with embroidery.
1930s
Patterns are highly professional, standardized. Motifs tend toward lush shapes, colors, or
backgrounds. Boudoir pillows, potholders, and Day of the Week towels become increasingly
popular. Novelty dolls, pajama bags, and other objects combine tinting, sewing, and
embroidery. Styles are influenced by Art Deco—strong shapes and luxurious colors. Black is
used as a background color for a stark, rich effect.
1940s
War-conscious patterns appear, including stuffed soldier dolls and motifs of soldiers with girls,
etc. Patterns take on slightly cartooned features, such as chipmunk cheeks and especially
large eyes, on a consistent basis, similar to other cartoon artwork of the period. Variety of
shapes in linens decreases, leading to less complex hems and finishing. Period details are
commonly used to add life to patterns. Increasingly refined patterns mimic the real world, but
always as a caricature.
1950s
Patterns move from being highly rendered to being occasionally over-rendered (action lines,
etc.) and complicated. Period details are no longer found. There are fewer pattern publishers
to choose from. Elaborately feminine designs feature figures and lines consistent with the
elegant fashions of the times.
Embroidery Styles Through the Years
Here’s a tip-of-the iceberg, seat-of-your-pants synopsis of the basic trends of
art embroidery patterns, almost 100 years in less than 500 words!
Color Gallery
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Vintage Stitching Treasury
In this gallery you will find a selection of both
vintage and contemporary items, all stitched
using vintage patterns. The patterns are used
on an incredibly wide variety of items, from table
runners and quilts to handkerchiefs and laundry
bags. Use this gallery as inspiration for
your own lovely homemade stitchings.
The fascination with humanizing pets
became popular in the 1920s. Puppies,
kittens, and other species enjoyed their
leisure time in very human ways. Active
animals were not limited to kids’ items,
but showed up throughout the house,
especially in the kitchen. (Patterns on
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Vintage Stitching Treasury
Unmistakably art deco, the top pillow updated 1930s
Colonial style with background tinting. The fruit basket
tablecloth corner in the middle shows how pattern
companies would often update popular patterns to
keep them fresh, leading to somewhat eclectic results.
The bluebird pattern at the bottom dates back to the
1940s, though its style and subject reach back to the
turn of the century. (Patterns on pages 144, 56, and 63.)
The rectangular pillow shown here combines
the silhouette trend of the 1920s and 1930s
with the pastel palette of boudoir pillows.
The colors of the square pillow make a big
impact when contained within the black
outlining that was classic in the 1920s.
(Patterns on pages 116 and 156.)
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