Dress your table with this beautiful flower and trellis centerpiece designed by Mary Card in 1927. The tablecloth is crocheted in five separate sections, and then the outside edge and joining are done in one long row. You can also use the pattern to make a lace lampshade cover, and a photo and instructions are included. This is not your usual scanned vintage crochet pattern. To make this pattern great for today's crocheter I wrote complete instructions, expanded the written instructions so you won't need to skip around, and made an easy to follow chart. I also changed the written instructions...

Designed by Australian Mary Card in 1918 as part of a series of doilies and panels honoring Allies from the Great War. This doily combines the French national emblem, the Fleur-de-lis, with a lovely verse: "Life is mostly froth and bubble Two things stand like stone Kindness in another's trouble Courage in our own" This is not your usual scanned vintage crochet pattern. To make this pattern great for today's crocheter I wrote complete instructions, expanded the written instructions so you won't need to skip around, and made an easy to follow chart. I also changed the written instructions to...

This detailed design of the Great Seal of the United States is suitable for a glass door, a short window-curtain, a cushion-cover, center of bedspread, and more. It was created by Mary Card as part of a 1918 series honoring allies of the Great War. This is not your usual scanned vintage crochet pattern. To make this pattern great for today's crocheter I wrote complete instructions, expanded the written instructions so you won't need to skip around, and made an easy to follow chart. I also changed the written instructions to use modern US crochet terms. The only stitches you need to know to...