Josefina's Craft Book: A Look at Crafts from the Past With Projects You Can Make Today (American Girl Collection)

by Tamara England (Editor)

Paperback, 1998

Status

Available

Local notes

745.5 Ame

Barcode

4839

Publication

Amer Girl Pub (1998), Edition: First Edition, Thus, 44 pages

Description

Provides information about life on a ranch in nineteenth century New Mexico and instructions for a variety of related craft projects.

Original language

English

Physical description

44 p.; 8.75 inches

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Josefina learned a wide variety of skills classical of the Southwest US in the early 1800s influenced by Mexican (and Spanish) traditions, Pueblo traditions, and frontier necessities. The girl appropriate crafts include: appliqué box, painted frame, lantern, broom, fringed shawl, glass bead
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necklace, decorated hair comb, stamped leather bookmark, coil pot, moccasins, colcha embroidery, fringed sash, hen pincushion,cornhusk doll, and pon top game. All the crafts are introduced with historical context and pictures of artifacts.
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Pages

44

Rating

(3 ratings; 4.3)
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