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This image was scanned from the Dianna May Martin personal library collection

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • PROJECTS:
    • Profile of a Lady Trivet and two Potholders(Sunbonnet Lady with Flower Pot, Two Flowerpots)
    • Ladies and Lipstick(embroidered ladies applying lipstick or smelling red flower)
    • Image of a Lady- Applique/Embroidered for Pillow
    • Three Modern Misses- Ladies enjoy boating, horseback riding and driving
    • 32.5" x 47" Sitting Pretty Quilt(applique)
    • Sheer and Sensational(organza pillows tinted and embrodered)
    • A Gracious Gathering(embroidered bolster, cat pillow, portrait)
    • Days of the Week Tea Towel Set
    • The Simple Things Linen Towels
    • Dreams of Leisure Pillowslip Embroidery
    • Vintage Aprons
    • Pincushion Ladies
    • Perky Pincushion Dolls
    • Exotic Ladies Bag
    • 76"x76"Ladies on Parade(applique/embroidery quilt)
  • Tinting with Crayon
  • Embroidery Stitches

Title: Ladies of Leisure: Vintage Quilts, Linens & More
Author/Designer: Margaret Allyson
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2003
Publisher: Design Originals, Ft. Worth, TX
Language: English
Page Count: 98
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1574215167

SUMMARY- I was enchanted with several of the patterns, but they commit the cardinal sin of crossing the ditch(this is a square bound book, not saddle stitched), so you are going to either have to break the spine of your book, or awkwardly trace the pattern on something see through if you want an undistorted image. There are lovely patterns here, but really, Design Originals should know better than to package them this way. I had an interesting time just wrestling with the book to creat the Table of Contents...