Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America
References and Resources
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Antique Quilt Dealer
Stella
Rubin, 12801 Esworthy Road, Darnestown, MD, 20878 (301) 948-4187
website:
www.stellarubin.com
e-mail:
stellarubin@verizon.net
Books
12th Blue Book: Dolls & Values by Jan Foulke (Grantsville, MD: Hobby House Press, 1995), 244-248.
A Treasury of Kate Greenaway (Bath, England: Robert Frederick Publishers, First edition, 2000).
A Treasury of Needlework Projects from Godey's Lady's Book, Edited and Compiled by Arlene Zeger Wiczyk, (New York, NY: Arco Publishing Co., 1972).
Collecting Rose O'Neill's Kewpies by David O'Neill and Janet O'Neill (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., August 30, 2003). ISBN: 0764318551.
Kate Greenaway's Painting Book with Outlines from Her Various Works for Boys & Girls to Paint (London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co.). This vintage book is not dated.
Kewpies: Dolls & Art with Value Guide, 2nd Edition by John Axe (MD: Hobby House Press, Inc., 1987).
Red & White American Redwork Quilts by Deborah Harding (New York: Rizzoli International, 2000).
Redwork Renaissance: 49 Designs from an 1893 Coverlet by Patricia Lynne Grace Cummings (Concord, NH: Quilter's Muse Publications, 3rd edition, 2006). out of print
Rose O'Neill Kewpies and Other Works by Lois Holliday Holman (L.H. Holman, 1983), 160 pages. ASIN B00064RBSO.
Sarah Josepha Hale: A New England Pioneer, 1788-1879 by Sherbrooke Rogers (Grantham, NH: Tompson & Rutter, Inc., 1985).
Sarah Josepha Hale: The Life and Times of a Nineteenth-Century Career Woman by Norma R. Fryatt (New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1975).
The Art of Kate Greenaway: A Nostalgic Portrait of Childhood by Ina Taylor (Gretna: Pelican Publishing, 1991).
Trautes Heim Glück allein: Gestickte Sprüche für Haus und Küche by Eva Stille and Ursula Pfistermeister (München, Germany: Süddeutscher Verlag GmbH, 1986).
Under the Window by Kate Greenaway (New York: George Routledge & Sons). This vintage book is not dated.
Wahrig Deutsches Worterbuch, (Munchen, Germany: Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, 1980), column 1773. Pages are not numbered. ISBN: #3570016315.
Internet Sources
http://www.ortakales.com/illustrators/
Denise
Ortakales has written, “Rose Cecil O'Neill (1874-1944), a
pictorial essay on the life and works of the illustrator.”
http://www.myantiquemall.com/AQstories/Kewpies/Kewpies.html
Information
about the history of Kewpies, written by JoAnn Wright.
http://www.cplwcho.org/spotlight_1004.html
"She
Loves to Draw Children,” an article by Robert S. French in the
Columbus Dispatch, June 1925.
www.bettyalderman.com
Betty
Alderman, quilt designer who loves Redwork
Kim Bunchunk's site: www.Sunbonnetsue.com
Mail-Order Resources
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd street, Mineola, NY 11501-3582
The following publications are part of the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. They feature reprints of designs from the first quarter, twentieth century. Descriptions are based on a letter from Sandra Munsey, sent to my Redwork list online.
Decorative
Plant and Flower Studies for Artists and Craftsmen by
J.
Foord, published
by Dover in 1982, ISBN 0-486-24276-5. The 88 copyright-free drawings
of 40 plants and flowers are botanically accurate. This
book is an unabridged but slightly edited version of a book published
in 1906 by B.
T. Batsford, London, with a title of Decorative
Plant and Flower Studies for the Use of Artists, Designers, Students
& Others.
Designs
and Patterns for Embroiderers and Craftsmen: 512 Motifs from the Wm.
Briggs and Company Ltd., 'Album of Transfer Patterns',"
edited
by Marion
Nichols, and first published
by Dover in 1974, ISBN 0-486-23030-9. Briggs' book is believed to
have been published circa 1900. The drawings are botanically
accurate, and are simplified for the stitcher. Laurie Woodard has
identified the
Nichols' edition of the Briggs' book as being the source of some
of the Redwork designs seen on Hawaiian quilts during that state's
documentation project.
Dover's
"Floral
Embroidery Designs"
CD-ROM and Book, ISBN 0-486-99536-4.
Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists, Needleworkers and Craftspeople by Charlene Tarbox (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1984). ISBN 0-486-24716-3.
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486243729.html
Grandma's Attic & GrandmasAtticQuilting.com
Rachel Greco owns an award-winning storefront shop that carries a large supply of Redwork books, patterns, notions, light boxes, and starter kits. She also sells flour sack dishtowels, red trimmed dishtowels, aprons, hankies and other “blanks,” plus high quality 100% cotton fabrics in a variety of red, blue, and white colors, to use for your Redwork creations. Her thread selection includes DMC embroidery floss, DMC linen floss and machine embroidery thread, and quilting threads.
