Showing posts with label 1900's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1900's. Show all posts

Friday, 1 August 2014

The Mary Frances Booklets


I found a few other Mary Frances booklets while on my pattern search, though they are not  sewing or knitting related they are vintage and free and utterly adorable, so worth sharing as they make up the set of children's books!

The Mary Frances Gardening Book 
or, Adventures among the garden people 
by Jane Eayre Fryer, with illustrations by William F. Zwirner
1916 via the Open Library


The Mary Frances Housekeeper 
by Jane Eayre Fryer
1916 via the Open Library


The Mary Frances First Aid Book
by Jane Eayre Fryer
1916 via the Open Library


The Mary Frances Cook Book 
or, Adventures among the kitchen people
by Jane Eayre Fryer; full page illustrations by Margaret G. Hays, other illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer


Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

1900's Sewing - 1907 Teddy Bear

1907 Teddy Bear
By Viergach

I have such a weakness for teddy bears so this had to be shared it was adapted from a pattern that dates from 1907!

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

1920's Embroidery - Cross Stitch Samplers

Free 1920's Embroidery Patterns - Cross Stitch Samplers

A wealth of beautiful cross stitch patterns mostly dating from around the turn of the last century to the 1920's. Kindly reproduced by Sentimental Baby.