2020-12-20 New Publications: Weldon’s Practical Crochet, a Berlin woolwork pattern, and silhouette theater fairytales

FUNDRAISING NOW! – Goal: 6000 USD – So far 4118.31 USD – Donate now to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and website development, web hosting costs, data entry, scanning equipment, and help us meet the public funding ratio, which allows us to keep our nonprofit status, making […]

2020-08-14 New Publications: A Workbasket, a small Berlin woolwork rose bouquet, and a rare Riego Point Lace booklet

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. K-YS027 Riego de la Branchardiere – Point Lace Larger than usual stapled oblong booklet about point lace. Six patterns in color, without page numbers, back side blank. General instructions, instructions for preparing the pattern, explanation of various stitches. Two pages of advertisements. Eight blank pages […]

2020-07-30 New Publications: Woolwork chair seat, Columbia knitting booklet, architectural ornament styles, and an embroidery border pattern.

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. K-AC001 Journal des Demoiselles – Chair seat Litho, supplement of the French magazine Journal des Demoiselles. Black background with colored frame and empty center. If a rectangular frame is desired, the top or bottom can be mirrored. Image donated by ebay seller anncoll_13, edited and […]

2020-06-26 New Publications: Eastern embroideries, a Berlin woolwork tray, and a Workbasket.

NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. K-YS004 Louisa Pesel – Stitches from Eastern Embroideries 2 Folder with 45 plates showing embroidery stitches, front and back. Mostly greyscale, a few with colors. 5 pages showing applications. Plate numbers start with 36, because the Portfolio 1 contained the numbers 1 to 35. Scans […]

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, […]

2019-09-26 A Workbasket, knitted mittens and socks, and a red pelmet embroidery pattern.

FUNDRAISING NOW! – Goal: 6000 USD – So far 2733.02 – Donate now to support the Antique Pattern Library project to pay for such things as database and website development, web hosting costs, data entry, scanning equipment, and help us meet the public funding ratio, which allows us to keep our nonprofit status, making your […]