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Volume XXI Number 5

Contents
4 Treasured Bags: Places to Keep Things

Veronica Patterson

8 Charitably Chic: The Eighteenth-Century Alms Purse

Kimberly Chr isman-Campbell

12 An Alms Purse to Embroider

20 A Tinder Pouch to Knit

Becky Quine

Nancy Bush

23 Nordic Waist Purses: Practical and Beautiful

26 Addie Herons Purse to Bead-Crochet

On the Cover
A Turkish Purse to Knit, page 50
Photograph by Joe Coca.

Needlework Purses for Charity,

pages 8 & 38
First Nations-Style Button Bag,
page 55

2 Notions
Letter from the editor
62 Abbreviations and Techniques
Definitions
64 Calendar
Upcoming events

41

Karen C. K. Ballard

30 The Ikl Fragment: Knitting or Not? Chr is Laning

32 A Bag with Ikl Birds to Knit Chr is Laning
34 A Pouch Based on the Ikl Fragment to Nlbind

Karen Sullivan

38 Fancywork For Charity During the

Civil-War Years Beverly Gordon
41 A Charity Purse to Crochet Bart Elwell
46 Istanbul on my Mind

Departments

Mary B. Kelly

Donna Druchunas

48 Gawthorpe Textiles Collection Jennie

50 A Turkish Purse to Knit Sarah Shippen

Pitceathly

46

55 Sacred Winged Messenger: A Pacific

Northwest Coast First NationsStyle
Button Bag to Make Sandi Wiseheart

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