2020-04-02 New publications: Filet embroidery patterns and a calendar

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. C-YS056 Musee des Familles – Modes Vraies, Decembre 1867 Supplement of the Modes Vraies. Single sheet with five embroidery-on-net patterns, printed in black and white. Two squares, two borders, and a firescreen banner shape. Floral designs. Scan donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. C-YS055 Musee des Familles […]

2020-03-31 Four new publications: a Workbasket, two embroidery patterns, and a list of sewing machine parts

  NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications.   H-ML086 The Workbasket Vol. 8 No. 8 8 pages, page 4 and 5 combined to one. Filet crochet: shelf edgings. Quilting: American Beauty Rose Quilt. Crochet: Crocheted Needlepoint. Scans donated by M. Leigh Martin, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, […]

2020-03-20 K-YS002 Dominique de Sera – Livre de Lingerie

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see this new publication. K-YS002 Dominique de Sera – Livre de Lingerie A replica printed in 1877, of a 16thC pattern book for embroidery. One page was missing, and has been replaced with a chart of the pattern taken from another copy (gallica.fr). Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Book […]

2020-02-03 The Handicrafter March April 1930

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see this new publication.   K-SB001 Bernat – The Handicrafter March April 1930 52 pages including covers. How-to articles about samplers, weaving, simple furniture making, embroidery. Others showcasing objects and projects. Much more varied than the later Bernat Handicrafter. Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.  

2019-12-03 Filet, cross-stitch, more embroidery, and La Mode Illustree (with even more embroidery)

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2019-11-25 Lovely French crochet, a Dickens book, and a Grand Album with filet patterns.

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2019-08-23 A filet doily, a Workbasket, and an Italian cross-stitch book

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications.   I-LZ003 Corner design nr 3 Quarter pattern of a flower design, hand-inked on semitransparant paper. Most likely intended for a lace edging around a doily. The center is diamond shaped, the doily itself would be nearly square. From the collection of the Grassi Museum in Leipzig. […]