NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. B-YS089 Thesa Handarbeitenbuch A German booklet about Tenerife lace or sol lace. Thesa Buchmann produced wooden shapes to make the lace on, and this booklet is part introduction to the technique and part advertisement for these shapes as well as the yarn and needles sold with it. […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. I-RK0001 Repeating floral filet pattern This leaf was cut off close to the pattern, and the only inscriptions are those of E. Hagnauer, dess. et lith. which I took to be the designer, and Imp. Marcilly Paris. It’s probably a supplement belonging with one of the ladies […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. I-TT002 Sajou – Dessins de Broderie 665 A blue Sajou booklet, fold-out, containing three whitework embroidery alphabets. One narrow and simple, the second decorated with an arrow, the third with leaves or a ribbon wrapped around the letters. Page 2 and 3 have been split in […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-YS008 and I-YS009 – A filet dog and a tapestry purse Both patterns were on a single sheet, but are published separately because otherwise the dog shows up on the page about purses and the purse shows up among patterns of dogs. Feel free to pick other […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. B-YS092 Maison Alexandre – Alphabets Varies No. 97 Eleven alphabets, starting small (two per page) to large (three pages for one alphabet). All whitework. Some lovely floral decoration on the larger letters. This book has been on the to-do list for a long time. I gave up […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. H-ML017 Aunt Martha’s Workbasket Vol. 2 No. 4 The Workbaskets are published with permission of F+W Media, the current rights holder. Another of M. Leigh Martin’s fantastic collection of very vintage Workbasket Magazines. It contains the quilting block Iris (the flower) and three crochet projects: collar and […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. C-TT007 Le Filet Ancien Au Point de Reprise IV If you love little cupids, this is for you. Borders, edges, lampshade segments, curtains, motifs in all sizes. I rather like the cupids’ Four Seasons. There’s one motif done in various other stitches, and these are indicated by […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. H-XX086 Louisa F. Pesel – Double-running or Back-Stitch This is for lovers of blackwork and antique English samplers. Louisa Pesel wrote a number of books about embroidery stitches, and though we don’t have all of them, there will be more to follow. The book was republished in […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-MV001 Parrot eating berries This scan was donated by Mark van der Voort, a colleague at my last place of employment. There were more colleagues helping with scanning, no doubt you’ll see more of their scans. This pattern shows a somewhat scruffy-looking parrot chained to a T-shaped […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-MP001 Prica – Bosanski Narodni Vez This book is from Yugoslavia when it was still Yugoslavia. It was a gift from Marija Popov, a former colleague, who originally came from there and would look on her holidays for old books about needlework for us. She died almost […]