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This ongoing project is an effort to scan craft pattern publications that are in the public domain,
to preserve them, so we can keep our craft heritages in our hands. Most of these scans have been graphically
edited to make the images easier for craft workers to see, and to reduce file sizes. They are available,
for free, to anyone who wants them, for educational, personal, artistic and other creative uses.
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EDM The Windsor Whatnot, pattern in red and blue
2-ANTIQUE-COLOURED-BERLIN-WOOLWORK-PATTERNS-G-Silverman-281871726044 - (1)
Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine
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Single leaf, pattern for a What-not. Expressly designed for the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. Printed in Strasburgh, print. G. Silbermann. Pattern in gold and green curls on a red and blue background.
Image donated by ebay seller whirlycat, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Embroidery BerlinWork Cross-stitch WC
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HKB Church and bridge
Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin
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Handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern, a church and a bridge across water. Pattern has been cropped, but the inscription Deponirt is still visible.
Scan donated by Jackie Isler, from the collection of her grandmother Helen Balmat Gorman, charted by Franciska Ruessink.
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Embroidery Charts Cross-stitch BerlinWork IS
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Lucas, Agnes
Puppenmutterchens Nahschule
Schnittmuster und Pausevorrichtung
Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg
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Third pattern out of eight, sailors costume for a boy and frilled dress for a girl.
Scanned by Seya Wijnsma, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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Sewing Dolls WS
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Orr, Anne
Lingerie and Gifts
Book No. 16
Nashville, Tennessee, Anne Orr
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Filet Crochet patterns for yokes, and patterns for small gifts such as hot roll napkins, aviator towels, bread tray covers, tidies, and babies caps.
Bought in 1918 in the USA by a sailor, who gave it to his sister. His granddaughter, who wants to remain anonymous, sent the book to us. Scanned and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Crochet Filet crochet YS
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Picken, Mary Brooks
The One Hour Dress
21 New Designs with Complete Instructions for Making
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences Inc.
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A smart, up-to-the-minute dress cut out, completely made, all ready to put on within an hour! The author of this leaflet demonstrated that this was possible. A famous booklet on how to make a simple dress in many variations.
Scanned and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Book transferred to the Rijksmuseum Research Library, 2017-09-22
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Sewing RMT-H922 SW
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Royal Society Crochet No. 14 Knitting
New York, H.E. Verran, 1919, 40 pgs
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Crocheted and knitted sweaters, edgings, lamp shades, hats, yokes, men's vest, scarves, cushions, slippers, baby items, filet charts.
Scanned and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Crochet Knitting SW
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Wolf & Dupeyron, ed.
Le Filet Ancien au Point de Reprise VI
180 Modeles artistiques inedites
Societe Anonyme des Etablissements Wolf & Dupeyron, editeurs, 104 Faubourg Poisonniere, Paris
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Birds, cupids, winged horses, flower urns, Jeanne d'Arc, rural activities in the four seasons, fairytale scenes, dancers, mythological animals, all decorating a variety of objects. Collars, purses, curtains, portieres, doilies, lace caps, and of course lots of Birds, cupids, winged horses, flower urns, Jeanne d'Arc, rural activities in the four seasons, fairytale scenes, dancers, mythological animals, all decorating a variety of objects. Collars, purses, curtains, portieres, doilies, lace caps, and of course lots of borders, corners, and medaillons.
Scans donated by Tamara Tiekstra, charted and edited by Franciska Ruessink
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The Workbasket Vol. 9 No. 12
Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit
Ideas for the Bazaar, the Home, Gifts and Sparetime Moneymakers - with Many Inexpensive, Easily Made Articles that find a Ready Sale
The Workbasket Magazine
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Crocheted Apron, Knitted or Crocheted Shoulderette or Scarf, Quilting block, Two Color Tatting Lesson 3
Scans donated by Martha Ess, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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Crochet Knitting Knitlace Quilting Tatting ME
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We badly need trained librarians or scholars in humanities, to help make our catalog useful and conforming to standards, and teach other volunteers how to do this.
If you have some training in cataloguing, we'd be very glad for your help. As many or as few hours you would be willing to spend on it, it all would help.
Contact Judith or Sytske via the Yahoo group, or send a mail to the info address above. Thank you!
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Conditions of Use
By downloading the files, you are agreeing to the following conditions:
The files are scans of books which are now in the public domain. Although the originals have no copyright, the scans are the works of
the owners or scanners of the books and, as such, are copyrighted. The owners of the books give permission for you to download and use
these file for educational and personal use.
You are free to copy and distribute the scans, as electronic or hard copies, free of charge and to make derivative works under the
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You must attribute the borrowed elements to the original title and author of the publication For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of these works Any of these conditions can be waived if you get written permission from the copyright holder (the current owner of the original book) You do not have permission to sell these copies in any format. You may give copies away, you may not sell them.
There is more information on the library at The Antique Pattern Library Yahoo Group. We use this Yahoo group to email newsletters
when we add new books to the library, to post information about donating book scans, website space, or time to the project, and to
help organize volunteers.
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How You Can Help
Cash donations are always welcome, they pay for our website hosting and other library costs.
If you have a book you would like to scan for the library, please see these guidelines (follow the link below).
We are always looking for old craft books! We also need volunteers to do graphics editing and to help proofread
our catalog listings. Please see the Yahoo Groups link below to find out where to volunteer. Thank you!
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