How To Make Battenberg & Point Lace

CD Republication

Originally Published - 1900!

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Up for bid is a CD-ROM REPUBLICATION of ANTIQUE VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN "How to Make Battenberg & Point Lace" by Nellie Clark Brown and Published by the Priscilla Publishing Company in 1900! This is a lovely battenbery and point lace stitch and knot instruction book for the lovers of the lavish and lovely needlearts! The experienced needlecraft and fancywork artesians of the late 1800's (Victorian era) to early 1900's (Edwardian era) clamoured for this type of item and with good reason! (Original is NOT for sale)

This HISTORIC REPUBLICATION ON CD book contains many steel plate etchings, needlework instructions and fundamentals for creating the extremely handsome soft furnishings of the Victorian/Edwardian/Aesthetic periods! You will also find historical facts on the ancient art as well as various RARE and UNIQUE guidelines to assist you along the way to recreating the needleworked items of a classy and gentile society!

I have also included 12 FULL-PAGE SIZED ANTIQUE VICTORIAN BATTENBERG & EMBROIDERY doily and center piece patterns to get you started! The patterns can be quickly and easily enlarged or reduced in size using these features of the commonly available copier machines or pattern resizing tools from a craft or hobby store! :)

Here is an OLD, ANTIQUE, RESOURCEFUL AND EXCEPTIONAL Battenberg and Point Lace instructional CD REPUBLICATION. These instructions are characteristic of the fancy work done by our oh-so-feminine lady ancestors during the Victorian and Edwardian eras! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful craft book revealing our heritage from early America and Europe!

Contents:

How to Make Battenberg and Point Lace

Selection of Materials

Braid and Thread

Rings

Basting and Overcasting

Turning Corners

Scallops and Loops

Overcasting

Cutting the Braid

Basting the Rings to the Pattern

Fastening the Thread

Preparing a Sampler

Lace Stitches. Bars.

Sorrento Bars

Plain Twisted Bar

Double Twisted Bar

Plain Buttonhole Bar

Buttonholed Bars with Pinned Picots

Buttonhole Bar with Picot

Bar with Buttonhole Picot

Bar with Two Rows of Dots

Raleigh Bars

Bar with Picot Made in Bullion Stitch

Buttonholed Bar with Picot in Bullion Stitch

Way of Working Quatrefoil in Bullion Stitch

Trefoils in Bullion Stitch Worked on Bottonholed Foundation

Branched Bars, or Buttonholed Bars

Branched Buttonhole Bars

Bar with Lace Picot

Buttonhole Bar with Lace Picot

Point d'Anvers Bars

Wheels or Spiders

Spinning Wheel #1

Spinning Wheel #2

Spinning Wheel with Knotted Circles

Spinning Wheel Rosettes

Detail of Spinning Wheel Rosette

Insertions

Plain Russian Stitch

Twisted Russian Stitch

Column Stitch

Insertion of Single Buttonhole Stitch

Insertion of Buttonhole Stitch

Insertion with Cones

Insertion with Reversed Cones

Beaded Insertion or D'Alencon

Insertion with Small Wheels

Bars of Point d"Angleterre

Insertion with Large Wheels

Insertion with Branches #1

Insertion with Branches #2

Leaf Insertion

Cluster Insertion

Network Stitches

Single Net Stitch

Double Net Stitch

Three Stitch

Buttonholed Net Stitch

Point de Venise Stitches

Point de Venise Stitch #1

Point de Venise Stitch #2

Point de Venise Stitch #3

Point de Venise Stitch #4

Petit Point de Venise

Point de Venise Stitch #1

Point de Venise Stitch #2

Point de Venise Stitch #3

Point d'Espagne - Spanish Point Stitches

("a group of very distinctive difference from the other lace stitches")

Open Spanish Point

Spainish Point #1

Spanish Point #2

Spanish Point #3

Spanish Point #4

Spanish Point Insertion

Shell Insertion

Spanish Net Stitches

Spainish Net

Double Spanish Net

Grouped Spanish Net

Triple Spainish Net

Spainish Net #2

Spainish Net #3

Venetian or Point de Sorrento Stitch

("one of the prettiest and most effective groups of stitches used")

Line Stitch

Venetian Stitch #2

Double Venitian or Cobweb Stitch

Darned Figures on Venetian Background

("one of the most beautiful and popular")

Spider or Wheel Stitch

("a very rich and beautiful filling for large spaces")

Point de Bruxelles (Brussels Point)

Point de Bruxelles #1

Point de Bruxelles #2

Point de Bruxelles #3

Point de Bruxelles #4

Point de Bruxelles #5

Point de Bruxelles, "Pea" Stitch

Greek Net Stitch

Point Turque - Turkish Point

Turkish Point

Point de Filet. Net Groundwork Stitch

Point de Felet

Bruges Stitch

Point d'Angleterre

Point d'Angleterre Rosette Stitch

Hour-glasses

Net with Rosette Stitch

Greek Crosses

Point de Reprise

Combination and Miscellaneous Stitches

Combination Stitches #1

Bullion Stitch Used for Background

Point de Valenciennes

Combination of Brussels Net

Fans

Woven Rays

Diamond Stitch

Point de Sorrento

Bullion Insertion

Knotted Russian Stitch

Combination Stitches

Combination Stitch, Brussels Spanish Net and Venetian Stitch

Combination Stitch #2

Combination Stitch #3

("exceedingly beautiful stitch was taken from a piece of lace made in Ireland")

Combination Stitch #4

Connected Needle-made Picots

Isolated Needle-made Picots

Net or Applique Lace

Method of Applying Braid to Net

How to Wash Lace

(includes type of soap to use, style of washing, water temp, starching, ironing, blocking, etc.)

Pretty much everything you need to make the dainty Victorian household linens, clothing and decorative laces and embroideries but the antique or vintage threads, fabric, hoops or frames, etc. Those can be readily found on online! You just have to hunt a little bit! :) Or, you can obtain the contemporary materials at your nearest fabric or craft store...

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This information has been processed onto CD-ROM to be used with the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download the latest FREE version of this software quickly at www.adobe.com . This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD REPUBLICATION of this resourceful book.

The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing collection of antique needlework. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.

What are the benefits of an antique book CD Republication?

* Every image and every page has been scanned at a high dpi to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!

* These scans are completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs! They are reformated in full-page sizing for better viewing of details, etc.!

* Each page is saved in PDF format at a high dpi and is readily accessible using the downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page, pages or the entire book!

* Each time you want to use an image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last!

* Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case!

Curious about the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...

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