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This ongoing project is an effort to scan craft pattern publications that are in the public domain,
to preserve them, so we can keep our craft heritages in our hands. Most of these scans have been graphically
edited to make the images easier for craft workers to see, and to reduce file sizes. They are available,
for free, to anyone who wants them, for educational, personal, artistic and other creative uses.
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Jemima Jeannie Stuart
Sampler 1876
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Charts of the sampler made by Jemima Jeannie Stuart in 1876, original published as E-CO001.
Charted and edited by T. Carl
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N-TC001
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TC
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MONOCHROME
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Cotons L.V. (publ.)
Ouvrages de Dames Série F. No. 201
Cotons L.V., Paris
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Leporello with 6 pages of alphabets, both capital and lower-case and several number sets. Some border and corner designs included.
Scans donated, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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B-SW056
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Alphabet Charted Embroidery Cross-stitch SW
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Maison Sajou (publ.)
Ouvrages de Dames No. 159
Maison Sajou, 74, Boulevard Sébastopol, Paris
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Leporello with four double pages and five alphabets, two of which are really small. This is one of the rare Sajou booklets with alphabets in two colors.
Scans donated, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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B-SW055
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Alphabet Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch SW
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Béranger, André (publ.)
Alphabets de Broderie No. 263
Ancienne Maison A. Rouyer
André Béranger, Paris
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Softcover oblong booklet, sewn instead of stapled, with 16 pages of cross-stitch alphabets, two large, five smaller sets. 16 border designs and four sets of numbers used to fill out the pages.
Scans donated and remastered by Sytske Wijnsma, edited by Judith Adele.
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B-SW054
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Alphabet Embroidery Charted Beading Cross-stitch SW
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Zwirnerei und Nähfaden-Fabrik Goeggingen (publ.)
Vorlagen für Buntstickerei 1904-23
Zwirnerei und Nähfaden-Fabrik Goeggingen, Bavaria
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Small folded cardboard advertising material for the sewing thread factory in Goeggingen, Bavaria. This one belongs to the series Patterns for Color Embroidery. These were identified by year and sequence number.
Scans donated, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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B-SW053
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Charted Embroidery Cross-stitch SW
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Dillmont, Th. de (ed.)
Tatting
Th. de Dillmont, Editor, Mulhouse (France)
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Small oblong stapled softcover, 64 pages not including covers. Description of how to tat, 8 plates with 38 tatted edgings, grounds, and motifs, showing how these are applied to doilies and handkerchiefs. Very popular publication, translated in many languages, originals still frequently offered on second-hand and auction sites. Beautiful designs. Page 2 (blank page) omitted.
From the Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Tatting Edge DA
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Modern Handcraft Inc.
The Workbasket
Volume 50, No. 1 - October 1984
Modern Handcraft Inc.
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Stapled softcover, 96 pages plus 1 transfer pattern insert. Knitting: Machine or Hand Knit Ski Hat, ripple Crisp Colorful Cardigan, Puckered Pullover, Blackberry Stitch Blouse, Autumn Special pullover sweater, review of Studio 360 knitting machine. Crochet: Stenciled Crocheted Afghan, Girl's Ruffled Cardigan, Girl's Hood and Mittens, Elf Doorknob Cover, Laced Christmas Stocking, Infant's Bib, simple Headband. Tatting: Five Christmas Balls. Quilting: State Quilt Patterns from 1935 series: Kentucky, Delaware, Alabama. Sewing: Gingerbread Man Ornament. Crafting: Scenic Candle, felt Flower napkin rings, felt and crochet turkey favor. Recipes from Crisco: Pies, cookies, cakes, cupcakes, coffeecake, nut bread. Flower and Garden: Holiday Cacti. Advertisement pages omitted.
From the collection of B. Merwald, edited by B. Merwald. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.
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Knitting Crochet Tatting Quilting Sewing BM
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Englishwomans Domestic Magazine (publ)
Oriental design in Berlin work
For a music stool top or An Elbow Cushion
Englishwomans Domestic Magazine
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Quart round, symmetrical pattern printed on white paper. There is a copy of the description as well, explaining that if the executed work is too small of its intended purpose, just add a black border. This is a copy of an earlier handpainted version of this pattern, different in color choices only.
Images donated by ebay seller reloved_stuff_shop, charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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G-RS003
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Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch BerlinWork Tapestry RS
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Kuehn, Heinrich (publ.)
Rose Corner
1038
Vereinigte Stickmuster-Verläge H.K., B. [Heinrich Kuehn, Berlin]
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Handpainted pattern on cream paper, corner design with pink roses and brown geometrical elements.
Scans donated by Jackie Isler, from the collection of her grandmother Helen Balmat Gorman, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma
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F-IS037
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Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch Beading BerlinWork Tapestry IS
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MONOCHROME
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Neueste Stickmuster-Alphabets
Nouveaute Dessins & Alphabets pour ouvrages des dames. Novelty! Pattern's and Alphabets for Lady Embroidery
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8 pages oblong, not including covers. One large alphabet and lots of mostly religious smaller motifs. Printed in blue. Probably German, the English title is badly translated.
Scanned, charted and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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SW
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[Kuehn, Heinrich] (publ.)
Three pink flowers among four green leaves
[Kuehn, Heinrich]
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Single sheet, handpainted, probably part of a leporello. Publishers Heinrich Kuehn in Berlin or Vereinigte Stickmuster Verlag, their successor. Art nouveau style triplet of flowers in a border formed by four green leaves and their stems.
