FUNDRAISING

OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED!  GOAL: 3575 USD / 5000 CAD AND CURRENTLY AT 36.29%!

To keep our Library up and running, we hold a fundraising campaign from September to December.

This is the link to the donation button: Donate to keep the Antique Pattern Library running!  

Your donation pays for costs of supporting our projects such as scanners and other hardware, the occasional shipping costs for people who want to donate books but can’t afford the transatlantic shipping costs, general costs such as internet service provider, office address, and our application for charity status. Volunteers do the scanning and editing, and new books are paid from our private purses. 

Occasionally we get the question “Why don’t you just sell your stuff, you’d need no donation then?” which is correct, but not in accordance with the idea that our heritage should be available to everybody who wants to use or appreciate it, and profit is no part of that. To keep that, we do need donations. So, if you have a couple dollars to spare, we’d be glad to have them!

IF YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO DONATE, BUT WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE ANTIQUE PATTERN LIBRARY, INTRODUCING THE LIBRARY TO PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW OF IT YET, IS VERY USEFUL, SINCE IT BROADENS OUR USER BASE AND THEREFORE ALSO OUR FUTURE DONOR BASE. BLOGS, TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST, RAVELRY, FACEBOOK, OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA – SHOW OTHERS YOUR FAVORITE PUBLICATIONS AND WHAT YOU MADE USING THEM. OUR WORK IS ONLY USEFUL WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE IT!

And what if we don’t make our goal?

We will continue our work as best as we can, as long as we can pay the administrative costs and our hosting provider. New publications might get a bit scarce though. If you enjoy looking through a new publications every now and then, please think of us!

And today’s new publication:

NEW PUBLICATION

filet pattern – bird on a branch

Q-YS005 Bird on a branch
A monochrome pattern of a bird on a branch with leaves and fruits. Probably a filet pattern. It was included in a larger collection of loose leaves and partial pattern books.
Loose leaf, monochrome turquoise print on yellowed paper.
Scan donated, edited and charted by Sytske Wijnsma.