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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.

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Boutique Overalls and Altered Overall Patterns

Fantastic way to repurpose old overalls, alter overalls to fit growing kids, make a really unique outfits.

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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