another cross stitch pattern for you

antique pattern worked on pc

one from lamaison - From the collection of http://www.lamaisondanael.com/livrets_nouveaux/anciens.htm

I really encourage you to go there and download the 'original' documents. I so enjoy the richness of the ORIGINAL image - such a treasure...

I'm working on translating these into KG Chart patterns - a free cross stitch pattern making program... all things in good time.

let's try some patterns

ok - much earlier today we had a power 'dip' as we often do out here in the boonies...

And the post I was working on went 'bye-bye' and now I can't find the darned image!

so much for oranization...

~SR

awesome stitcher's blog

Ingols Patterns

http://own-two-hands.livejournal.com/

Wow, love it!

She recently posted a link to an incredible red work resourse - http://www.jfingalls.com/jfimag001.html This is over 250 pages of scanned original embroidery patterns - so very suitable for red work. Course I snagged the lot...

She has a load of other links to other embroidery resourses, and other crafts as well. Seems she is drawn in as many different directions as I am - I love it!

I have done a bit of drawing over some of the patterns presented in the Ingalls book. See if I can get an image to load here. The full size is almost 6.5 wide by 10.8 inches high. I enlarged the provided scan by 300 percent, and then printed it after playing a bit to clean it up. Then I traced the printed sheet on my light table, and this is what you get :-)

If you use it, great! Sew as many things as you like with the use of the pattern - but don't sell the pattern!

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free antique cross stitch pattern

phew - what a process

finally got my little brain cell wrapped around rapid share, and I have a free antique pattern to share with you :-)

Please note that the pattern is a PMP file - Pattern Maker Pro. You can download a free viewer at http://www.hobbyware.com/. Or give the full version a try... It's an expensive program, but I use it ALL the time.

Very soon I will be uploading KG Chart version files of my patterns. That's a free cross stitch creating program. They also have a free viewer version...

Here's the Rapid Share Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/86007936/DMCMerk_1_te_plate_01.zip.html

This pattern is from the Antique Pattern Library - http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org

... 2008

so here it is already pushing the end of January

We finally signed up for high speed internet service, and got a new computer to boot through the Telus deal. Vista takes a bit to get used to, and it had some serious fits the first few weeks, but, knock on wood, seems to be going along ok now.

I've discovered a few divine internet links recently, and have been downloading some LOVELY antique documents. All to do with needlework and such. Heaven!

A collection of .jpg images from old old old cross stitch booklets, all zipped up for downloading. The site is french, so I got lost pretty easily after snagging these lovelies. The link is http://www.lamaisondanael.com/livrets_nouveaux/anciens.htm

They also have a collection of other patterns, http://www.lamaisondanael.com/grilles/mois.php

Now for the amazing link...
This place has hundreds of pattern booklets in pdf format - free to download and use for derivative works or to share the patterns for free - but NOT to sell the patterns. Some real lovely ones in here - lots of art deco style...
http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/

and if that's not enough to fill your socks, you can check out a site that has provided quite a few documents to the Antique Pattern Library, http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html

Don't let the 'weaving' part discourage you, there are tons of needlepoint, cross stitch, lace, embroidery, and yes - weaving. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds publications, all antique. They actually have a system where you can purchase the files on cd, and I can tell you, the amount of hours I spent here collecting and then burning the files to cd, it would have been well worth it to purchase them. Don't have an 'extra' $250.00 laying around though...

Sooooo. That brings me to my current personal data torture.
One of the books is a study of American Samplers, published in 1921. Quite a lovely book. I wish the images were a bit higher resolution, but hey, it's free. And quite a lot of information on sampler in the 1600 - 1800. The torture part comes in here. I've decided to use this particular book in my personal education and study of the art of the sampler.

I hope I can make separate blog entries for this project. I'm not real familiar with this whole blogging thing, we'll see how it all goes shall we?

:-) hugs to all my loved ones (-:
Sandra Rose