Victorian Mexican Drawn Thread Work Patterns CD 1889!
Antique Victorian
50 Designs for
Mexican Drawn Work with Directions for Working
CD
Republication™
Originally Published in
1889
by Kate McCrea Foster
Up for bid is another lovely Dakota Prairie Treasures CD Republication™ "50 Designs for Mexican Drawn Work with
Directions for Working!" There are 36 pages of
patterns and instructions! These folks provided some of the best
instruction books for the needle arts ever published! The experienced
needlecraft and fancywork artisans of the late 1800's clamored for this type of
item and with good reason! (Original is NOT for sale) All Dakota Prairie Treasures CD Republications™ are viewable on Windows, Mac and Linux pc operating systems! This item is a great resource for those who are Victorian and Edwardian historical reenactment enthusiasts, students of historical clothing, theatre, fiber and textile arts, etc! FYI: Many
of our customer's favorite CD Republications™ are now becoming
available in Spiral Bound Pattern Book™ format!
If you would prefer these antique instructions as a Spiral Bound Pattern Book™ instead of a CD Republication™ please email! We will list it for you asap and email you it's listing number to expedite your order!
This HISTORIC item covers the gentle art of using linen, cotton or other materials,
needles & various threads (silk, linen and cotton) to make the daintiest (but also
amazingly sturdy) decorative drawnwork
needlework doilies, centerpieces,dresser scarves, tidies, linens
and clothes for the classiest of homes & families!
This HISTORIC item includes over 50 steel plate
etchings!
You can see this book will keep you busy a long
time making beautiful, dainty, colorful decorative soft home furnishings and
fabric items for you, yours, as gifts or to sell!
These instructions are
characteristic of the fancy work done
by our oh-so-feminine lady ancestors during the Victorian, Edwardian and Titanic eras! This
is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful arts
and craft book revealing our heritage from early America and
Europe!
An Excerpt:
"Mexican Work, or Drawn-Work, as it is commonly called,
formes an effective decoration for buttet or bureau covers, table scarfs, tea
cloths, doylies, tidies, pillow shames, tray cloths or carving napkins. It may
be worked upon any material that is of sufficiently loose weave to permit the
threads to be drawn, but it is especially adapted to the decoration of linen. It is very durable, and when white thread is used for he work it will in no way injured by washing...
"
CONTENTS.
The Linen
The
Thread
The
Preparation
Hemstitching
Faggoting
Patterns
Single
Marriage
Double
Marriage
Feather-stitching
Darning
Twist Stitch
Cord-stitch
Plus many
unnamed
"Simple
Stitches"
Simple
Patterns"
"Effective
Patterns"
"Combined
Stitches"
"Effective
Borders"
Darning
Circles
Back-stitching
Back-stitched
Circle
Woven Square
Spider-web
Pattern
Design for Filling
Corner Square #1
Design for Filling
Corner Square #2
Ring of
Kntting
Diamond
Patterns
Hourglass
Knotting
Tying Fringe Method
#1
Tying Fringe Method
#2
Various
Advertisments for Prang Paints
&
Goods, Cotton, Linen and Silk
Thread Goods, Brigg's Transfer Patterns, Clothing Patterns, etc...
What a historically educational and delightful art instructional
piece this is!
The European and American 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, needles, hooks, 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
European and 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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