Category: Embroidery Patterns

Here’s another cute Mother Goose newspaper series. This group was published in 1941, and was illustrated by Laverne Bartos. Click any image for slideshow.

Newspaper series of nursery rhyme patterns published in the 1930s. Click any image for slideshow.

Over the weekend I dove into the giant box of cut and loose transfers.  I suspect these were published by McCall’s, because they are the Disney version. Click images to enlarge. UPDATE:  I added a new Dopey image below with a few changes to the original that I think make him look a little happier and less deranged.    …

It’s sad . . . I’ve never embroidered a Sunbonnet Sue pattern, although I have a lot of cute Sue transfers. Here are a couple of designs published by Vogart and Alice Brooks. There is another Sunbonnet pattern by Laura Wheeler on an earlier post. As usual, click images for full size. Vogart 105, Little Susan…

Here are some sweet bluebird designs from two different manufacturers. Click images to enlarge. Vogart 671 — DOW Bluebirds   Laura Wheeler 676 — Kitchen Towels  

Who doesn’t love elephants, and these are just so cute. I’ve been organizing and cataloging my transfer collection, and I’m also trying to scan and clean at least some of them at the same time. As usual, click images to enlarge. Laura Wheeler 740, Kitchen Towels No instructions with these Laura Wheeler transfers, since they were cut…

This could have been a day in my life in 1987, except for the mopping. Click images to enlarge.

This is one of my favorite Superior patterns — adorable little kitten dishes. I wish I had a real set of china in this pattern. Click images for full size.

This set includes ten different flower designs in two sizes, with duplicates of each. I especially like the marigolds and the sweet peas, because I don’t often see them in old transfers. To browse my vintage transfers, click on “embroidery transfers” category, or type “transfers” in the search box. Click images to enlarge.  

The number 52 referenced on the envelope must refer to the number of actual transfers in the set (including duplicates), and not to the number of different designs, but I may be missing a couple as these have been cut. Twelve additional transfers from this set can be found in an earlier post. To browse my other vintage transfers, click…

I’m not sure if I have a complete set of these 52 Small Designs for Linens, but there are lots in the envelope. Some of the designs would be awfully cute on toddler clothing as well. I’ll continue cleaning and uploading until they are all posted, so more transfers coming tomorrow. To browse my other vintage transfers, click…

These sweet bow alphabet letters were drawn by Sarah Hale Hunter and published in newspapers on two consecutive Sundays in 1909. She suggests the following method for executing the designs: The letters should be carefully padded and then worked in solid satin stitch, making the stitches as close together and as evenly as possible. The…

links to other posts in this series: Introduction, Figure 1 (girl), Figure 2 (boy), and Figure 3 (girl).

Here is the twin of the peasant girl in Figure 1 —  this twin has braids and a different dress.  I enjoy reading these old instructions because they are written in a very quaint style — lots of adjectives and arcane expressions.  “Nancy” tells you how to use a “modified fly stitch” for the scallops…

links to other posts in this series: Introduction, Figure 1 (girl), Figure 3 (girl), and Figure 4 (boy)