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#m4874 - VINTAGE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT KITS - $18.00

THIS LISTING HAS A LOT OF 3 COUNTED CROSS STITCH ORNAMENT KITS!

THESE ARE NEW OLD STOCK AND THERE’S #1272 PUPPY, #1273 KITTY, AND #1268 CHILD WITH TREE.  KITS ARE COMPLETE AND CONTAIN 18 COUNT AIDA, DIE CUT SHAPE, LACE, FLOSS, AND NEEDLE.

THESE KITS ARE UNOPENED – STILL IN THEIR PLASTIC PACKAGING -- AND WERE MADE BY DESIGNS FOR THE NEEDLE.

THE CANDLE COUNTED CROSS STITCH KIT IS FREE – A GIFT TO YOU!

#m4834 – VINTAGE FABRIC MATERIAL WITH SMALL PRINT DESIGN SOLD

THIS LISTING HAS COLORFUL VINTAGE FABRIC! IT MEASURES 34” X 49 ¾” AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. FABRIC IS COLORFUL AND HAS A SMALL PATTERN MAKING IT PERFECT FOR DOLL CLOTHING, CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, TREE SKIRTS, ETC.

 

#m4808 – 3 1/3 YARDS VINTAGE CROCHET TRIM - $30.00

GORGEOUS VINTAGE TRIM IN THIS LISTING! IT’S CROCHET, MEASURES 3 1/3 YARDS LONG, 3 ½” WIDE, AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

 

#m4807 – THREE YARDS VINTAGE LACE TRIM - $28.00

ANOTHER VINTAGE LACE TRIM LISTING! THIS ONE IS 2” WIDE, 3 YARDS, LONG, AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.


 

#m4806 – 3 YARDS VINTAGE LACE TRIM - $28.00

THIS LISTING HAS 3 YARDS OF VINTAGE LACE TRIM! IT MEASURES 2 ½” WIDE AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.


 

#m4600 – VINTAGE PARAGON GOD LOVES THE CHILD SAMPLER KIT - $18.00

THIS LISTING HAS A VINTAGE UNOPENED PARAGON SAMPLER KIT! PER PACKAGE, SAMPLER IS ON PURE BELGIAN LINEN AND WILL FIT 8” X 10” FRAME. IT IS KIT NUMBER 0296.

PER PACKAGE: “CONTAINS STAMPED SAMPLER ON PURE BELGIAN LINEN AND “PERI LUSTA” FILO EMBROIDERY THREAD”.

THE QUOTE IS “GOD LOVES THE CHILD WHOSE WORDS ARE MILD”.

#m4589 – ASSORTED LOT OF VINTAGE TRANSFER PATTERNS SOLD

I HAVE GROUPED SEVERAL/MANY VINTAGE TRANSFER PATTERNS INTO THIS LISTING! THEY ARE NOT SHOWN IN PHOTO – THEY ARE ALL INSIDE THE VINTAGE VOGART PATTERN ENVELOPE. LOT INCLUDES: 

TRANSFER PATTERN #7239. IT HAS INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE “CROCHETED BUTTERFLY”. “THIS PATTERN CONTAINS MOTIFS TO BE USED WITH CROCHET BUTTERFLY ON TOWELS, SCARFS, OR PILLOWCASES”. 

INCLUDES:  PATTERN #702 – ROSES OF ALL SIZES AND DAISY PILLOWCASE DESIGN. 

INCLUDES PATTERN #349 – QUILTING MOTIF, FLAT IRON DOORSTOP, SHOWER PLACE CARD, CROSS-STITCH BEDROOM ENSEMBLE, AND FLORAL CANDLE MOTIF. ONE TRANSFER ITEM CUT FROM SHEET, COULDN’T DETERMINE WHAT IT WAS. 

INCLUDES SCENIC WATER WHEEL, TREES, LILY OF THE VALLEY FOR MAY BIRTH MONTH. ALSO NUMBERS FOR DATING PROJECTS. 

INCLUDES #122 – 4 DIFFERENT SIZES/STYLES OF ALPHABET FOR MONOGRAM OR PERSONALIZATION, 2 STYLES MR. & MRS., 1 HIS & HERS, MILITARY BADGES, WINGS, ETC. 

