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Garden Studio Quarterly (October 1932)
Garden Studio Quarterly (October 1932)
Periodical · 11 pages · weaving drafts
October 1932 issue of Garden Studio Quarterly and Weaving Service by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve. It gives instructions for a Swedish embroidery weave, in which cross-stitch patterns from the Danish book Vaevebog for Hjemmene are picked up over groups of warp threads with a sail needle and a binder weft. It includes a twill-threaded draft from the John Landes collection, with full directions and sketches for weaving and making up an under-arm purse, a change purse and a coin purse, and ends with an old coverlet pattern draft from about 1820 with warp, weft and yardage notes for cushions and runners.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1933)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1933)
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
First issue of a 1933 quarterly of handweaving instructions and patterns from the Garden Studio and its weaving service. It gives project directions for a bridge cloth and napkins, curtains and towels using Swedish embroidery weave, and a luncheon set from a Danish draft taken from linen woven in 1775. Two pages carry weaving drafts, and another page shows graph-paper motifs for needlework or pattern charts.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1933)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1933)
Periodical · 11 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a 1933 quarterly of weaving instructions by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve. It covers French Tapestry weave with cross-stitch style design charts, a woven silk neck scarf and purse, and a knitting or shopping bag woven from a Southern coverlet draft dated before 1850. It ends with a worsted dress material from a John Landes draft in the Pennsylvania Art Museum. Each project gives warp and weft materials, sett, threading, treadling and making-up directions, with drafts and diagrams.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1933)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1933)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small 1933 weaving service publication by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve, giving project instructions using Bernat yarns. It includes a baby blanket woven on a twill draft taken from a Danish book, a crib cover in plain weave with Swedish embroidery and tapestry motifs (elephant, duck, rabbits), and a tuck-in pillow and chaise longue throw woven on the coverlet pattern 'Saturn' or 'Star and Rings' from the Valley of Virginia. Pages of colored charts and drafts accompany the instructions, and a supplier for the materials is named.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1933)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1933)
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
October 1933 issue of Garden Studio Quarterly and Weaving Service, edited by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve. It gives project instructions for small handwoven items: a tray cloth and napkin set in Swedish embroidery weave with six corner motifs, a book cover woven in the 'Four Keys' four-shaft draft, and utility and traveling cases woven in the 'Forget-me-not' draft. Each project lists warp, weft, sett, reed, weaving lengths and making-up steps, with drafts, color suggestions (Bernat's and Garrett's materials), and cutting and layout diagrams for the cases.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1934)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1934)
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
January 1934 issue of a small weaving-service quarterly by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve. It gives instructions for Danish looped weaving, including history, the rod technique for picking up loops, a draft, and a table cover project in blue cotton. It also has a page of colored counted-grid motifs for Swedish embroidery weave and French tapestry weave, with suggested uses and yarn sizes, and a honeycomb draft for a narrow runner taken from an 1840 Virginia bed cover, with materials and threading directions.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 1934)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 1934)
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
An April 1934 issue of a small weaving-service quarterly from the Garden Studio in Brookline, Massachusetts, giving project instructions with drafts. It includes curtain tie-backs woven in Swedish embroidery weave from six charted border designs, a woven hand bag with a change purse and fastening strap (with threading, materials, and making-up directions), and a tweed coat or suit fabric adapted from Caroline Halvorsen's Haandbog i Vaevning, with an 8-treadle tie-up.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 1934)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 1934)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
July 1934 issue of Garden Studio Quarterly and Weaving Service, edited by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve. It gives instructions for a chenille Nursery Rug with rabbit design in Swedish Embroidery weave, with charts of six small pictorial designs. It also has a Porch Pillow worked from a c. 1840 Southern coverlet draft (with threading directions for pillow and coverlet), and a linen-derived counterpane draft with warp, weft, sett and finishing details. A short notice offers custom yarn dyeing and a source for netted fringe.
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 1934)
Garden Studio Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 1934)
Periodical · 11 pages · weaving drafts
October 1934 issue of Garden Studio Quarterly and Weaving Service by Myra L. Davis and Kate Van Cleve, with project directions for hand weavers. It includes colored charts of counted-thread motifs for Swedish and French embroidery weave on linen (bureau scarf, bridge cover, curtain border, bibs, guest towels, table cover corners), warp and stripe plans for wool scarves in stripe and plaid, and a zipper purse. The purse draft is taken from the 1723 John Speck book in the Pennsylvania Museum. Threadings, reed sizes, yarns, warp counts and color suggestions are given, along with a note on filled warp beams for Structo looms.
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