Antique Priscilla Flapper Smocking Needle Work CD 1925!
The Priscilla
Smocking Book
CD
Republication™
Originally Published 1925!
Up for bid is another marvelous Dakota Prairie
Treasures CD Republication™
of the original "Priscilla Smocking Book!" "A Collection of
Beautiful and Useful Patterns with Directions for Working" We scanned and reformatted our scare
original and are pleased to offer you this wonderful antique smock
sewing instructional guide for your needle working pleasure!
This HISTORIC 50 page item one of the rarer of the
Priscilla Needle Arts Series and originals tend to go for astronomical prices.
The
last
copy I have found had an
asking price of $75!
This item
includes detailed instructions, images and stitching techniques to make the
lovely patterns included! (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 Titanic and Flapper era historical reenactment enthusiasts, stage and theatre costumers, 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
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 Titanic
and Flapper era fancy needle work sewing techniques! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase
your own version of another wonderful craft instructional revealing our
heritage from early America culture!
Contents:
General
Directions
Gathering
Stitches
Machine
Method
Smocking
Stitches
Shirring by
Means of Dots
Outline
Stitch
Outline Stitch
Variations
Double Outline
Stitch
Single Cable
Stitch
Double Cable
Stitch
Single and
Double Wave Stitch
Double Wave or
Diamond Wave
Curved
Wave
Diamond
Stitch
Feathered
Diamond
Vandyke
Stitch
Double Vandyke
Stitch
Various
Combinations of the Above Stitches
The Making of
Points
Spacing of
Points
Point in Diamond
Stitch
Point in Van
Dyke Stitch
Point in Double
Van Dyke Stitch
An Interesting
Combination
Honey Comb
Smocking done on Hand-run
Machine Stitched
Tucks
Child's Long
Coat
Smocking on
Curved Lines
Honeycomb
Smocking
Child's Biship
Dress Showing Smocking on Curved Lines
Honeycomb
Smocking in Combination with Simple Stitches
Single Cable,
Wave Outline and Feather Stitch
Flower
Smocking
Rose
Point
Rose
Vine
Black-eyed
Susan
California
Poppy
Bulgarian Smocking
7 Dot
Patterns
Vertical
Smocking Another Interesting Variation
11 Dot
Patterns
Surface
Smocking
Designing Smocking Patterns
Backstitch Smocking
10 Dot
Patterns
Pattern
for the Transfer Dot Method of Marking for Shiring Threads
Various
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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 needle worker will be capable of altering as per individual
needs and artistic whim.
The antique and vintage
threads, yarns, 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…
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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