all trimmed... Cute Little Buttons are sewn on and it's time to add the borders:) I sew the side borders first and then add the top and bottom borders. I press towards the borders. You will do the same borders for all of the 8 square blocks as we go along each week:) YaY again! My Baking Block is completed and I sure do love it! I hope that you will have fun making yours:) Because I mentioned Chicken Casserole in the video... I thought I would share my Grandma's recipe with you. Millie's Chicken Casserole 2 Tablespoons butter 1 medium onion diced 1 cup celery diced 1 cup cooked carrots diced 1 cup cooked chicken diced 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 cup rice cooked 3/4 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon lemon juice salt and pepper to taste 3/4 cup crushed Ritz Crackers In a skillet over medium heat, cook onion and celery in the butter until tender. Mix all ingredients together except the crackers. Place in a 2 quart 'buttered' baking dish. Sprinkle crushed crackers over top. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes Serves 6 I hope you enjoy this vintage recipe... you may want to add a jello salad on the menu for a true vintage housewife style meal:) The block tutorial schedule is in the Sew Along Guide and next week we will be be right back in the kitchen doing some canning! Please follow me on INSTAGRAM if you would like to see what new things I am working on and all things Vintage Happy 2 Be sure to use the hashtag #VintageHousewifeSewAlong when posting about your progress during this sew along:) Because this quilt is all about the Vintage Housewife... I've included a few vintage ads and photos to help celebrate all of our own special vintage housewives in our life. Our mom's and grandma's and great grandma's... they were the real tried and true vintage housewives:) Scroll down and enjoy the photos and ads... I'll be right back here next week with more vintage fun! xx Lori ***Links to each of the remaining weeks of this sew along: WEEK TWO WEEK THREE WEEK FOUR WEEK FIVE WEEK SIX WEEK SEVEN WEEK EIGHT WEEK NINE WEEK TEN WEEK ELEVEN THE BIG FINISH!
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History behind the kitschy 1950's food culture. Brace yourself for tacky appetizers and Jell O, baby, lots of Jell O.
For the '50s housewife, laundry was huge: the love you had for your kitchen paled only in comparison to the adoration you felt for your washer and dryer.
"The danger posed by a marmalade-making, vacuum-wielding housewife apparently can’t be overstated—at least that’s the impression you might get if you were to scan headlines in U.K. media in the past couple of months"... So is she really a threat to modern society?
