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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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Pesel, Louisa F.
Portfolio No. 2 - Stitches from Eastern Embroideries
From countries bordering on the Mediterranean, from Greece, the Near East, and Persia.
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Folder with 45 plates showing embroidery stitches, front and back. Mostly greyscale, a few with colors. 5 pages showing applications. Plate numbers start with 36, because the Portfolio 1 contained the numbers 1 to 35.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Book transferred to Rijksmuseum Research Library, 2020-03-06.
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K-YS004
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Embroidery Sampler SW
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Berlin woolwork pattern for tray or frame
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Handpainted rectangular pattern in green and blue on a dark red background. Probably intended for a tray. Also suitable for a frame. Because the pattern is summetrical, only half of the chart is shown.
Image donated by ebay seller joan10605, charted by Sytske Wijnsma. Pattern from her grandmother's needlework studio in Manhattan, LaMer's Studio, from 1909-1967, where she taught needlework and did work for musea and famous customers.
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Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch Tapestry BerlinWork JO
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Modern Handcraft, Inc. (publ.)
The Workbasket Vol. 9 No. 9
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, page 4 and 5 combined to one. Crochet: Crocheted Frills on Pincushions and Sachets, Fiesta Table Runner and Placemats.Quilting: Milady's Fan. Household tips.
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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La Mode Illustree
Summer
1903-10-18
La Mode Illustree
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A tall narrow embroidery pattern showing the personification of Summer. Chart only; we don't have permission to reproduce the original pattern. The chart is split in three for easier readability.
Charted by Franciska Ruessink.
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J-FR013
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Embroidery BerlinWork Charted Cross-stitch Tapestry FR
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The Workbasket Vol. 9 No. 8
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, page 4 and 5 combined to one. Crochet: crocheted pillbox, crocheted gilet. Quilting: Great Circle Quilt. Various household tips.
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-ML098
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Crochet Quilting Millinery ML
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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.
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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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