Anybody interested in embroidery transfers (Woman's Day magazine inserts, Gerek recognized them, his mom got them too) & crochet patterns (all Alice Brooks) from the 50's & early 60's? Almost none of it is dated, but he used the transfers to teach himself embroidery when he was around 7 or 8 (HIS idea!), so that would definitely be early 60's.
Sets of theme transfers for tea towels (7 days a week), designs for pillowcases, lots of floral and ribbon alphabets, LOTS of misc. bits, very few complete sheets (she used them!) I grew up with her handwork, floral embroideries and crochet edgings on pillowcases, mostly, from this sort of pattern. All the baby layette stuff she made for us also had decorative embroidery, too. She did mostly textile crafts for years and years, I have a lot of stuff, she even did large tablecloths (but don't have any of those patterns in this stuff). Also a handful of the Kansas City "The Work Basket, home and needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit" publications, let's see, volume II (don't know if that's 2 or eleven), May-Sept & Nov, don't know the year. Oh, published by Modern Handcraft, Kansas City MO. They have instructions for about 4 projects per issue. Including one for knitting your own "soakers"!!! Anyway, anybody interested in post-war, baby-boom stay-at-home Mom needle-crafty-ness, let me know. Or not. I've sorted what I want and there's 8.5x11 by about a "fluffy" inch deep left. Would rather see them go to someone interested than into the fireplace. Patsy/Chimene _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
