FUNDRAISING NOW! – Goal: 6000 USD – So far 2248.31 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 […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. K-II001 Boy with dog Handpainted Berlin woolwork pattern, maker and date unknown. A boy, half kneeling, and a dog sitting up, hand in paw. A very, very similar pattern with a girl and a brick wall added is in the Rivierenland Archive, and dated 1840-1858. […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see these new publications. C-YS056 Musee des Familles – Modes Vraies, Decembre 1867 Supplement of the Modes Vraies. Single sheet with five embroidery-on-net patterns, printed in black and white. Two squares, two borders, and a firescreen banner shape. Floral designs. Scan donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma. C-YS055 Musee des Familles […]
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, […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see this new publication. I-YS006 Vorlagen zum Waschezeichnen Small oblong leporello with 10 pages mainly alphabets suitable for linen marking, and some mottos in French and German, borders, and a butterfly. Scans donated and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. H-ML051 The Workbasket Volume 5 No. 7 8 pages, page 4 and 5 combined to one. Filet crochet: Chair set. Quilting: Tulip in Vase. Crochet: Morning Glory Crochet Panholders Scans donated by M. Leigh Martin, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Published with kind permission of F+W Media, […]
NEW PUBLICATIONS Go to https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org to see the new publications. J-WB146 The Workbasket Volume 14 No. 6 32 pages. Crochet: bedspread and tablecloth, sandals, filet chair set, handkerchief edgings, tulip doily. Tatting: doily, edging and insertion. Knitted lace edge. Chip carving. Magazine donated by Sarah Dalton. Scanned by Tamara Tiekstra, edited by Sandra Figg. Published with […]
Although the publications have been put on the site before the New Year, the writing of the blog post has been delayed a little – my apologies. FUNDRAISING Our fundraising brought in 4.836 USD in 2017. Thank you, thank you! That’s really close to our goal! Oopsie, I forgot to take down the green banner! […]
FUNDRAISING NEWS 9 December : 3419 USD donated! Another 150 USD nibbled off the right-hand column! And we are nibbling off little bits of the backlog of publications too! Still three weeks to go before we close the books on this year, and start calculating how the budget for next year will look! Because we […]
PRIORITIES, PRIORITIES In view of the approaching deadline for fundraising, first the fundraising, and then the publications! FUNDRAISING NEWS These last two weeks, 182 dollars donated. Thank you! Every dollar brings the shortfall down! Because we may not make our goal, the maximum of small donations has been lowered to USD 1200. I had hoped to be […]