Antique BARBOUR Pillow Lace Embroidery Patterns CD 1894
Barbour's Prize
Needlework Series: A Treatise
on
Lace
Making, Embroidery and Needlework
with
Irish Flax Threads!
CD
Republication™
Originally Published
1894!
Up for
bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures CD Republication™
on "Barbour's Lace Making, Embroidery and Needlework" originally published 1894! The HISTORIC item covers the
gentle art of using needles and various threads (silk, linen and cotton) to make
the daintiest (but also sturdy) laces for home and clothing decoration. (Original
is not for sale)
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This item is a great resource for those who
are SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) members, historical reenactment
enthusiasts, students of historical clothing, fiber and textile arts,
etc!
This item includes scores of patterns and will keep you busy a
long time making beautiful dainty lace items for you and yours, as gifts or to
sell!
CONTENTS
Introduction
Rules
Award of
Prizes
Department I:
Part 1:
Knitting
Linen
Counterpane (Lace and Insertion)
Spider
Lace
Leaf and Shell
Lace
Diamond Lace
Flounce
Link
Lace
Part 2:
Crochet
Paul Revere
Roses
Pansy
Lace
Fuchsia-vine and
Passion-leaf Lace
Arlington
Lace
Part 3:
Tatting
Vesta
Lace
Part 4:
Maltese Work
Hazeltine
Lace
Department 2:
Part 1:
Knitting
Mitts
Turkish
Slippers
Part 2:
Crochet
Tennis
Belt
Picot Point
Doily
Rose Tidy and
Chair-arm Cover
Macrame Fringe in
Crochet
Drapery Chains
and Shade-pull
Rose-spray Applique (Irish
Crochet)
Ribbed House
Slippers
Reins, for
Children
Part 3: Tatting
Dress
Yoke
Sofa-pillow
Department
3:
Part 1: Netting
Parasol
Cover
Baby's
Cap
Antique
Square
Lady's
Tie
Part 2: Macrame
Macrame
Work
Barbour's Patent
Lace Desk
Macrame
Fringe
Ulster
Fringe
Bobbin Work
Bobbin
Work
Grounds
Plain
Net
Plain
Hole
Cloth
Ground
Twisted Hole
Ground
Diamond Point
Edging
Copenhagen
Lace
Spider
Insertion
Department
4:
Cross-stitch for Gingham
Darned Net
Apron
Darned Net
Drape
Department
5:
Bag in Outline
Embroidery
Buttercup Doily (Drawn
Work)
Eglantine Centre-piece (Drawn
Work)
Department 6:
Centre-piece in
Old English Point
Handkerchief in
Princess Lace
Hedeboe
Lace
Lunch Napkins (Drawn
Work)
To Wash
Embroidery
Pages
of Various Victorian Needle and Fancy Work Advertisment's
Explanation of Terms and Abbreviations Used in Barb our's
Prize Needle-work Series
Terms Used in
Knitting
Terms Used in
Crocheting
So this is it! All kinds
of instructions and steel plate etching for making these delightful
lacy motifs and items! Whew!
What a historically
educational and delightful needle art instructional piece this is!
Pretty much everything you need to make the dainty linen Victorian household soft furnishings but
the antique or vintage threads, fabric, hoops or frames, etc. Those 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 or craft store...
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 fiber art and thread worker will be capable of altering as
per individual needs and artistic whim.
The item 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 vintage/antique needlework items for yourself or others dear
to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!
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 Reproduction™ 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 embroidery. 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 Dakota Prairie Treasures' Antique Book CD Republications™? * 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 Dakota Prairie Treasures' current auctions and store listings for many other unique needlework CD Republications™ for the creative muse in you!
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