ANTIQUE FLAPPER ERA CROSS STITCH TATTING CROCHET CD 23!

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J P Coats Crochet, Cross Stitch and Tatting

(Graphed Patterns Adapt to Cross-stitch, Canvas, Loomed & Brickstitch Beading & Petite Point Fancy Work)

CD REPUBLICATION!

Originally Published 1923!

If you are the first to bid, using the buy-it-now option, you win! Don't wait, bid now!!!

Up for bid is a marvelous UNABRIDGED CD REPUBLICATION of the original "J P Coats Crochet, Cross Stitch and Tatting, No. 14 by Anne Orr" with NO RESERVE!" We scanned and reformatted a scare original and are pleased to offer you this wonderful antique crochet, tatting and cross-stitch pattern and instruction guide for your home and clothing decorating, boutique sales or gift-giving occassions!

This HISTORIC CD REPUBLICATION includes detailed instructions and needle work techniques to make the lovely patterns included! (Original is NOT for sale)

This is certainly a fine source of historically valuable techniques and inspiration for the creative needlework and thread artists who desire to study and recreate the Victorian and Edwardian fancywork crochet techniques! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful craft instructional revealing our heritage from early America culture!

An excerpt:

"In this book untold riches are found for the ambitious needle-worker, including dainty gifts for grandmother, practical household linens for the mother, fascinating collars and cuffs for the young girl, and dainty articles for the tiny tot. The Peasant Embroidery is worked easily by the following of the color-charts, and the full color cross-stitch patterns speak for themselves, and any child can follow them...Remeber these colored patterns can also be followed for the Petit Point Taapestry, used for chair coverings and cushions, and have a permanent value, for the work grows lovelier as the colors soften with age."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Afternoon Tea Set

Between Meal Cloth

Bridge Table Cover

Child's Collar and Cuff Set

Colored Cross-stitch Patterns Set #1

Large Peacock in Color

Numberous Floral Sprays and Bouquets

Potted and Vased Floral Arrangments

Roses

Wreaths

Colored Cross-stitch Patterns Set #2

Flowers in Vases

Flowers in Baskets

Floral and Ribbon Bows and Swags

Cornacopia and Flowers

Fruit Bowl

Floral Sprays

Floral Bouquets

Floral Baskets

Floral Wreath

Floral Swag

Large Floral Arrangments

Directions for Cover Centerpiece

Directions for Crochet Stitches

Filet and Cross-stitch Meet in Desing

Girl's Afternoon Tea Set

Girl's Collar and Cuff Set

Gown Yoke

Jonquil Centerpiece

Lady's Bag

Luncheon Set in Cross-stitch

New and Old Methods for Tatting

Peasant Embroidery Matches Tatting

Tatting Centerpiece

Tatting Edges and Insertions

Tea Apron

Telephone Book Cover

Working Pattern for Bag

Working Pattern for Collar

Working Pattern Pillow Back Cover

Working Pattern Telephone Book Cover

Message to the Needleworker

J. & P. Coat's Artricles (advertisments)

This item also includes

Instructions for Cross-stitch

Foundation Stitches and How to Make Them

Regarding Filet - New Method of Adding Meshes at Last End of Row

Directions for Filet Crochet Work

Thread to Hook Use and Resulting Meshes to the Inch Table

Tatting

Abbreviations in Tatting

How to Make Tatting

New Method in Tatting

Directions for the Reverse Stitch

Full Dozen Tatting Trims, Edgings and Directions to Make Them

Tatted Edging for Centerpiece

Directions for Square Medallion in Leaf Design

A New and Attractive Gown Yoke

Helpful Suggestions

What a historically educational and delightful art instructional piece this is!

The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needleworker will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim. Personally, I would do the patterns in beadwork or cross-stich embroidery first. lol

The antique and vintage threads, fabrics, hooks, silk or cotton floss, needles, beads, canvas, etc., can be found on eBay quite readily. You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, of course, you can utilize contemporary tools and materials found at a nearby fabric, craft or hobby store…

You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come. This information has been scanned into a CD-ROM REPUBLICATION using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download a FREE version of the Adobe software program at www.adobe.com .

This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD of this historic and resourceful book. The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing book on crochet, tatting, cross stitch and canvas beadwork construction. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.

What are the benefits of an antique book CD republication?

* Every image and every page has been scanned to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!

* These scans are completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs!

* Each page is saved in PDF format at a high dsi and is readily accessible using Adobe Acrobat (or other pdf reading software programs). This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page or the entire book!

* Each time you want to use an image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last!

* If you spill your coffee, tea or soda on a page you just print yourself another!

* You can put all of your notes or musings on your printouts and save them in a folder for future referencing!

*Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case!

Curious about the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...

Check out my other auctions for many other unique needlework ANTIQUE books on cd's of the same or similar interest!

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