VIRGINIA SNOW
Here are the booklets I know of from Virginia Snow Studio's series under the brand name "Collingbourne's". The name Virginia Snow Studios was a marketing name for Collingbourne Mills, Inc., which published a large number of pattern books for Crochet, but also published tatting, quilting, knitting, smocking, hardanger, and beadwork. Virginia Snow was not an actual person. Collingbourne Mills published during a time period(1910's and '20's) when there was a lot of competition from other great designers like Anna Wuerfel Brown, Adeline Cordet, Emma Farnes, Mary E. Fitch, Sophie LaCroix, Frances Harris, Anna Valeire and the 800lb gorilla of the needlearts, Anne Orr - all popular and master designers of several needlearts. Reviews are of the books of the series that I own. I don't have all the details on this line of books, so you'll see a lot of questionmarks as you go down the list. I will fill in more as I find the information. If you have information to share, please do get in touch.
I found an article on some of the history behind Virginia Snow Studios:
-ILLINOIS QUILT HISTORY:
AND there was a great article in QUILTER'S WORLD(April 2003) that gives some the history of Virginia Snow Studios, Collingbourne Mills, inc., Dexter Thread Mills, Inc., and LeeWards by Susan Wildemuth. I find such background accounts fascinating. I was impressed with all the information Susan was able to dig up!
-Piecing Together the Past of Virginia Snow Studios - Elgin, IL, by Susan Wildemuth
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Bibliography Entries
Collingbourne's Yoke Book #1,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
found advertised in the "Virginia Snow Art Needlework Fall & Winter 1928-1929" catalog published by Collingbourne Mills...
Collingbourne's Crochet Book #2,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
found advertised in the "Virginia Snow Art Needlework Fall & Winter 1928-1929" catalog published by Collingbourne Mills...
Collingbourne's New Easy Way of Making Real Tatting and Maltese Art, Book #2,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1917)
Notes: 15 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Wool Book, Book #3,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
found advertised in the "Virginia Snow Art Needlework Fall & Winter 1928-1929" catalog published by Collingbourne Mills...
Collingbourne's Yoke Book, Book #4,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1907)
Notes: 15 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
found advertised in the "Virginia Snow Art Needlework Fall & Winter 1928-1929" catalog published by Collingbourne Mills...
Collingbourne's ??, Book #5,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's ??, Book #6,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's ??, Book #7,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
An ad in Book 10 says this book contains 200 designs illustrated in colors for cross-stitch, colored embroidery and filet crochet...
Collingbourne's ??, Book #8,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Yokes: Filet, Cluny, Tatting, Book #9,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1921)
Notes: 14 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Filet Book- Yokes, Edgings, Insertions, Medallions, Etc., Book #10,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1912/????(reprint))
Notes: ??/17(reprint) pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
My copy of this book is a later reprint with fewer pages/patterns than the 1st edition...
Collingbourne's New Easy Way of Making Real Tatting And Maltese Art: Book #11,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1917,1920,1925revised(2ppshorter))
Notes: 30 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
The 1925 edition is 2 pages shorter and is missing the 2 tatted purses...
Collingbourne's Elgin Maid Book: Book #12,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1920)
Notes: 30 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
No tatting patterns in this one
Collingbourne's ??, Book #13,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Monogram Initial Book, Book #14,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
Over 150 transfer designs...
Collingbourne's Encyclopedia of Technologic Art Needle Work Instruction: Book #15,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1916)
Notes: 31 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
There is a simple tatting lesson with basic patterns to practice - one is a variation on "Hens and Chicks" called "Hens and Chickens"...
Collingbourne's Inexpensive Gifts in Embroidery-Tatting-Crochet: Book #15,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1920)
Notes: 30 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
...and a few years later they reuse the serial number 15...
Collingbourne's Complete Instructions Bags, Scarfs, Tassels, Cords and Novelties, Book #16,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1920)
Notes: 29 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
All crochet...
Collingbourne's Winifred Clark Crochet Yokes, Boudoir Caps, Book #17,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
This title was a mystery until I found a copy of Book 24 of this series. The ads for their other books clearly show this and book 20 as two of the Winifred Worth(Clark) books...
Collingbourne's New Easy Method of Making Real Cluny Lace: Book #18,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1917)
Notes: 15 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
No tatting patterns in this one
Collingbourne's Authority On Fine Arts: Book #19,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1917)
Notes: 32 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Authority On Fine Arts: Book #19A,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1920)
Notes: 29 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
There is a lovely tatted yoke pattern in the reprint that isn't in the original volume 19...
Winifred Worth's Crochet and Tatting Designs, Book #20,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1915)
Notes: 14? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
This title was a mystery until I found a copy of Book 24 of this series. The ads for their other books clearly show this and book 17 as two of the Winifred Worth(Clark) books.
So I've got to wonder if there is a 3rd printing of this put out through Collingbourne...
Collingbourne's Handcraft Togs for Baby and Junior Designs, Book #21,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1917)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Handcraft Art- Weaving Book of Domestic Science: Book #22,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1924)
Notes: 15 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
Original 1917 edition had 19 pages...
Collingbourne's ??, Book #23,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Edgings and Insertions, Book #24,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1920)
Notes: 18 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Edgings and Insertions, Book #25,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1922)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's ??, Book #26,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's ??, Book #27,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Virginia Snow's Sweater Book, Book #28,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1924)
Notes: 14 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Virginia Snow's Authority on Bead Bags, Necklaces, Etc, Book #29,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: 15 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Collingbourne's Newest Designs in Yokes, Bags, Necklaces, Chokers, Girdles, Garters, Togs for Babies, Book #30,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Emma Post Barbour's New Bead Book, Book #31,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1925)
Notes: 14 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Emma Post Barbour's New Bead Book, Book #32,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1925)
Notes: 14 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Virginia Snow Hook Rug Instruction book, Book #35,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Grandma Dexter New Applique and Patchwork Designs, Book #36-B,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:192?)
Notes: 23 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
This one is for quilters. I don't know if 36A and 36B are just updated versions of the original edition, or if this is meant to be part of a subseries. I know that
36A has a slightly different cover..
Grandma Dexter's Rag and Yarn Rug Instruction Book, Book #37,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: 23 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Afghans, Book #38,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:192?)
Notes: 23 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Smart Sweaters, Book #39,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
knitting and crochet...
Grandma Dexter Crocheted Bedspread Victorian Designs, Book #40,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Virginia Snow Quilting Designs, Book #41,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
Some of these were reprinted in "Quilt World Omnibook Christmas Special 1982"...
Handicraft Art in Apparel, Book #42,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Kwicknits- Knitting and Crochet Apparel, Book #43,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Dexter Crocheted Accessories, Book #44,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Boucle Knitting and Crochet Apparel, Book #45,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Dexter Fashions in Yarn, Book #48,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: 23 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
Mostly knitting with a few crochet patterns; my current copy of this is pretty pounded and needs to be replaced...
Fingercraft, Book #49,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
This one includes crochet and tatting...
Fashions in Fingercraft, Book #50,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: ?? pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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Candlewick Crocheting and Tufting, Book #53,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:19??)
Notes: 23 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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MARTHA WASHINGTON Crochet Book- Designs in Tatting and Filet, Book #101,
by Virginia Snow Studios (TPB:1917)
Notes: 16 pages; Country: USA; Publisher: Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, IL; ISBN: None;
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