Giveaway on Feeling Stitchy!

Hi all! I'm giving away one copy of The Kitchen Linens book over on Feeling Stitchy.

If you love vintage transfers or collecting vintage embroidery, this book is right up your alley, so go checkout the giveaway!

Frouffy Pillowcases

Because one always needs frouffier pillowcases. This was in a pile of scraps I had, no label, no manufacturer - it is green-lined. I even tried ironing one of them (there were 2) and it worked!

And yes, that's an actual new scan you see up there! It's fairly impressive considering I scanned it using an almost-dead hard drive. In fact, the sheer effort it took my sad, wheezing, clicking hard drive, sent it to the grave. That's right, people, I worked my computer to death. For you. Enjoy! :)

By the way, I've been getting a few repeated questions that I haven't been able to answer due to time constraints (and no computer). Please read the FAQ on the right hand side and that should answer any questions you have about transfers that have gone away.

Patterns from other peeps...

I know, it's been awhile since I've shared anything of my own. What with my personal life and my trusty Mac being on the fritz, I haven't been able to scan anything new.

So I thought I'd share some links to patterns from other generous people:
from doe-c-doe:
2 Spring flowers
3 cute teacups and kettle

from wee wonderfuls:
Spring cleaning Stitchette

from Badbird:
Hearts and birds (January free pattern)
Folk rabbit (March free pattern)
Bird and Flower sampler (November free pattern)

from Annie Oakleaves:
Buggy
Eenies
Cute animals

from Polka dot bunny:
Forest animals

Angel heads

Pattern here!

I've been itching to stitch this kitschy little angel head for awhile now, so I was tickled to see Julie's awesome version. Read more about her project on her blog.

Creepy cute, glassy-eyed animals

You want this acorn? You just try and take this acorn from me.

Ok, I know the intention was not to make these animals look creepy by leaving their eyes blank. The manufacturers just figured you'd fill that in with a satin stitch, so why waste ink. I love however, the unintentionally creepy, "Village of the Damned" effect it creates, and what with Halloween approaching, maybe some of you could work your creepy magic on these? Something along the lines of Zombie Jitterbug Girl? Just an idea....

Thanks again to Erin, for allowing me to share these from her collection! And creepy or not creepy, let me know if you stitched these! :) Also, thank you to Jessica from How About Orange for featuring this blog! Her blog is amazing and it's an honor to be featured. Welcome, everyone who is visiting thanks to her, and be sure to come back soon! :)

free patterns - click to get larger size and print!

Design 648 - Olden Days

free patterns - click to get larger size and print!

The summer is almost over! I don't know about you, but I still call it "summer" until the end of September, which is fast upon us. Here's some nice "Olden days" transfers from Erin to help you celebrate the last of it, "olden style". :)

I love the charming drawing style on these transfers, and the sleigh ride is probably my favorite... a nice cozy scene in anticipation of chillier times!

Thank you Erin!

About the sudden disappearance of Vogart transfers...

I, like a quite a few collectors out here in blogland, was under the impression that Vogart was no longer in business. Since the transfers had no copyright symbol on them and were printed at an early enough time to have passed into Public Domain, we were confident that it was okay to share them online.

However, one of my blogging friends recently had 2 of her Vogart pattern images removed from her Flickr stream with a note from Flickr saying it was an infringment of copyright to post them. After doing a trademark search we found out that the Vogart trademark is owned by Plaid industries. Regardless of whether or not the pattern images themselves are in the Public Domain, I decided to remove all my Vogart pattern envelopes and free patterns. I'd love to be able to show examples of my Vogart collection, but I wouldn't want my Flickr account or images to be deleted in the process. (Or, of course, to violate copyright) :(

My aim in sharing Vogart images was never to make money but for educational purposes: I wanted to catalogue my collection and share this knowledge with other collectors. I also wanted to share one free pattern as an example of the envelope contents, again as an aid to collectors and historians.

The good news is this might mean Plaid is considering re-issuing the Vogart patterns, which would be something to look forward to. For now, though, it is a bit of a bummer not to be able to share with you, but the last thing I'd want to do is violate copyright law. Because if the trademark is owned by a company still in business it is entirely possible that the old pattern images were copyrighted at some point.

So, farewell for now to Vogart, and I hope to see you again soon! I'll leave you with an excellent guide to all the Vogart patterns for your reference: http://www.sewingpalette.com/supplies/vogart.html

I'll continue to post pattern images for other companies no longer in business, and again, only when I am sure I am not infringing on copyright.