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Antique Patterns Restored and Reproduced

Not to brag- but we have a massive collection of vintage embroidery transfer patterns and mail order patterns from 1900's, 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. Our collection includes designs from Alice Brooks, Laura Wheeler, The Workbasket, Anne Adams, Vogart, and some very rare patterns from Superior Transfer Designs, American Thread Company, Diane Transfer Patterns, Betty Burton, and Joseph Walkers.

The old patterns are so versatile you could use them to make "new" flour sack kitchen towels, as motifs on aprons, pillow cases, dish towels, table cloths, pot holders, pan holders, toaster covers, mixer covers, quilts and so much more. The baby patterns have a traditional charm that can be used to embellish baby quilts, crib sheets, burp cloths, baby bibs, diaper covers, baby bonnets, baby booties, infant layette, pinafore, clothing and diaper bags (the list is really endless).

Vintage Pattern Directory

Retro Anthropomorphic Fruits and Veggies Embroidery Patterns	Vintage Bird Embroidery Patterns	Vintage Cat and Kitten Embroidery Designs
Children and Baby Quilts	Vintage Dog and Puppy Embroidery Designs	Vintage Embroidery Kitchen and Days of the Week Designs Charming embroidery patterns from the past, all carefully restored. Old days of the week tea towel motifs, hand embroidered pillowcase designs, antique aprons and more. Colorful Rooster Bluebird Designs for a Colorful, Complete Kitchen Old Mexico in Towel Ends Days of the Week Dutch Girl Towels DOW Flower A Day Pattern Rare Scotty Dog Days of the Week Embroidery Patterns Darling Days of the Week Chore Letters Luscious Fruits and Cunning Maids Roses and Rosebuds Vintage Kittens and Puppies Kitchen Axioms Traditional Charm for Kitchen Today and Tomorrow's Modern Kitchen Motifs Daisy Baskets To Decorate Your Linens Vintage Bee Smart Embroidery Pattern Mexican Motifs For Kitchen and Breakfast Nook Americana Kitchen Pattern "Good Morning" Rooster Patterns Animated Kitchen Fruit Pattern Amusing Colorful "Eye Catchers" for the Kitchen Chef's Salad Bowl Little Miss Vintage Dutch Girl and Boy Vintage Barnyard Chicken Dish Towel Patterns and MORE!
Vintage Hand Embroidered Pillow case and Pillowcase Dress Patterns Bright, Cheerful Flowers for Cases Motifs with bandings to Match Kittens-Swans-Pansies for 3 Pairs of pillowcases All-Time Flowers for Three Pairs of Cases Orchids, Bluebirds, Flowers Delightful Flower Borders for Pillow Cases and Towels Dreams for your Dream Home Smart and Colorful New Bedroom Motifs Amusing Easy To Do Motifs With Toddler Appeal Graceful Motifs for Your Best Pillow Cases Charming Butterflies and Deer Popular His and Hers Pillow Cases Dramatic Designs Kitten and Squirrel Pillowcase Patterns Butterflies, Roses and Daisies Baskets and Flowers Graceful Deer and Roses Kittens and Flowers Colonial Girl and Spring Flowers	Potholder Patterns	Vintage Sunbonnet Sue Patterns Adorable sunbonnet sue quilt, embroidery, applique and doll patterns
Wedding and Bride Embroidery Designs
Allison Ray Designs Patterns
Dog Sewing Patterns Dog Jacket Dog Bandana Dog Belly Bands Dog Blankets and Beds Hooded Towel Leash Dog Sling Pattern Dog Vest and Harness Free Dog Toy	Allison Ray Designs Activity Bag Pattern Arm Chair Caddy Boutique Overall Double Shopping Cart Cover Pattern Nap Mat Pattern Quilted Shopping Cart Cover Twirl Dress T Shirt Dress Pillowcase Dress	Free Paper Piecing Patterns Little Monkey Block Whirl Foundation Piecing Empty Block Bug Jar Paper Piecing Hippy Witch Foundation Pattern Crazy Quilt Pumpkin Block

Gallery of vintage tea towels, potholders, aprons, quilts and baby items.

Vintage hand embroidered tea towel made from pattern #V127Luscious Fruits and Cunning Maids.

Charming antique flour sack towel made from pattern #V273 Traditional Charm for Kitchen and Dinette.

Delightful hand embroidered kitchen towels made from pattern #V283 (also #V406)

One of my favorite towel patterns- made from #V293 "bee smart"

History of Vintage Patterns

Grit Needle Craft
Founded in 1885 the magazine is still in business today. It became a glossy magazine in 1996, prior to that it was a rural newspaper that was delivered by newsboy and direct mail distribution. A magazine that offered mail order patterns. Some of the designs included a designer name and some with a number only. Popular designers for Grit were Anne Adams, Mirian Martin, and Laura Wheeler.
Workbasket
The mail order magazine began in 1935. They offered lace, needlework, iron on, embroidery and transfer patterns. The workbasket transfers were suppliments to the magazine that was published by Modern Handcrafts of Kansas City. The original patterns were printed on a small sheet that was stapled inside on newsprint. Later the patterns were printed on 21"X30" (large sheet) on newsprint and came in an envelope to customers who renewed their subscription or ordered the specific pattern. Interestingly enough, most sheets "workbasket" marked on them. However, most were red lined and numbered. The transfers were often an assortment of designs that were unrelated. To date workbasket patterns- look at the number printed on the transfer sheet: C901 series were printed in October 1935, C902 series was printed November 1935, 2-900 series were printed on January 1944.
Other Popular Pattern Companies:

Ladies Home Journal, Workbasket, Ladies Home Companion, Alice Brooks, Iris Lane, Spadea, The American Weekly, Superior, Star Pattern, Pricilla, Peerless and Early Pictoral Review, Vogart, Walkers.

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