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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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Tamburi, Ines (ill.)
Il Corredo di Bébé
Insegnamento Pratico Illustrato Per La Confezione
Casa Editrice Sonzogno, Milano
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32 pages, stapled. Elaborate cradle covers, clothes, baby caps, bibs, sleeping bag, baptism dress, shoes and booties, all embroidered and lace-edged. It'll look fantastic, if not really practical. Illustrations are signed Ines Tamburi, no other author mentioned
Scans donated by Matthijs Ufkes, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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K-MU003
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KA027
Embroidery Sewing MU
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Alphabets for Embroidering on Canvas
No. 33
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Small leporello with two tall and narrow folded pages, each containing half of the alphabet. Very like the copper templates for linen marking, but the letters are much larger. Fraktur script, suitable for cross-stitch and beading.
Scans donated by Jackie Isler, from the collection of her grandmother Helen Balmat Gorman. Charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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F-IS097
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KA026
Alphabet Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch IS
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A. Crespel (publ.)
Le Filet Brode n. II
200 Modeles, 4 Planches en Couleurs
A. Crespel, 38, Boulevard Carnot, 38, Lille, France.
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40 pages including covers. Filet squares, edgings, oval patterns, triangular corners, and a very large coverlet made up of lots of small squares. Also, four pages of color images of antique filet work, with the patterns on the subsequent pages.
Scans donated by Iva Innocenti, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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H-II005
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KA025
Embroidery Filet II
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Antoinette, Marie
How To Crochet Cluny Laces
Book 12
Chicago: Novelty Art Studios, 1915, 16 pgs.
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16 pages including covers. Crocheted laces to imitate a French bobbin lace that typically has leaf or petal shapes connected by bars. Marie Antoinette later published under the name Hees.
Lace caps, insertions, piano scarf, yokes, edgings.
Scans donated by Tamara Tiekstra, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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K-TT002
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KA024
Crochet Lace TT
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American Thread Co. (publ.)
Afghans, Crocheted & Knitted
Star Afghan Book No. 154
American Thread Company, 260 West Broadway, New York 13, N.Y.
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Softcover stapled booklet, 32 pages including cover. Afghans made from blocks sewn together, striped afghans, embroidered afghans - something for everyone! Part of the embroidery example is missing, but if you study the photograph it'll be easy to reconstruct - or else let your fantasy take over.
Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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K-SB003
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KA023
Crochet Knitting SB
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Valley Supply Co. (publ.)
Conventional Embroidery Motifs for Tracing or Stamping.
Book No. 15 of the Adeline Cordet Series
1922, Valley Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo
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8 page booklet, very thin paper, with embroidery motifs. These Designs Can Be Applied To Dresses, Aprons, Scarfs, Centers, Curtains, Borders, Pillow Tops, Etc. Book No.15. of the Adeline Cordet Series.
Scans donated by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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H-WS011
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KA022
Embroidery whitework Beading WS
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Kuehn, Heinrich (publ.)
Moderne Stickvorlagen No. 242
Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin.
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Small leporello with 10 sheets, 20 pages. One side borders and motifs in two shades of blue, indicated by filled squares or striped squares. Other side alphabets in red. Printing quality so-so, some patterns changed slightly because of obvious errors.
Scans donated by Jackie Isler, from the collection of her grandmother Helen Balmat Gorman, charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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F-IS114
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KA021
Alphabet Edge Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch IS
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The Workbasket Vol. 9 No. 11
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
Kansas City, Modern Handcraft, Inc.
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8 pages. "Diamond Trail" crocheted bedspread, fabric hat and bag set, Mock Orange quilt, shower clogs, crocheted hat and bag set, hand-knotted cord.
Scans donated by M. Leigh Martin, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.
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H-ML101
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KA020
Crochet Sewing Slipper Knotting ML
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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
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these file for educational and personal use.
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