INCLUDES: HOBBYHORSE HEAD, STOLE WITH SIMPLE EMBROIDERY AND SEQUIN MOTIFS, OLD TIMEY DAY OF THE WEEK TEA TOWEL DESIGNS, CROSS-STITCH ROOSTER FOR NAPKINS, LUNCHEON CLOTH AND PAN HOLDER, OLD FASHIONED TULIP IN CROSS-STITCH FOR PILLOWCASES, PANSY CUTWORK PILLOW SLIP, CRIB QUILT ANIMALS, FLORAL LUNCHEON SET, HUNTING SCENE PICTURE. 

INCLUDES: LUNCHEON SET, CHAIR SET (ANTIMACASSAR) IN CROSS-STITCH (ONE FOR BACK IS OF A HUNTING SCENE AND FOR ARM OF CHAIR IS A LARGE TREE) – REALLY NEAT! 

INCLUDES: PILLOWCASE PATTERNS – BASKETS, ROWS OF DAISIES, MR., MRS., PATTERN HAS “HIS” BUT THE “HERS” HAS BEEN CUT OUT AND IS MISSING, AND SCARF OR 3 PIECE VANITY SET MOTIFS. 

ALL INCLUDED FOR ONE PRICE!

#m4588 – VINTAGE VOGART TRANSFER PATTERNS - $10.00

THIS LISTING HAS AN UNUSED VOGART VINTAGE TRANSFER PATTERN, NUMBER 604! IT IS FLOWERS AND CUTE KITTENS. NICE!


 

#m4587 – VINTAGE VOGART TRANSFER PATTERNS - $8.00

ANOTHER UNUSED VOGART PATTERN SHEET! THIS ONE IS NUMBER 695 AND IS TITLED “DAINTY MOTIFS”.
 

 

#m4586 – VINTAGE VOGART TRANSFER PATTERNS SOLD

THIS LISTING HAS VOGART REPEAT TRANSFER PATTERN NUMBER 128. THE VOGART SHEET HAS NOT BEEN USED. PRIOR OWNER ADDED A COUPLE EXTRAS/REPEATS BUT THESE ARE ON THE THINNER PATTERN PAPER. THE EXTRAS ARE 2 OF THE BIRDS WITH BOW AND 2 OF THE ORCHIDS (I NOTED THAT IN PENCIL ON THE ENVELOPE). THESE EXTRAS ARE ALSO FORM NUMBER 128, JUST DIFFERENT PRINTING DATES. NICE.
 

#m4585 – VINTAGE VOGART PILLOWCASE TRANSFER PATTERNS SOLD

GOSH – LOOKING AT THE MANY ITEMS I’VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS WITH INTENTIONS OF USING/MAKING BEAUTIFUL HANDCRAFTED ITEMS, WELL I MUST HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE FOREVER! SORTING THROUGH MY SEWING BASKET THE OTHER DAY, I FOUND OODLES OF VINTAGE TRANSFER PATTERNS – ALL PURCHASED AT ESTATE SALES MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I THOUGHT I WOULD COLLECT TRANSFERS AND ONE DAY BECOME VERY CREATIVE. 

THIS LISTING IS A VOGART REPEAT TRANSFER PATTERN SHEET, NUMBER 715. IT IS UNUSED AND COMPLETE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE BIRD TRANSFER IS MISSING (I NOTED THAT ON ENVELOPE IN PENCIL). ORIGINAL PRICE OF 29 CENTS IS STILL ON ENVELOPE. NICE!

#m4365 – “JUST RITE” TATTING SHUTTLE - $30.00

THIS LISTING HAS A METAL TATTING SHUTTLE! FRONT HAS “JUST RITE, PAT. APPLIED FOR”. A PIECE OF THE PAST!

 

#m4150 -- VINTAGE MATERIAL BY HOUSE ‘N HOME FABRIC - $38.00

THIS MATERIAL IS SO PRETTY AND IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE ARE 4 YARDS, 31 ½” – ALMOST 5 YARDS -- OF FABRIC AND IT IS 45” IN WIDTH. FABRIC IS HEAVY WEIGHT COTTON AND PRINTED INTO THE BOTTOM SELVAGE IS: “COPYRIGHT HOUSE ‘N HOME FABRICS & DRAPERIES, INC. 1980”.  MATERIAL IS PERFECT FOR DRAPERIES, PILLOW COVERS, ETC.
 