Grandma Rachel's Redwork Club offers a series of four monthly programs for which Redwork patterns, muslin, and floss, are provided. In addition, four other Redwork Block of the Month programs are available, as well as a line of Redwork Patterns by Patti-Ann Publications, published at Grandma's Attic. Rachel admits to being “just nuts about Redwork” and tries to carry a huge supply of all that is needed to support “your Redwork habit.” “Grandma” also offers a free, online newsletter.
Rachel Greco, 167 SW Court Street, Dallas, Oregon 97338
(503) 623-0451
e-mail: GrandmasAttic@compuserve.com
web: www.grandmasatticquilting.com
Old Catalogs
M.J. Cunning's Perforated Stamping Patterns (Cincinnati, OH, 1890), and Supplement.
"Wash Day"
The design above was found in the 1890 Cunning's catalog.
Periodicals
Home Needlework, September 1916 (Boston, MA: Home Needlework Publishing Company, 87 Broad Street, Boston, MA).
Redwork Transfers
Kate Greenaway Iron-On Transfer Patterns by Julie S. Hasler, Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-26280-4.
The Sunbonnet Sue Primer. (AR: Leisure Arts, Inc., 1999). Photos for art designs originally drawn by Bertha Corbett (Melcher.)
Sally Goodspeed's Mail Order Catalog
Sally Goodspeed offers a very special array of vintage patterns for Redwork. From Bertha Corbett's “Primer” patterns, to Colonial Ladies, and from images of Kewpie dolls, to collections of African American motifs, and more, the catalog is a treat in itself to see all those tiny images, and the sheer variety of designs that are offered. Her catalog is available for $2.95.
Sally
Goodspeed, 2318 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218-5130.
Telephone: (410)
235-6736
Fan Clubs for Kewpies and Rose O'Neill Memorabilia
The International Rose O'Neill Club, P.O. Box 688, Branson, MO 65616
The California Rose O'Neill Association, P.O. Box 241, Sun City, CA 92381
Redwork Instructor
Sandra G. Munsey, 22 Pinecrest Drive, Forestdale, MA 02644-1418. e-mail: munsey@juno.com.
Redwork, etc. Yahoo Mailing List
Pat'smailing list for enthusiasts of Outline Stitch Embroidery and its History. The category includes Redwork, Bluework, Greenwork, Pinkwork, Yellow work, Purplework, and so on.
Please provide your full name when requesting membership.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outline_stitch_embroidery_and_history/
About the Author
Patricia Cummings' first Redwork project was a Redwork Bear that is now the business logo for Quilter's Muse Publications. From childhood, she has enjoyed drawing and painting, embroidery, sewing, knitting, and crocheting. For the past twenty plus years, she has focused on quiltmaking and the study of quilt history. Her favorite quilt techniques are appliqué, hand piecing and hand quilting, and Victorian style crazy quilting. In addition, she enjoys many different types of embroidery techniques including counted thread work and surface embroidery.
Education
Patricia graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1973, with a baccalaureate degree in Spanish. She took classes in the History of Spanish Art, Spanish Architecture, and the German language, at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. That city made famous by Ernest Hemingway and his 1926 novel, "The Sun Also Rises," is well-known for its annual “Running of the Bulls,” during the Festival of San Fermín every July. Pat has taken graduate courses in Education, and also participated in a long-distance learning class "The History of Quilting" at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 2001.
Publications
Pat and Jim Cummings have collaborated on many articles for publication. Their work has been included in books and articles written by other people. A running account of all of the articles that Pat has written for The Quilter magazine is always available on the "about Pat" page of Quilter's Muse Publications, a free, educational website at: http://www.quiltersmuse.com
Family
Patricia's son, James Gorham, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Rhode Island. He is a scholar in American Literature and an award-winning writer. In summer 2007, James was invited to present a paper at the 9th Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference in London, England. His primary interest is the study of Literary Theory, with an emphasis on nineteenth century literature as it relates to material culture. He is presently teaching at URI and at the Rhode Island School of Design. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Rhode Island where they share their antique home with their son, Patrick James, as well as two cats, Sam and Pixie, and a German Shepherd dog, Emma.
Sweet Dreams Pillow Sham
This beautiful antique pillow sham (30 1/4” x 30 1/4”) is an example of Victorian era embroidery at its finest. Horseshoes interlaced with flowers were a common motif in Victorian Redwork. The wide, hand crocheted, white and red lace on the edges give an exquisite finish to the rest of the fine workmanship on this piece.
We wish you “good luck” always, and happy embroidering!
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©Copyright 2006/2007. Patricia and James Cummings, Quilter's Muse Publications, Concord, NH. All Rights Reserved. Please enjoy the designs contained in this pages, and make lots of fun projects, but we ask only one thing, PLEASE DO NOT REPRODUCE THE DESIGNS FOR SALE. Thank you.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: pat@quiltersmuse.com