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.
Click to go to our CATALOG
|
| | | | |
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Modern Handcraft, Inc. (publ.)
The Workbasket Volume 15 November 1949 No. 2
Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit
Modern Handcraft, 2401 Burlington, Kansas City 16, Missouri
|
Crocheted Tablecloth in Grape Leaf Pattern, Knitted Bag, Lacy Crocheted Apron, Cake Builder, Aunt Ellen's Club Notes, Refinishing Furniture, Miss Jennie's Pumpkin Pie, Cooking Hints, Cane Seat Weaving, Mittens in Fair Isle Knitting, Tatted Edging and Insertion, Lacy Doily, Child's Sweater in Crocheting, Spoke Pan Holder, Book reviews.
Stapled softcover, 48 pages. Scanned 400dpi
From the collection of Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.
|
I-WB152
W
P929
Crochet Tatting Knitting SD
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
White pink flowers on green background
|
Fragment of a Berlin woolwork pattern. Repeating pattern of hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium) flowers and leaves.
Handpainted pattern on cream cardboard. No publisher, designer, or number given.
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.
|
K-JO002
W
P927
Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch Tapestry Beading BerlinWork JO
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Hadley, Sara
A Book of Instruction on Filet Crochet
The Lace Maker, Vol. 5 No. 1
D.S. Bennet, New York.
|
Introduction in Filet Crochet work, though not a basic how-to. Photographs of filet crochet work with the description of the patterns side by side. Mostly small motifs and narrow edgings, some corners and a few larger items. This publication dates from 1911, which is why not all patterns would be appropriate in modern publications.
Stapled softcover, 24 pages not including covers. Scanned 600dpi png.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
|
P-YS022
H
P925
Crochet Filet crochet SW
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Needlecraft Limited (publ.)
First Lessons in Embroidery
For Home or School
|
No. 5 in a series of "First Lessons", The Practical Needlework Teacher. Explanations and photos of various embroidery stitches. Running stitch, Darning, Back Stitching, Twisted Back Stitching, Back Stitch and Rice Stitch, Crewel Stitch, Outline Stitch, Couching, Cross Stitch, Chain Stitch, Picot Stitch, Herringbone Stitch, Coral or Feather Stitch, Fancy Coral Stitch, Close Buttonholing, Spaced Buttonholing, Scalloped Buttonholing, Satin Stitch, Long and Short Stitch as an Outlining, Long and Short Stitch as a Filling, Oriental Stitch, and French Knots.
Softcover stapled, 16 pages including covers. Printed in blue ink. Scanned 600dpi png.
From the collection of Iva Rose Reproductions. Scans donated by Nettie Kraaij, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
|
P-NK004
N
P923
Embroidery NK
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Modern Handcraft, Inc. (publ.)
The Workbasket Volume 16 October 1950 Number 1
Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit
Modern Handcraft, 2401 Burlington, Kansas City 16, Missouri
|
Hairpin lace: Vanity set with large and small doily. Huck weaving on towel. Crochet: Apron and matching pan holder. Figurine painting, Women who make cents (articles to sell), Aunt Ellen's Club Notes with a banana nut bread receipe, Pumpkin Cake, Creamy Caramel Icing, Green Tomato Relish, Orange Pudding, Popcorn Balls. Crochet: Pinwheel Pan Holder. Home and Garden forum tips. Waffle Pique Embroidery, Crocheted Teddy Bear, crocheted Rose Pin Cushion with Ruffle, Basket making, Halloween Clown doll, Lilac Square Tatting. Quilting: Colonial Rose Quilt, Crocheted Scarf.
Stapled softcover, 64 pages.
From the collection of Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.
|
I-WB161
W
P921
Crochet Quilting Tatting Basketry WB
|
 | COLOR
MONOCHROME
DETAIL PAGE
|
Alexandre & Cie., N.
Alphabets Variés
No. 215
N. Alexandre & Cie., Maison Lajeunesse Succr. 241, Rue St. Martin, 241 Paris
|
Four cross-stitch alphabets, two small, one medium, one large with floral decoration.
Small hardcover book, sixteen pages.
Scanned 600dpi.
Scans donated and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
|
C-YS018
A
P919
Alphabet Cross-stitch Embroidery SW
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Audsley, George Ashdown
Guide to the Art of Illuminating on Vellum and Paper
No. 38
George Rowney & Co, London, W., England, MCMXI [1911]
|
About an earlier edition: "A practical and sensibly written little manual, such as the student may profitably use."
About this edition: "We venture to think that the student wil find in the present "Guide" everything necessary to direct his study and practice of the beautiful and fascinating Art of Illuminating."
Small bound softcover with 8 Roman-numeral pages, then 88 numbered pages, then 16 numbered advertisements. Sixteen numbered plates. Plate XIV [14] as frontispiece. Scanned 300dpi.
Scans donated by Sytske Wijnsma, edited by Judith Adele.
|
B-YS080
A
P917
Calligraphy SW
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
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.
|
K-YS009
C
P912
Embroidery SW
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Bernhard Ullmann Co. (publ.)
Town and Country Cardigan
Kit 7572
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.
|
P-NK003
B
P909
Knitting NK
|
 | PDF
DETAIL PAGE
|
Patrons Favoris (publ.)
La Layette Brodee
Les Albums Favoris No. 59
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.
|
P-NK002
P
P906
Embroidery NK
|
|
Click to go to our NEWS |
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
corporation 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!
Click here to find out more about Metaverse Libraries
|
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.
Click here to visit CreativeCommons
|
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.
Click here to go to the forum at Groups.io
|
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!
Donations |
Guidelines |
User Forum
|
