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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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P. Trübe (publ.)
Filet pattern
4741
P. Trübe in Berlin
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Single sheet, printed filet pattern of a bouquet in an abstract border.
Scan donated by Nettie Kraaij, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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N-NK001
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N5019
Charted Embroidery Cross-stitch Filet crochet Filet NK
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Lacy Crochet Vest
Free Instruction Leaflet - Design No. 31
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Single sheet crochet pattern for a hip-length sleeveless vest with two tassel-ended cords as closure. No publication date or publisher given.
Scans donated by Alex Welch, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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M-AW003
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N5019
Crochet AW
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Two beaded bodice decorations
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Jet beads sewn to black-lined canvas, two different designs, one with fringe. Both for front of gowns only. Date probably around WW1.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Both items transferred to Textile Research Center in Leiden.
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A-YS002
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N5018
Beading SW
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Kropp, E.
Lamp Shades and How to Make Them
D.M. Campana, Chicago
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Small booklet, 62 pages not including covers. All about lamp shades of fabric or paper, how to design, color, assemble them. Table lamps, hanging lamps, wall lamps for different rooms in the house, and which subjects are suitable for them. The book is one in a series of "Teacher of [subject]". Some blank pages omitted.
Scans donated by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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N5017
Home decoration WS
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Nacke, Louise
Crocheted Yokes for Corset Covers and Night Gowns
Book No. 4
Jacob Frank Mercantile Co., St. Louis, MO.
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Oblong softcover, stapled booklet, 16 pages including covers. Dated 1916. Twelve crocheted yokes, six for nightgowns and six for corset covers. Some yokes are done as filet crochet, those designs are not charted. Back cover omitted because it is blank.
Scans donated by Ashley Polikoff, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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N5016
Crochet Filet crochet AP
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Journal "Silhouettes de Paris" (ed.)
Album de Broderie aux Points de Noeuds
Journal "Silhouettes de Paris" 7, rue Marbeuf, Paris
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20 pages not including covers. Patterns and explications about the use of knotted stitches in embroidery.
Baby items such as baby bibs, baby shoes, baby cap, baptism robe, cradle cover, cradle sheet, cradle pillow cover, toddler aprons, ladies lingerie, collar, embroidered blouses, tea towels and serviettes, pillow cover and sheet. Circa 1926.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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N-YS002
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N5015
Embroidery SW
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Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin
Art Deco embroidery patterns
Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin
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Handpainted leporello in Art Deco style. Six leaves with patterns in blue, green and yellow. Cover is missing.
From the collection of the former Historical Museum Deventer, published by permission of Deventer Verhaal, its successor. Charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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I-DV110
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N5015
Charted Edge Cross-stitch Embroidery DV
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Weigel, Hans
Judgment of the Nations
Matth. 25:35-36
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Four Bible illustrations from a single sheet, by Hans Weigel (plm 1520-1577) from a set of Bible illustrations. The subject is the Final Judgment, concerning four of the works of mercy. I was a stranger, and you sheltered me. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was ill, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.
Scan donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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N5014
Illustration SW
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Le Moniteur des Dames & des Demoiselles (publ.)
Corner design with yellow swirls and red flowers, border design with blue ribbon
Mars 1857
Le Moniteur des Dames & des Demoiselles
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Single sheet, handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern. Supplement to the Moniteur des Dames et Demoiselles issue of March 1857. A corner design with red flowers and yellow swirls, and a separate border design with a blue ribbon. The blue ribbon occurs also as a separate pattern in a Dutch publication, K-EU002, apparently a popular design. The bottom of the pattern mentions Sajou.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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C-YS656
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N5013
BerlinWork Edge Charted Corner Embroidery Cross-stitch Tapestry SW
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Cockerell, Douglas
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books
A Text-book for Bookbinders and Librarians
John Hogg, 13 Paternoster Row, London 1915
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Drawings by Noel Rooke. One of the leading texts on bookbinding, written when the author couldn't find any instructional texts for his bookbinding courses. Still in print after more than a century. This copy is from 1915, fourth edition, and a number of blank pages has been omitted.
From the estate of Frans Wijnsma, scanned and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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C-YS345
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N5012
Bookbinding FW
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Maison Sajou (publ.)
Album Tapisserie No. 301
Maison Sajou, 74, Bd. Sébastopol, Paris
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Small leporello with eight numbered tapestry patterns, mostly floral, one of a bird. The patterns are shown as embroidered in half stitches.
Scans donated by Tamara Wijnsma, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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D-YS060
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N5011
Embroidery BerlinWork Tapestry Cross-stitch TT
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Coats & Clark's
Easy to make Collars Fashioned in Cotton and Wool
Free Leaflet 586
Coats & Clark's
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Single sheet, printed on both sides. Five patterns for crocheted collars. No date given, style looks like the fifties.
Scans donated and edited by Alex Welch
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M-AW002
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N5010
Crochet AW
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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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