Rose and Tropical Birds. I have divided the m according to the ir reference value to the Varicor patterns. These books have the instructions and patterns that closely match the original Varicor company patterns. Varicor Embroidery Design. Rosie Montague. Dimensional Embroidery. Book 1, 2 and 3. Zeann Aguilar. Brazilian Embroidery Instructions. Barbara Demke Johnson.
In the se books, Brazilian dimensional embroiderers start studying the angles and lines that worked best for bullions and cast-on stitch, creating some of the ir own designs and new stitches, though many look like the original Varicor flowers.
These are very helpful in recreating the Varicor patterns as well. Janice Levine. The Bossa Nova Rose and Friends. Mary Clark and Vee Wedow. Floss Flowers, Book One. Virginia Chapman. JDR Brazilian Embroidery. Ria Quik Ferrell. The following books demonstrate that Brazilian embroiderers world-wide were well on the ir way, choosing the ir own topics, like North American Wildflowers, to creating a multitude of original flower arrangements, landscapes and animals the y could call the ir own.
Brazilian Embroidery Book 1. Maria Freitas. Brazilian Three- Dimensional Embroidery. Tropical Lagoon. Donna Friebertshauser. North American Flowers in Three Dimensions.
Mary Kurbis. Stitching the Wildflowers of Virginia. Peggy Crawford. Brazilian Embroidery. Christina Entwistle. Take a Stitch. Rosalie Wakefield. Short-link Link Embed. Share from cover. Share from page:. More magazines by this user. Close Flag as Inappropriate. You have already flagged this document. Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean.
The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible. Delete template? Cancel Delete. All Rights Reserved. The folks behind Antique Pattern Library do a fantastic job scanning and cataloging a whole variety of needlework books, and many of them are excellent old embroidery books. Browsing can be a bit like falling into the Black Hole of Oblivion, only to emerge to a day half-gone. All the books are free for downloading, although you can support APL by donating, if you wish — there are buttons on the site.
The books are in PDF format, which means you should have the latest version of Adobe Reader on your computer to successfully download and view the books. Your best bet — the easiest way — to view the PDFs successfully every time is to use Chrome. You might consider installing Chrome to use as an alternative browser when visiting APL, if you plan to visit there often. The links below will take you directly to the PDFs on Antique Pattern Library, so if you have difficulties opening them, check your software and your browser.
Le Dessinateur de Broderies — PDF — This one, in French, is mostly a lace-related book lots of lace designs for embroidered laces , the designs and drawings can be used or manipulated for surface embroidery as well. The book is mostly design. Motifs pour Broderies Part 1 and Part 2 — Part 2 has a great collection of line drawings of the embroidery motifs in the book.
Many of them would make a great springboard for further design ideas. The designs in this book are perfectly suited to hand embroidery.
Some are quite charming and would adapt well into redwork and other surface techniques. Therese Dillmont — catalog list — Any of her books are worth browsing! I hope this little list provides you with some stitching inspiration, or at least with a pleasant weekend diversion. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of replies via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Each time I click on one of the links you have above, I am asked for a password. No, no membership is required.
And not just books for embroiderers — there are loads of crochet and tatting patterns, for example. The enthusiastic people who run it rely on our donations to keep the site going, so if you find something wonderful on there, please give something if you can and support them.
Perfect for inspiration and my skim-browsing has already given me ideas and there were at least two designs I think I can utilize. The weekend hopefully will provide time for more thorough browsing. The search tip was appreciated also. Thanks again! I will browse the list of books you have recommended above. Thanks so much for sharing this information I think you can add computer whizz to your many talants.
I hope you have a great weekend. Love, love, love APL! APL runs on donations, and it is a tremendously useful resource; definitely worth dropping a buck or ten into the bucket. What a fantastic resource. I have two of the D. Motifs Pour Broderies books that I picked up decades ago, and have always wondered whether others were still available.
Well, here they are, along with so many other fantastic resources. Thanks so much for sharing! Dear Marie, Danke, the deutch book is beautifull. Thank you for the links, french book are write in english! Never mind, I looooove Antique Pattern Library. Thanks Mary for sharing this website. Also, I love your stitch tutorials. They have really helped the quality of my work. Dear Mary, Thank you very much for these tips! The goldwork book is a real gem. Have a nice day, Jessica.
APL is a great resource but I get bogged down sometimes with the volume of amazing old books there are to browse. Thanks for the links to these gems!
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