Antique Art Deco Pine Needle Reed Basketry Book CD '24!

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The Priscilla Basketry Book No. 1

Lessons in Reed Weaving, Indian Basketry, Splint Work and Chair Caning

CD REPUBLICATION

Originally Published 1914!

Up for your consideration is a CD REPUBLICATION of The Priscilla Basketry Boon No. 1!" This book was originally published in New York by the American Reedcraft Corporation, dated 1924! (Original is NOT for sale)

This HISTORIC book contains 33 pages of instructions, diagrams, designs and fundamentals for creating baskets using various weaving techniques and materials. A multitude of ANTIQUE basket weaving designs and instructions are included! You will also find many historical facts on this ancient craft as well as various tables of RARE and UNIQUE guidelines to assist along the way!

Here is an OLD, resourceful and exceptional basket reed weaving instructional and design CD REPUBLICATION. These instructions are characteristic of the basket crafts done by our lady ancestors in several different cultures! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful craft book revealing our heritage from early America!

CONTENTS:

Lessons in Basketry

Introduction

A Reed Basket

A Flower Bowl

"Used for Violets, Hair Receivers or Catch-alls."

A Hanging Basket

Card Basket

A Lacework Basket

Different Weavings

Double Weaving

In Pairing

Double Pairing

Scalloped Basket

Carrying Baskets

"For Marketing, Picknicking, and Flower Gathering

Reed Lamp for the Library Table

Description of Weaves, Bases, and Borders

Tools

Pairing

Japanese Weave

Double Japanese Weave

Triple Weave

Under and Over

A Coil

Three-rod Coil

To Lock the Coil

Four-rod Coil

Five-rod Coils

Four-rod Arrow

A Stroke

Three-rod Arrow

Two-ply Weave

Bellfonte Weave

Mending

Indian Centre

Simple Braided Border

Comercial Border

Flat Plaited Border

To Connect up the Border

Serving Tray with Plaited Border 12 x 19 Inches

"Perhaps no other article in basketry is as popular and satisfactory as a well-made serving tray with flat plaited border."

Indian Basketry

"...amount the materials that Indians use for basketry are willows, rush, splint, tube root, squaw weed, cedar bark, yucca fibre, palm leaves, split bamboo, cacti fibre, pine needles, and sweet grass. The proper season for gathering most of these materials is when..."

How to Imitate Indian Baskets

Shape and Design

Lazy Squaw Stitch

Indian Stitches and Designs

Hemstitch Stitch

Figure Eight Stitch

The Real Indian Stitch

Covers and Handles

Designs

A Daisy Basket

A Charming Flower-Basket #1

A Charming Flower-Basket #2

Waste-Baskets

#1 without Handles

#2 with Handles

Hanging-Basket

An Artistic Console-Table

How to Recane Old Chairs

Octogonal Mesh

General Directions

Dyeing and Staining

The antique and vintage tools, canes, reeds, pine needles, 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 near by fabric, craft or hobby store, or your own backyard…

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.

Pretty much everything you need to make the exquisitely delicate and useful needlework items presented but the fabric, silk or cotton floss, needles, shuttles, etc. However, these all can be readily found on eBay! You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, you can obtain the contemporary materials at your nearest fabric, craft or hobby store...

This information has been scanned onto CD-ROM using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download the latest FREE version of this software quickly at www.adobe.com . This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD reproduction of this 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 antique knitting needlework. 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 at a high dpi 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! They are reformated in full-page sizing for better viewing of details, etc.!

* Each page is saved in PDF format at high resolution and is readily accessible using the downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page, pages or the entire CD contents!

* 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!

* YOU WILL FIND YOUR CD REPUBLICATION HAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE OVER ANY BOUND HARDCOPY PAPER REPRODUCTION, IN THAT, IF YOU SPILL COFFEE, TEA OR SODA ON YOUR PRINTED PAGE(S) YOU CAN JUST PRINT ANOTHER! 

* YOU HAVE UNLIMITED CLEAN COPIES FOREVER!!!

* 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...

Payment: I prefer Paypal but also accept Bidpay, money orders or personal check.

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