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Vintage Embroidery Transfers — Anthropomorphic Dishes

Posted on March 16, 2015September 26, 2016 by Martha

This is Butterick 10202, and I don’t know what year it was published, but it’s pretty darn old. I love anthropomorphic animals, but inanimate objects are even better. My favorites in this group are the brush family, the senior silverware, the plate parade, and the clothespins. I really need to stitch some of these on towels or an apron.

The transfers were a little rough and my digital clean up is far from perfect, but fortunately these are simple drawings, so I don’t think you’ll have any trouble tracing them. Ha! Looking at this envelope, I just realized I forgot to reverse the images. . .oh well, I guess it doesn’t really matter. Click each image for full size.

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plates-on-parade rainy-day-glasses jump-rope stacked tea-for-two food-party coffee-time clothespins baking-cookies dinner-time birthday-cake

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  • 10 thoughts on “Vintage Embroidery Transfers — Anthropomorphic Dishes”

    1. Julie says:
      March 17, 2015 at 1:49 am

      They look fun!
      Julie

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    2. Little Penpen says:
      March 17, 2015 at 6:34 am

      ooooh….. those look kind of scary to me. lol

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    3. Tina says:
      March 17, 2015 at 8:10 am

      I love these designs! I remember embroidering designs like this when I was a little girl – we would embroider them on feedsack cloths to use to dry our dishes. Wonderful!!

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    4. Robin in KS says:
      March 17, 2015 at 9:50 am

      My gramma had dancing crockery embroidered on her dish towels and as an adult I wanted my kitchen to be as much like hers as I could make it. It was, after all, the bright center of my childhood universe. I spent so many pre-internet years searching for those patterns or ones like them and despairing of ever finding them. Now I have a real collection and love stitching new towels and pot holders with these old designs. Thank you so much for making these available for us!!

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    5. Amanda Best says:
      March 17, 2015 at 9:54 am

      These are hilarious! I love them, thanks for sharing!

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    6. Robin Wilkinson says:
      March 17, 2015 at 11:57 am

      Those brushes are just too funny. Since their hair is now a real style, seen on TV even, I wish I could hear the original artist’s comments upon seeing them!

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    7. Carla says:
      March 17, 2015 at 4:43 pm

      Oh wow I think I have seen some of these in my youth. Too funny!

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    8. Leah says:
      March 17, 2015 at 6:55 pm

      These are great!! Thank you for sharing vintage embroidery patterns, I just love them!!

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    9. Sharrieboberry says:
      March 17, 2015 at 7:06 pm

      How does the cup stay on the saucer when it’s jumping rope? These are fun!

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    10. Mickie says:
      March 18, 2015 at 5:10 am

      These are hilarious, love the child with the dishes and the clothespins are wonderful 🙂 Thanks for sharing Martha!
      Hugs,
      Mickie

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