#m3880 – BOOK NO. 199 – “LACES AND EDGINGS” (1943) - $12.00

ANOTHER SUPER NEAT BOOK BY THE SPOOL COTTON COMPANY! THIS ONE IS TITLED “LACES AND EDGINGS”, HAS 23 PAGES, COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1943, AND IS A SECOND EDITION. THERE ARE DESIGNS/INSTRUCTIONS FOR CROCHET AND KNIT EDGINGS FOR HANKIES, TOWELS, ETC. THIS IS A SUPER BOOK THAT IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION!
 

#m3879 – BOOK NO. 218 – “EDGINGS, 100 OLD AND NEW FAVORITES” - $15.00

THIS BOOK (22 PAGES) HAS DESIGNS/INSTRUCTIONS FOR CROCHET AND KNITTING EDGINGS! IT HAS A COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1945 BY THE SPOOL COTTON COMPANY AND THIS IS THE 7TH EDITION OF THE BOOK. THERE ARE DESIGNS FOR EDGINGS FOR HANKIES, SHEETS, PILLOWCASES, TOWELS AND MORE. BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (THERE IS SOME WRITING ON TOP CORNER OF ONE PAGE). SUPER!
 

#m3878 – BOOK NO. 31 – “STAR GIFT BOOK” (1944) - $20.00

THIS BOOK BY AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY IS TITLED “STAR GIFT BOOK” AND HAS DESIGNS/INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITEMS TO KNIT, CROCHET, AND TAT. INCLUDED ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOUSE SHOES/SLIPPERS, CROCHET APRONS (SO POPULAR AND HIGHLY SOUGHT BY TODAY’S COLLECTORS!), HANDBAGS, HANKY EDGINGS, TWO DOGS AND A CAT, DOILIES, HOTPLATES, AND MORE. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CROCHET GLOVES! IF YOU COLLECT VINTAGE ITEMS, YOU KNOW CROCHET GLOVES ARE “HOT” ITEMS THAT ARE IN DEMAND WHICH MAKES THEM INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND –WITH THIS BOOK, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN! BOOK HAS 31 PAGES, COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1944 AND IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION WITH SOME PAGE YELLOWING/AGING AND SEAM SPLITS ON COVER PAGE. NEAT ITEM!

#m3877 – BOOK NO. 207 – “TATTING” (1944) - $15.00

ANOTHER SUPER NEAT TATTING BOOK! THIS ONE IS TITLED “TATTING, A FASCINATING BOOK OF DELICATE LACE DESIGNS”, HAS 23 PAGES, AND HAS A COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1944 BY THE SPOOL COTTON COMPANY. INCLUDED ARE DESIGNS/INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANKY EDGINGS, CHAIR SET, BOUTONNIERE, COLLAR, DOILIES, AND – SURPRISE – EARRINGS!  ONE HEADING OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS “SPUN SUGAR ACCESSORIES, GLAMOUR FOR THE WHITE COLLAR GIRL” – WHICH DEFINITELY DATES THIS TO THE WAR YEARS. BOOK IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION, IT HAS ONLY 2 CENTER STAPLES (RUSTED) AND IT HAS ALLOWED THE PAGES TO COME LOOSE FROM THE COVER – A NEW STAPLE WILL FIX IT GOOD AS NEW!

#m3876 – BOOK NO. 159 – “NEW THINGS HAPPEN TO TATTING” (1941) - $15.00

NEAT TATTING PATTERN BOOK WITH COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1941! I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE ART OF FINE TATTING BUT DIDN’T REALIZE THERE WERE DIFFERENT DESIGNS – WITH NAMES – I JUST THOUGHT TATTING WAS TATTING. THIS BOOK (23 PAGES) SHOWS TATTING DESIGNS OF “TRADITION”, “WEDDING BELLS”, “BUTTERFLY”, “FLEURETTE”, “DEBUT”, AND “FORSYTHIA”. THERE ARE PATTERNS/INSTRUCTIONS FOR TATTED BOUTONNIERES, REFRESHMENT AND LUNCHEON SETS, DOILIES, COLLARS, CUFFS, HANKIES, AND SO MUCH MORE! THE LAST PAGE HAS TATTING “HOW TO” DIRECTIONS. BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A PERFORATION ON BACK THAT GOES INTO A FEW PAGES (APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PLACED ON A BLUNT OBJECT) – NOT DETRACTING AND DOESN’T INTERFERE WITH INSTRUCTIONS OR PATTERNS IN ANY WAY!

