Antique Pattern Library

A project of Metaverse Libraries

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Welcome!

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.

K-YS009 Canevas - perforated cardboard cards for embroidery  PDF 

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Canevas

Perforated cardboard patterns

Eight perforated cardboard cards with an image printed on it for embroidery. The first one was glued to the top of the box they were in. The patterns are more complex than the very simple embroidery cards for children, and allow more creativity when embroidering them. Perforated cardboard is often used for cross-stitch patterns, but these are clearly not intended for cross-stitch.

Perforated cardboard in a box, 7.5x6 inch. Scanned 400dpi png.

Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

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P912

Embroidery

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P-NK003 Bear Brand - Town and Country Cardigan - Kit 7572  PDF 

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Bernhard Ullmann Co. (publ.)

Town and Country Cardigan

Kit 7572

United States Bernhard Ulman Co., N.Y.C.

Pattern for a cardigan. Knit in a jiffy on jumbo needles. Kit contains sufficient yarn for sizes 12 to 18 puls decorative buttons and complete directions. Requires Plastic Knitting Needles, 1 pair each sizes 10 and 4, Plastic Crochet Hook size 4. (In Canada, British Knitting Needles sizes 4 and 9)

Single sheet sized A4, scanned 600dpi png.

Scans donated by Nettie Kraaij, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

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P909

Knitting

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United Kingdom
P-NK002 Patrons Favoris No. 59 - La Layette Brodee  PDF 

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Patrons Favoris (publ.)

La Layette Brodee

Les Albums Favoris No. 59

France Editions et Publications des PATRONS FAVORIS, 94, Rue d'Alésia, PARIS (XIVe)

Embroidery for baby clothes and linens. Bibs, baby shoes, dresses, shirts, bed cover, pillow, baby cap, cloak, cape, baptism dress, cradle and carriage skirts and covers. No sewing patterns, embroidery only. Style art deco. The embroidery is fairly simple, edgings and some over-all patterns, as well as motif suitable for children. All illustrations black and white except the double center page.

32 pages, stapled. Scanned at 600dpi jpg.

Scanned by Nettie Kraaij, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

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P906

Embroidery

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France

Cataloguers needed!

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 groups.io/g/antiquepatternlibrary group, or send a mail to the info address above. Thank you!

Who we are

Antique Pattern Library is a project of Metaverse Libraries, a nonprofit organization domiciled in Canada. Registration as charity is in progress.
Your donations may be tax deductible, depending on your tax status and tax jurisdiction. Please consult a tax professional in your country. Click  HERE  to donate. Thank you!

Licensing

These works are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. To view a copy of this license, visit Creative Commons licenses or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.

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 following conditions:

  • 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 forum at groups.io. We use this forum 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.

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 User Forum link below to find out where to volunteer. Thank you!

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