Public Domain Arts & Crafts Collection

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Title

Subject

Arts & Crafts

Description

Excerpts from Public Domain Sewing manuals, embroidery pamphlets, basketry books, and more!

Collection Items

An Embroidery Pattern Book by Mary E Waring ca 1917

Tags embroidery, sewing, Sewing Manuals
Diamond Garment Cutter by Goldsberry, Doran, & Nelson ca. 1895

Tags 1800s, 1890s, 1895, sewing, Sewing Manuals
Dressmaking Self Taught in Twenty Complete Lessons byMadam Edith Marie Carens ca 1911

Tags 1910s, 1911, sewing, Sewing Manuals
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Grace Christie

Tags 1900s, 1906, embroidery, fiber arts, Tapestry Weaving, weaving
Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking by Bertha Banner ca. 1898

Tags 1800s, 1890s, 1898, sewing, Sewing Manuals
National Garment Cutter's Book of Diagrams ca. 1888 by Goldsberry & Doran

A Collection of Cutting Diagrams circa 1888

Tags sewing, Sewing Manuals
The Lady's Knitting-book by Elvina Mary Corbould ca. 1879

Tags 1800s, 1870s, 1879, Knitting, Knitting Manuals
The National Garment Cutter by Goldsberry and Doran ca 1884

Tags 1800s, 1880s, 1884, sewing, Sewing Manuals
Weaving With Paper Rope by Dennison Manufacturing Company circa 1922

A guide on weaving baskets with paper rope and wire via 1922.

Note on the text regarding the arrowhead stitch on page 27. This is a very common basketry weave, and if you decide to use it please do not call it Native American “inspired” or “Indian design” basketry. There are hundreds of different tribes, with many of the designs specific to those tribes and to the regions. Purchase baskets from actual Indigenous owned stores instead instead of giving money to people who steal, stereotype, and monetize another’s culture, or making “inspired” creations yourself that do the same.

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Tweedle's Trove Library
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