FUNDRAISING

OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN HAS STARTED!  GOAL: 5000 USD / 6125 CAD AND CURRENTLY AT 80%

To keep our Library up and running, we hold a fundraising campaign from September to December.

This is the link to the donation button: Donate to keep the Antique Pattern Library running!  

If you can’t afford to donate, but would like to help the Antique Pattern Library, introducing the Library to people who don’t know of it yet, is very useful, since it broadens our user base and therefore also our future donor base. Blogs, Tiktok, Instagram, Pinterest, Ravelry, Facebook, other social media – show others your favorite publications and what you made using them. Our work is only useful when people actually use it!

If that is not possible either, just enjoy our new publications either for inspiration or for your own work! 

NEW PUBLICATION 

C-YS204 W.L.M. Clark, Inc. – Grandmother Clark’s Patchwork Quilt Designs
16 pages stapled softcover. Contains 30 quilting designs with the patterns for the patchwork pieces. 1. Small Double Wedding Ring, 2. Double Wedding Ring, 3. Fancy Star, 4. Fancy Flowers, t. Pot of Flowers, 6. Texas Star, 7. Star with Diamonds, 8. Eight-Pointed Star, 9. Pinwheel, 10. Basket, 11. Reverse X, 12. Evening Star, 13. Windmill, 14. Swastika, 15. Maple Leaf, 16. Double Hour Glass, 17. Ornate Star, 18. Jack’s Blocks, 19. Eccentric Star, 20. Mosaic, 21. Sea Shells, 22. Dad’s Bow Tie, 23. Grandmother’s Fan, 24. Sun Flower, 25. Cushion Design, 26. Grecian Star, 27. Cogwheel, 28. Flywheel, 29. Orange Peel, 30. Circle Design. Last page shows nine ways to set quilt blocks together.
Scans donated and edited by Sytske Wijnsma.

Patchwork quilting is a great way to upcycle scraps of fabric, and for the filling rags and leftover pieces of fabric and yarn could be used. Bed covers such as quilts and blankets have always been useful, and are still among the first items rushed to disaster areas. It’s no surprise that in more frugal times a handmade quilt would be valued for beauty, warmth, and cheap materials. Of course the hours of work to make even a small one weren’t counted in the price 🙂