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From the
vintage bookshelf
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Contact us at: demoisellemail@yahoo.com |
From the
vintage bookshelf
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SINGER SEWING LIBRARY...A quartet
of booklets all published during the '20s and
'30s, including: Shortcuts
to Home Sewing -- A compendium of quaint tips and
tricks How To Make Dresses -- A pretty little book to inspire "woman's creative instinct and love of beautiful things" How To Make Children's Clothes -- Our favorite of the four, this little volume has instructions for all sorts of the timeless togs from the era. How To Make Draperies, Slip Covers, Cushions and Other Home Furnishings -- This is full of really clever ideas. The set comes in its original case-like box. The booklets have a little yellowing from age, and the case has some scratches, but overall it is in good shape. #BK1...$34.95 We also have one copy apiece of How To Make Children's Clothes and How to Make Dresses, which can be bought separately. #BK2 (Children's Clothes) or #BK3 (Dresses)...$9.95 each (SOLD)SUNBONNET LIL...  Similar to the Crinoline Lady crochet patterns, Sunbonnet Lil is a darling touch for linens. This booklet, dated 1950, has instructions for any number of adorable variations on Lil. Pictured below is part of the centerfold display, adapted for towels. BK30...$12.50 
MARY THOMAS'S EMBROIDERY BOOK ...
CRINOLINE LADY IN CROCHET... This classic J.P. Coats crochet motif is highly collectible,  adapted for everything from milady's hankie to her pillow cases. #BKcrin...$15
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 (SOLD) THE DOLL BOOK
What a classic for dressing any vintage doll. Published by J&P Coats, Clark and Chadwick's Heart yarns in 1951. Includes dresses and gowns for composition and hard plastic dolls as well as costumes for smaller hard plastic dolls of many nations.#BKdoll...$12 
HARDANGER EMBROIDERIES
From the incomparable DMC Library, this is a pair of hard-to-find editions (DMC notoriously fails to note dates on many of their books) that appears to be from the 1940s or 1950s. The projects are exquisite. 
(SOLD) THE TETZNER BOOK OF HARDANGER EMBROIDERIES AND FILET CROCHET
From the Dorothy Bradford collection, this 1932 booklet has some fantistic hardanger ideas for tableclothes, hand towels, etc., as well as some pretty filet crochet designs for chairbooks. 
(SOLD) THE COMPLETE HARDANGER BOOK
By Sara Hadley, this 1905 booklet is filled with some of the prettiest, most dainty hardanger, many designs modeled by ladies in the Gibson Girl mode. (This book is a little more delicate than most of ours but not bad condition for its age.) 
More
from the DMC Library collection, |
We are offering some of our discoveries
here.
...What a cute little book, featuring a wide array of basic embroidery stitches. All are shown in primary colors, so adorable on a toddler boy or girl, though all can be used on pastels for an heirloom touch.
This is from the"Needlework Development Series," and is No. 3 in that series.
This hard-bound volume is a must-have, from one of the doyennes of embroidery.
STAR NEEDLEWORK JOURNAL
Terrific old needleworker's magazine dated 1923 from the rarely found Star series (only the second one we have ever offered), includes crochet, tatting, whitework and other embroidery.
(SOLD) NEEDLECRAFT EMBROIDERY BOOK ...
This is one of those wonderful old needlework catalogs with everything from needlepoint to embroidery to cross-stitch to cutwork. There are some beautiful quilts pictured and lots of ideas for hand-stitched gifts.