FUNDRAISING

OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED!  GOAL: 5000 USD / 7000 CAD AND CURRENTLY AT 0.03%!

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!  

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 now for the new publication:

LA LAYETTE BRODEE

P-NK002 Patrons Favoris No. 59 – La Layette Brodee
Embroidery for baby clothes and linens. Bibs, baby shoes, dresses, shirts, bed cover, pillow, baby cap, cloak, cape, baptism dress, cradle and carriage skirts and covers. No sewing patterns, embroidery only. Style art deco. The embroidery is fairly simple, edgings and some over-all patterns, as well as motif suitable for children. All illustrations black and white except the double center page.
32 pages, stapled.
Scanned by Nettie Kraaij, edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

Practical baby clothes and linens can still be beautiful even without those lacy frills that babies love to get their hands on (cue tearing sounds, because babies look weak and small, but their grasp with hands and mouth is surprisingly strong.) This book shows how hand embroidery can be used to decorate sewn baby items without going over the top and making things impossible to launder, which is a primary concern for baby stuff. Knitted baby clothes are now more often used, but in summertime the items shown here would be more comfortable during a heat wave than woolly fabric. If you have youngsters in your environment or are expecting some to arrive in the near future, consider some linen or cotton pieces to complement their outfits.