Victorian Mexican Drawn Thread Work Patterns HC 1889!
Antique Victorian
50 Designs for
Mexican Drawn Work with Directions for Working
Spiral Bound
Book Republication™
Originally Published in
1889
by Kate McCrea Foster
Up for bid is another lovely Dakota Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound Book 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)
Our new line of Spiral Bound Book Republications™ oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in use! This is a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to read a pattern's instructions while your hands are full of your in progress project. As an avid needleworker myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral binding for it's ease-of-use alone. I bet you'll love it too!
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,
forms an effective decoration for buffet 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 the 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
Knitting
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 Spiral Bound Book Republication™ you will receive is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment recreating 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 at a high resolution and electronically revamped to provide you
with the very best hardcopy reproduction. Unlike other reproduction sellers this
is NOT a cheap, grainy photocopy! Our Spiral Bound Republication™ has so many more advantages over the original book. What are the benefits of our antique book Spiral Bound Book Republications™? * Our products are produced with front and back covers of heavy stock paper. * Our products are made using the latest LaserJet printing technology meaning the ink will not smear like inferior photocopy or inkjet products do. * Our spiral binding allows your book to lie flat during use for ease of viewing while working on your needlework projects. * Our products do not cost a small fortune for you to obtain and enjoy. * 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 enlarged to full-page dimensions for ease of viewing! * You can gift these wonderful Victorian, Edwardian pattern book finds with family and friends! Curious about the quality of this item? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! You will appreciate the attention we have taken in providing you with a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that will be use for many years to come... Check out Dakota Prairie Treasures' current auctions for many other unique needlework CD & Spiral Bound Book Republications™ for your creative needle working pleasure! Payment: I prefer Paypal but also accept money
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