Antique Embroidery + Silk Thread Holder Pattern CD '22!

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Flapper Era Embroidery Stitches

CD REPUBLICATION!

Originally Published 1916!

Includes Detailed Instructions and Photos to Make Your Own Silk Thread or Floss Holder!

Up for bid is a marvelous CD REPUBLICATION of the original Flapper Era Women's Institute Embroidery Stitches, Part 2, with NO RESERVE! We scanned and reformatted a scare original and are pleased to offer you this wonderful antique WWI and Titanic Era embroidery sewing guide and instructions for embroidering women's and infants' clothing, household soft furnishing, curtains and more! What a great item for your recreating pleasure or for gift-giving occassions!

This HISTORIC CD REPUBLICATION includes the "fundamentals", instructions and needle working techniques to make the lovely fancy work embroidery of that gentile era! (Original is NOT for sale)

This is certainly a fine source of historically valuable techniques and inspiration for the creative needlework, fabric and thread artists who desire to study and recreate the Edwardian, WWI, Titanic and Flapper Era clothing and clothing making embroidery embelishment techniques! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful arts and crafts instructional revealing our heritage from early America and European cultures!

Contents

Satin-Stitches

(all stitches include Uses, Materials and Making the Stitch Sections)

Satin-Stitch

Divided Satin-Stitch

Long-and-Short Stitch

Embroidery Initials

Punch Work

Punched Embroidery

Radio Punch Work

Cross- and Shadow-Stitches

Cross-Stitches

Shadow-Stitches

Lattice Basket-Stitch

Cross Basket-Stitch

Tapastry Darning-Stitch

Shadow Embroidery

Bermuda Fagoting

Surface Work

Wheat-Stitch

Herringbone-Stitch

Fishbone-Stitch

Lazy-Daisy-Stitch

Bullion-Stitch

Rambler-Rose-Stitch

Relief- and Drawn-Work Stitches

Relief-Stitches

Drawn-Work-Stitches

Italian Relief-Stitch

Roman Cut Work

Venetian Ladder Work

Drawn Work

Spider-Web-Stitch

Hardangan Embroidery

Remarks on Smocking

Renmarks

Smocking

Kinds of Smocking

Materials for Smocking

Old-Time Smocking

Gathering the Material

Old-Time Smocking-Stitches

Outline Stitch

Simplified Smocking

Honeycomb Smocking

Making a Thread and Needle Container

(Preserves embroider thread, silks, needles and a place for keeping the scissors, thimble and stiletto. An absolute essential to all needleworkers or embroiderers!)

Making the Container

Laundering Embroidery Pieces

Washing

Ironing

Laundering Embroidery Worked with Colored Thread

Cleaning Non-Washable Embroidery

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.

The antique and vintage threads, fabrics, silks, 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 nearby fabric, craft or hobby store…

The CD Republication you will receive is representative of the types of needlework expertise of earlier feminine American culture!!! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment making & recreating the antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!

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 clothing making item.

The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing item on antique frock making. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE item'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 A BOUND HARDCOPY PAPER REPRODUCTION, IN THAT, IF YOU SPILL COFFEE, TEA OR SODA ON YOUR PRINTED PAGE(S) YOU CAN JUST PRINT ANOTHER! 

* A CD REPUBLICATION PROVIDES YOU WITH 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.

Shipping: Within the United States: $3.50 USPS. Out-of-country (including Canada): $4.50. Insurance is optional and runs $1.30 per $50 increments per shipment. Combined shipping is available for all Dakota Prairie Auctions ending within 48 hours. Bead and CD auctions are shipped separately in order to insure they arrive in the very best condition at their new home! You may opt to purchase insurance to cover your item. INSURANCE is optional. We offer our own private insurance for items up to $25 in value and postal insurance for items over $25 value.

Copyright restrictions: All Dakota Prairie Treasures CD products, designs & images are manufactured, copyrighted & owned by us (as is all listing text & photos). CD designs or images, or any part thereof, may NOT be reproduced, used in lessons or duplicated in any media format to be resold or "shared" (either individually, as a package, as machine embroidery products, etc.) without Dakota Prairie Treasures prior written consent. You are permitted to use our products' information for needlecraft items you make for yourself, as gifts, or for items you may produce to sell. However, the original designs & images remain the exclusive legal property of Dakota Prairie Treasures. Any & all violations will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Returns are allowed for replacement on CD products due to manufacturing defects only.