#m3875 – BOOK NO. 141 – “TATTING” (1939) - $15.00

ANOTHER VERY COLLECTIBLE AND USEFUL BOOK! THIS ONE IS “TATTING”, COPYRIGHT 1939 BY SPOOL COTTON COMPANY. IT’S A 3RD EDITION AND HAS 23 PAGES. THERE ARE TATTING PATTERNS FOR TOWELS, HANKIES, COLLARS, AN “EXQUISITE BABY CAP”, AND MANY OTHERS. BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A SMALL SPILL STAIN (SODA OR COFFEE) ON PAGE EDGE (MARGIN) – DOES NOT AFFECT PATTERNS/INSTRUCTIONS IN ANY WAY.
 

#m3874 -- BOOK NO. 256  “HANDKERCHIEF EDGINGS” - $30.00

THIS IS A SUPER ITEM THAT IS NOT ONLY VERY COLLECTIBLE BUT IS VERY USABLE – IT’S A HANDKERCHIEF EDGINGS BOOK (15 PAGES) WITH A COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1949 AND IT’S A FIRST EDITION! SOME OF THE PAGE HEADINGS ARE SO CUTE – “BLOW AND BEHOLD”, “RIGHT ON THE NOSE”, AND (MY FAVORITE) “WILL YOU BE MINE?, DAINTY EDGINGS WITH COME-HITHER WAYS”. VERY GOOD CONDITION.
 

#m3377 – GLASS TURTLE PIN CUSHION HOLDER - $30.00

THIS IS A CUTE LITTLE GLASS TURTLE WITH A PIN CUSHION ON HIS BACK! TURTLE MEASURES 2 ½” TALL (AT TALLEST), 1 ¾” WIDE (AT WIDEST), AND 3 1/8” LONG (AT LONGEST). EXCELLENT CONDITION – NO CHIPS, NO CRACKS!

 

#m3068 – HOMMER SEWING BOX - $48.00

NEAT SEWING BOX MADE BY HOMMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF NEWARK 5, NEW JERSEY, USA! IT’S “MARBLEIZED” RED PLASTIC WITH CLEAR PLASTIC LID THAT SHOWS TWO KITTENS PLAYING WITH A BALL OF YARN. BOX MEASURES 8” X 6” (AT BOTTOM), LID IS HINGED AND WORKS GREAT. IT’S IN SUPER CONDITION WITH MINOR SCUFF MARKS FROM USE/STORAGE – NOTHING DETRIMENTAL! BOX IS THE PERFECT SIZE TO HOLD A CROSS-STITCH PROJECT SO YOU CAN KEEP EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE – BUT WOULD ALSO BE A REALLY NEAT JEWELRY BOX!

#m3017 – HEXE NEEDLE THREADER (WEST GERMANY) SOLD

THIS NEEDLE THREADER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IN THE ORIGINAL BOX! IT’S A HEXE NEEDLE THREADER AND PER BOX: “MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY, GERMAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS”. VERY USEFUL ITEM! 

 

#m2958 – HOMMER SEWING BASKET / BOX - $38.00

THIS IS A SUPER NEAT SEWING BOX MADE BY HOMMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY! IT’S A PRETTY MARBLEIZED BLUE COLOR AND HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE TRAY. EXCELLENT CONDITION!

 

#m2823 – VINTAGE LINEN TOWEL TO EMBROIDER SOLD

THIS IS SUCH A NEAT TOWEL – I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IT TO EMBROIDER FOR MY LINEN COLLECTION. PLEASE SEE PHOTO FOR DETAILS – THE TOWEL DOESN’T REQUIRE A LOT OF EMBROIDERY BECAUSE THE “PRIVATE EYE” IS APPARENTLY INVISIBLE. TOWEL HAS ORIGINAL PRICE TAG OF 39 CENTS FROM S.S. KRESGE CO.
 

#m2812 – PROGRESS #1529 VINTAGE BABY QUILT “SWEET DREAMS” - $150.00

THIS IS A VINTAGE QUILT KIT – TOP, BINDING, AND INSTRUCTIONS – TO COMPLETE A BEAUTIFUL BABY QUILT TITLED “SWEET DREAMS”. QUILT IS STAMPED CROSS-STITCH AND EMBROIDERY, CUT SIZE IS 42” X 60” WITH FINISHED SIZE 40” X 58”. THIS IS A “PROGRESS” QUILT, NO. 1529, AND LISTS THE THREAD REQUIREMENTS, BACKING, ETC. THAT ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE QUILT.

