I literally jumped for joy when I saw that Feeling Stitchy had posted a link to these beautiful 1886 Ingalls vintage embroidery patterns, which have been cleaned up and made available by Flickr’s jeninemd. There’s no way I could pick favorites, but here a few that really jumped out at me:
I love this sweet, simple daisy sprig.
I can think of a couple of girls who need something like this.
I believe I've made my love of ferns known.
Embroidery has become my lazy-summer-watching-television-everything-else-is-in-the-garage-or-too-expensive craft, and I can’t wait to stitch some of these beautiful vintage designs.
(all images courtesy of jeninemd via Flickr)