SOLD 5 Vintage European Needlework Booklets * £12 €18 $30 Including Shipping

The first of these booklets above - in spite of the wording on the front cover - is a delightful Swedish publication.  It is all in colour. 

There is a mixture of cross stitch patterns

and stem stich patterns all for working on linen.

The Cartier-Bresson family is probably more better known outside Europe for the famous photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. However, his father was a wealthy textile manufacturer, whose Cartier-Bresson thread was a staple of French sewing kits.

And as a complement to the threads, there were also pattern books

and here you can see one delightful example.

No puntos for guessing the origin of the old booklet above - it is obviously Italian

it is all cross stitch and includes a mix of geometric, figurative

and alphabetical motifs and patterns.

Then there is a DMC booklet of Scandinavian Cross-Stitch

and it, too, contains a mixture of figurative, geometric and alphabetical motifs.

Last but not least is this handbook of Needlework Tapestry produced by Weldons.

All 5 booklets are softback each with between 18-22 pattern pages.