NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. H-ML026 Aunt Martha’s Workbasket Vol. 3 No. 1 8 pages. Crochet: The All-purpose Blouse, crocheted chrysanthemum. Quilting: Pointsettia, Corsage bouquet. Weaving: Make your own loom and weave your afghans by hand. Scans donated by M. Leigh Martin, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with permission of F+W Media. […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. Five new publications: Tony Avenarius – Historische, Theater- & fantasie- Costumes Mainly theater-costumes, but some national costumes as well. The pages were quite discolored, Judith did a good job editing them. Workbasket Vol. 33 No. 9 – June 1972 Donated by Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek. Published […]
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 […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. Today, three of them: A Workbasket from the earlier years! Scans donated by Sandra Bejster, thank you, Sandra! This issue has a crocheted pineapple center, a crocheted shopping bag, and a few pages about hemstitching, especially the hems with drawn thread. Also, the Workbasket main page has […]
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. 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. 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 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. H-ML018 Aunt Martha’s Workbasket Volume 2 Number 5 Let’s not forget the Workbaskets! A Japanese Lantern quilting block, and several crochet projects: a plaid blouse, a sweater-and-helmet set, and a four-piece baby set. As so many other items, it was nearly, nearly ready – so this is […]