NEW PUBLICATIONS After a long silence, we get to publishing again! Today, an issue of the French Petit Echo de la Broderie, unearthed from a stack of still-unedited stuff. It’s from 1903. I am still hunting issues from the years 1901 to 1904, because there was this very nice alphabet somewhere in those issues, […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-II007 Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin – Madonna della Seggiola Iva shared a lot of her fabulous Berlin woolwork collection. In view of the approaching December festivities, I picked this one as first. As it turns out, Iva had already been busy on this pattern, too and she added […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. H-RM037 Portman No. L H-ML024 Workbasket Vol. 2 No. 11 H-FR116 La Brodeuse H-GG001 Green and cream diamond design The ten whitework motifs and one double edge design are from an old, old sheet, that looks either etched or handdrawn. It’s in the […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-ES001 Four heraldic motifs (and some green leaves) C-YS537 Cartier Bresson – La Frivolite A donation from ebay seller elisa-sala, and a book about tatting with good illustrations and descriptions of simple to complex tatting patterns. The third publication will have to wait until […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. E-SW001 Petersons Magazine – Calla Lily Slipper E-SW011 Alice Cook Fuller – Rose March / Drill H-ML023 The Workbasket Vol. 2 No. 10 Today, one Workbasket (thank you, M. Leigh Martin!) and two nearly forgotten items, that have come to light because our trustworthy scanning […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publication. I-CL003 Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin – Moderne Stickvorlagen 941 Six sheets of flower motifs, corners and edges, in two colors. Another six sheets with three alphabets, originally monochrome, but on charting it became clear that there should be different colors and that’s how it was charted. If you […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. H-WS010 Dickens – A Tale of Two Cities (illustrations only) C-YS066 Hooper – The Weaving Board I-BH002 Corner with roses and blue ribbons Finally, the scans of the first book of Weaving with Small Appliances surfaced – among 10 TB of scans it’s […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. D-YS125 Tapisseries et Etoffes Coptes H-ML022 The Workbasket Vol. 2 No. 9 I-EB001 Bell pull in embroidery and beadwork FUNDRAISING – The fundraising campaign for 2018 is running! So far we have received USD 2867 in donations! We’ve set an aim of USD 4000. […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. B-SW029 Embroidered slipper B-YS103 Conover – Lesson Eight H-ML021 Aunt Martha’s Workbasket Vol. 2 No. 8 Crochet, sewing, embroidery, quilting! FUNDRAISING – The fundraising campaign for 2018 is running! So far we have received USD 2837 in donations! We’ve set an aim of USD 4000. If […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. I-CB001 Embroidered Purse F-IS089 Carnation Corner Design B-YS077 Patrons Favoris 60 – Le Lacet Again three publications, this time more embroidery. The purse shows how the simple overall patterns that populate many samplers can be used for useful objects. I’ve seen an embroidered needle book as […]