Scans donated by Jackie Isler, from the collection of her grandmother Helen Balmat Gorman.
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F-IS025
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Embroidery Charted BerlinWork Cross-stitch Tapestry IS
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Palmer Couch, Osma
Farm Grown Baskets
Woven from vines, leaves and grasses
Farm & Fireside, 250 Park Avenue, New York City
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8 pages not including covers. How to make baskets from supplies grown on your own farm. Even without farm the supplies mentioned here can be found in nature, or maybe your own garden. Three baskets are shown, with drawings explaining how to make them. Macrame makers will recognize some of the knots.
Donated by Charles Kite, from the collection of his grandmother Folva Miller. Scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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E-WM066
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Basketry CK
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American Thread Company (publ.)
Colorful Bright Crocheted of Cotton
Leaflet No. 58 4-37
American Thread Company, 260 West Broadway, New York, N.Y.
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Advertisement leaflet. Single sheet, three patterns for crocheted bags.
Donated by Charles Kite, from the collection of his grandmother Folva Miller. Scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma
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E-WM062
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Crochet purse CK
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Ernestine, Mme G..
Manuel Encyclopédique du Travail de la Tapisserie
en Laine et en tous genres
Ad. Goubaud Et Cie, 92, Rue Richelieu, Bruxelles
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Small stapled softcover booklet, part of an encyclopedic library series on various subjects. Back cover lost. 24 pages not including covers and two fold-out plates. In French, explaining various woolwork stitches and techniques. First plate has ten illustrations of stitches, second plate is quart of a pattern of so-called Chantilly lace imitation.
Scans donated and remastered by Sytske Wijnsma, edited by Judith Adele.
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B-SW052
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Cross-stitch SW
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André-Béranger (publ.)
Le Lilliputien 337
Album de Tapisserie
André-Béranger Editeur, 120, Rue St. Denis, Paris
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Small leporello with ten colorful all-over designs with the corners cut off. Probably intended for (small) purses and wallets. Limited palette, might also be suitable for beadwork.
Scans donated, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma
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B-SW050
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Embroidery Charted Tapestry BerlinWork Beading Repeating Cross-stitch SW
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Goupil, Vibert &Cie (publ.)
Le Nid au Secrets
Les Filles d'Eve, Dédié a Madame La Comtesse de Soisy
Paris - Goupil, Vibert & Cie, Boulevart Montmartre, 15, & Rue de Lancry, 7.
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Single sheet, showing a young lady hiding a piece of paper in the neckline of her clothes (the nest of secrets that the title mentions).
Scan donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Fashion YS
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Orr, Anne
Filet Crochet Designs
And Their Appropriate Uses
Anne Orr Publications, Nashville, Tenessee
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Stapled softcover book, 32 pages of which 16 and 17 are joined into one. Many charted designs for filet crochet and photographs of finished items, some combined with cross-stitch embroidery and in color.
From the collection of Iva Rose Reproductions, scanned by Nettie Kraaij and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Alphabet Filet crochet Charts PA
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Modern Handcraft, Inc. (publ.)
The Workbasket Vol. 13 October 1947 No. 1
Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit
Modern Handcraft, 2401 Burlington, Kansas City 16, Missouri
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Stapled, 16 pages. Knitting: Slotted Knitted Ascot (neck scarf). Crochet: Table Scarf "Crocheted Weaving". Advertisement for panholder kits and patterns. Men's crocheted slippers "Loafers", Crochet Basket. Directions for making Stocking Doll with dress pattern for dolls dress. Aunt Ellen's Club Notes. Vanity set "Sweet Stuff" also suitable for chair set. Rickrack and crochet medaillons, crocheted daisies to make a row of flowers. Tatting: Hexagon Tatted Doily, Tatted Point Edging.
From the collection of Sarah Dalton, scanned by Seya Wijnsma-Spek, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, the current copyright holder.
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Knitting Crochet Tatting SD
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Boucherit, Eduard (ed.)
Grand Album de Modèles pour Filet No. 2
157 Dessins varies
Eduard Boucherit, Editeur. 10, Rue de la Pepiniere, Paris
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Softcover oblong album, 40 pages of filet patterns of which 20 and 21 are joined as one. The last four pages are small low-res images of larger patterns which were offered for sale. Patterns suitable for filet, filet crochet, cross-stitch and (smaller ones) for beadwork.
Scans donated by Tamara Wijnsma, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.
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Embroidery Filet TT
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Neueste Stickmuster-Alphabete.
Nouveauté Dessins & Alphabets. pour ouvrages des Dames. Novelty! Pattern's and Alphabets for Lady Embroidery.
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Softcover oblong stapled booklet, 12 pages not including covers. Title in three languages though the origin is not English (plural of pattern is patterns and not pattern's). A single large ornate cross-stitch alphabet with floral decorations. No publisher or date.
Scans donated, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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B-SW047
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Alphabet Cross-stitch Charted Cross-stitch Embroidery SW
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Journal des Demoiselles (publ.)
Quart pattern of an abstract square design
Journal des Demoiselles, 1 Boulevart des Italiens
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Litho, printed on cream paper, undated supplement to the Journal des Demoiselles.. Pattern restored from being partially mouse-eaten. Abstract design, nearly but not quite square and not symmetrical. Strong colors, suitable for sofa cushions and similar.
From the collection of Marleen van Horssen, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
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A-MH111
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BerlinWork Embroidery Charted Cross-stitch Tapestry MH
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