#m2804 -- COUNTED CROSS-STITCH “LOVE IS KIND” SAMPLER KIT (NIP) SOLD

MADE BY J. & P. COATS, THIS IS A COUNTED CROSS-STITCH KIT TITLED "LOVE IS KIND". NEVER OPENED, KIT CONTAINS COTTON EMBROIDERY FLOSS, GOLD BEADS, 14 COUNT IVORY AIDA, THREAD HOLDER AND INSTRUCTIONS. IT HAS A COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1994.
 

#ch1121 – COUNTED CROSS-STITCH TREE SKIRT KIT (NIP) SOLD

THIS LISTING HAS A COUNTED CROSS-STITCH KIT TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TREE SKIRT! 

KIT CONTAINS: CHARTED DESIGN, #14 AIDA, FLOSS ORGANIZER AND COTTON FLOSS, METALLIC THREAD, IRIDESCENT THREAD, NEEDLES, BEADS, CORDING, AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS. 

PACKAGE HAS NOT BEEN OPENED AND STILL HAS REMNANTS OF ORIGINAL $40+ PRICE TAG/STICKER!

#m2731 – "RING A ROUND O’ CROCHET” HEMSTITCHED CIRCLES SOLD

MADE BY AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY, THESE ARE VINTAGE “RING A ROUND O’ CROCHET” HEMSTITCHED CIRCLES ALONG WITH AN INSTRUCTION/PATTERN PAMPHLET! THE MATERIAL MEASURES 11” X 12 ¼” AND THERE ARE 36 CIRCLES. THE PAMPHLET HAS INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING THE CIRCLES FOR CROCHET AND THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR IRISH CROCHET DESIGN, MEDALLION DESIGN, “DAINTEE” DESIGN, SPIDER DESIGN, ETC. THE PAMPHLET SHOWS A COPYRIGHT DATE OF 1941. IF YOU CROCHET DOILIES, YOU’LL LOVE THESE WONDERFUL ITEMS FROM THE PAST!

#m2654 – HOMMER SEWING “BASKET” (RED) - $38.00

THIS IS A NEAT ITEM – A SEWING BASKET MADE BY HOMMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF NEWARK, N.J.! IT’S IN WONDERFUL CONDITION AND STILL HAS THE INSERT TRAY – SUPER COLLECTIBLE AND A USEFUL ITEM.

 

#m2633 – TWO SIMPLICITY, ONE BUTTERICK PATTERN, SIZE 16 - $28.00

THESE ARE NEAT RETRO PATTERNS! THE BUTTERICK PATTERN IS SIZE 16 (BUST 36), ONE SIMPLICITY PATTERN IS ALSO SIZE 16 AND THE OTHER IS SIZE 16 ½ (HALF-SIZE SLENDERETTE)! THEY HAVE BEEN USED/CUT BUT CAREFULLY HANDLED, FOLDED AND STORED IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE.
 

#m2568 – TATTING SHUTTLE AND GERMANY THIMBLE - $28.00

I’VE GROUPED THESE TWO SEWING ITEMS INTO ONE LISTING -- THERE’S A NEAT TATTING SHUTTLE AND A THIMBLE! THE SHUTTLE IS GREEN PLASTIC AND WAS MADE BY “THE BOYE NEEDLE CO, CHICAGO”. IT’S IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME PLACES THAT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A HOT NEEDLE – PROBABLY CHECKING TO SEE IF IT WAS BAKELITE (IT’S NOT). THE THIMBLE IS STAMPED “10, GERMANY”. NEAT ITEMS!

#m2167 – POODLE -- CLOTHES BRUSH, SEWING KIT (GERMANY) SOLD

THIS IS A NEAT RETRO ITEM – A CLOTHES BRUSH WITH ZIPPERED COMPARTMENT THAT CONTAINS A MINI SEWING KIT, TWEEZERS, ETC! INSIDE IS STAMPED “MADE IN GERMANY FOR ROSENFELD”. THE TOP IS DECORATED WITH A POODLE AND FLOWERS. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION – THE POODLE IS DECORATED WITH WHITE SEED BEADS AND A FEW ARE MISSING – THAT’S IT!

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