Vintage Mickey printables

Page 42 was the page number in the German weekly comic "Micky Maus" where a paper craft could be found.
I downloaded the marionettes of Mickey, Donald and Goofy. (The index only mentions Donald but all 3 were there.) Also an advent calendar from 1976 and some Christmas cards. The pages are zipped .jpgs. There often wasn't a preview to see what I was getting...sort of like opening a present, I smiled with each one.

The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850

"Consisting of novel, elegant and useful designs in knitting, netting, crochet, braiding and embroidery with clear and explicit directions for working the patterns."
From Project Gutenberg.

Vintage Postcards 8

Click pics for larger version.

Bye Baby Kitty

Thanks for sharing your life with me.
Meggie 1987-2005

Crochet snowflake patterns

5 shared patterns from Cheryl Smith.

Printable doll clothes patterns

From Jessica Tromp.

A large library of printable patterns for clothes, shoes and hats in a variety of sizes.
11.8in (30cm)
13in (33cm)
14in (35cm)
15 in (38cm)
15.75 in (40cm)
18 in (45cm)
20 in (51cm)
22 in (56cm)
Site is Dutch with English translations. Jessica provides a translation page for the markings on the patterns.
She also shares knitting patterns for people and dolls. The site is extensive and is a fun browse.

Also look at Free doll clothes patterns
http://meggiecat.blogspot.com/2010/05/free-doll-clothes-patterns.html

Also look at baby clothes
http://meggiecat.blogspot.com/search/label/Baby

Tenniel Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland

from Project Gutenberg.
42 illustrations in gif format, zipped.

Direct download here

Free Redwork Patterns

From redwork.info by Barbara Parrish

Indian textile designs

4to40 Indian children's portal offers a huge coloring book library of Indian textile designs.
Scroll down on the activities page.

Vintage Postcards 7

Costumes
Click for larger versions



This one is my favorite. The larger version is bare breasted.

Paper mache recipes from Proptology

Ronnie Burkett's Papier Mache and Modeling Clay Recipes

Owen Jones 1809-1874

From the University of Wisonsin Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture.
Full facsimiles of The Grammar of Ornament (1856) and Examples of Chinese ornament selected from objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections (1867).
Jones, an architect and ornamental designer who served as superintendent of works at the Great Exhibition of 1851, was instrumental in the application of chromolithography to book illustration. In his travels as a young man he became fascinated by Eastern forms, and the books he published reproducing these patterns influenced the design of English wallpaper, carpets, and furniture.
The Grammar of Ornament, one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century color printing, is a systematic presentation of ornamental motifs from the ancient world through the Renaissance. There are several thousand examples; each plate depicts a group with common chronological and geographical origins. The individual plates, lithographed by Francis Bedford, are tied together by a unified color scheme. As the title suggests, Jones intended the work to be used as a practical guide and resource for designers, and the introduction includes a set of principles covering "the arrangement of form and color."
The Grammar of Ornament. 1856

Examples of Chinese ornament selected from objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections. 1867

The color plates are offered in 4 resolutions. If you want to print them choose the largest page size to save. Look for this tool.

Origami Tessellation freeware

My favorite new toy is Tess, an origami tesselation program generously shared by Eric Gjerde .
This little program does not install but runs in Windows ( I have XP home) from a gui.exe.
Do download the Documentation PDF but don't freak out like I did when I read the install instructions...they mention perl etc. The section after that is about running it from the gui which is so easy. Just click the gui.exe and Tess opens.
The patterns can be saved as postscript files which I opened with Illustrator. I've just begun playing but think that this will be useful for paper and quilting projects. Do visit the homepage and check out the gallery.
This is my first Tess.

I'm so happy! It's been a long time since I've found a fun, free art tool.

Decorative Folk Art Painting

Free decorative painting patterns for you to enjoy
from Mounet-Lipp Mural Art.

Free vintage embroidery patterns

Free vintage embroidery patterns generously shared by the Pattern Bee.
Look for "Free Stuff"