2023-08-09 New Publications: The Workbasket October 1955 and the Mentone Travelling Bag

NEW PUBLICATIONS N-NK001 Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine – The Mentone Travelling Bag Handpainted embroidery pattern of a travelling bag in eleven colors, on grey paper. Simple design. Scan donated by Nettie Kraaij, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma M-AW001 The Workbasket Vol. 21 No. 1 64 pages. Crochet: Shell Stitch Afghan, Swirl Tablecloth, Decorated Plate, Novel […]

2019-08-07 A Workbasket, Garnitures from 1906, and a chair seat pattern

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. J-WB682 The Workbasket Volume 33 No. 5 – February 1968 Crochet, knitting, tatting, cooking, gardening. Magazine donated by Sarah Dalton. Scanned by Tamara Tiekstra, edited by Sandra Figg. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder. H-XX063 Garnitures, Album a conserver pendant toute l’annee […]

2019-07-24 HKB Album with 20 pages, a Workbasket, and lots of Oriental ceramics.

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-II005 Heinrich Kuehn – Moderne Stickvorlagen No. 616 Green HKB leporello, 10 pattern sheets in red, mostly abstract motifs, and on the back another 10 patterns in blue, mostly alphabets. Scans donated by Iva Innocenti, charted by Sytske Wijnsma. H-ML031 The Workbasket Volume 3 No. 8 8 […]

2019-05-04 Two Workbaskets, Dickens’ Great Expectations illustrations, and church decorative painting

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. Four new publications: Charles Dickens: Great Expectations. Illustrations only; the text is widely available. From my fathers collection, scanned by my mother and edited by Judith Adele. The illustrations are close in time to the date of the story, and show the dress of ordinary people. Most […]