There are so many old-fashioned homemaking skills that are still useful to modern homemakers today!
Some of these old-fashioned homemaking skills include things like: making your own household and body products, sewing, knitting, gardening, preserving, keeping chickens, growing and arranging cut flowers, making bread (including sourdough), and stocking a pantry.
Check out this list of homemaking skills and their corresponding blog posts. I’ll be adding more to this list as I have time!
Learn How to Make Your Own Household Products
All-Purpose Cleaner Without Vinegar
Learn How to Make Your Own Natural Bath and Body Products
Homemade Coconut Mint Toothpaste
Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub
Learn How to Stock a Pantry
Pantry Staples to Always Keep On Hand
Learn How to Preserve and Ferment Food
The Best Books on Canning and Food Preserving
The Best Home Canning Supplies and Equipment
Blueberry Honey Freezer Jam Recipe
Learn How to Make Candles
How to Make Beeswax Container Candles
Rolled Beeswax Candles Tutorial
Learn How to Make Natural Remedies
How to Stock Your Natural Medicine Cabinet
How to Make Fire Water for Colds and Flu
How to Make Elderberry Syrup on the Stovetop
How to Make Elderberry Syrup Gummies
Homemade Bone Broth in the Instant Pot
Learn How to Sew
How to Make a Table Runner (With Grain Sack Fabric)
Japanese Cross Back Pinafore Apron Pattern
Easy Homespun Table Runner Tutorial
Learn How to Knit
Grandmother’s Favorite Dishcloth Knitting Pattern (this is great for beginners!)
Grandmother’s Favorite Kitchen Towel Knitting Pattern
Learn How to Make Bread
How to Make Flour With a Grain Mill
Easy Yeast Rolls (My Mom’s Recipe)
How to Make a Sourdough Starter From Scratch
Learn How to Garden
Favorite Gardening Books to Learn How to Garden
Where to Buy Heirloom Seeds for Your Garden
Gardening for Beginners: The Ultimate Resource Guide
How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
How to Grow Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide
Learn How to Keep Chickens
How to Get Started With Backyard Chickens