- "Ponchos & Parkas" - has 8 patterns; I'm not much of a poncho person, so I don't know if I'll ever use this one; I don't know what year it's from, but it's gotta be the 70s or 80s from the hairstyles
- "McCall's Needlework & Crafts", Summer 1978 edition - this one it one of my favorites that I got; it has a lot of neat stuff!
- "Craftworks for Home" August 1992 edition
- "Crafts", September 1986 edition
- "Better Homes & Gardens: Needlepoint" - don't know if I'll ever use this one, but who knows?
- "Paula Vaughan's Rose Garden" - a very cute cross stitch book with flower patterns
- "Pansies in Profusion" - very pretty cross stitch patterns
- "Inspiration for Everyday" from the Stoney Creek collection - cross stitch
- "Noah's Ark for Baby" - really cute baby designs; I might use this one some day!
- "Sunbonnet Babe" - cross stitch patterns
- "Think on these Things" - cross stitch booklet with verse-inspired patterns
- "Cover Your Buns" - cross-stitch designs for cloth napkins
- "Just CrossStitch", March-April 1985 issue
- "Just CrossStitch", August 1993 issue
- a leaflet for an "Old-Fashioned 'Windowpane' Knitted Afghan"
- "Christmas Cross-Stitch Decorations & Gifts" - 1997 holiday issue of "The Cross Stitcher"
- "Kitchen Stitchin" - cross stitch & needlepoint designs
- "Shaker Apple Basket" - cross-stitch pattern
- "Country & Colonial Stitches: Winter Solstice" - cross-stitch pattern
- "Colonial Fruit Theorem" - stylized cross-stitch patterns of fruit
- "United in God's Love" - 11 cross-stitch marriage samplers; I might make some of these
- "Omnibook of Florals" - an awesome cross-stitch book of flowers
I might be interested in selling some of these, so if you are interested leave me a note and I will contact you.
The things I got from my grandma:
- "The Workbasket", Aptil 1984 edition
- "Coats & Clark's: Old & New Favorites" - some gorgeous crochet patterns for table linens and bedspreads; I don't know if I'll ever have the patients to do anything so intricate!
- "Festive Tatting" - snowflakes and ornaments
- "Woman's Day Book of American Needlework" by Rose Wilder Lane, 1963 (daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder!) - very awesome, and sure to be useful, book!
So I'm excited. Here are some photos of some of the patterns I want to do:
Cute stuffed toy patterns! :
I love the pink and white dress on the right! :
1 comments:
Wow Jen! All those books/magazines for $2! I love the vintage crochet/knit styles of the 70's! Wait, I was born in '75 - I suppose that makes me vintage too...yikes...lol!
And YAY for grandmothers who held on to their crochet/knitting books!
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