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You may know this already, but I thought I’d mention that there’s a free scan of an 1886 embroidery stamping catalog available online. John Governale was kind enough to scan all 255 pages in and release them to the public domain, so no copyright issues! There are tons of nice designs: lots of flowers, old timey people, pretty birds, cherubs, borders, geometric designs, phrases, just an amazing variety of different things. But it was the demented bird patterns that really caught my eye, so that’s what y’all get to see in this post. I think they’re hilarious. Someone sure had a lot of fun drawing those.
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embroidery for ducks 
You are soooo right about them being demented looking..lol.
I love them, especially the owls that look like they have had a hard night out..
Regards Phillipa in very shakey Christchurch. New Zealand
i think the owl pattern might actually be titled “Owl Night Long”
Or me after our sqillionth aftershock. :).
Thanks for making me smile.
hope the earth calms down over there soon. goodness gracious.
I love those birds! Thanks for the reference.
I love these birds. The owl with the bandaged head is great! Love your blog I look forward to seeing what you’ve found!
I can just see that second last one in long and short stitch!
Just great! Thanks 🙂
Enjoyed the link…. Ended up making myself a cup of coffee and paged through them 🙂
Thanks for the link and the recent comment.
Is that an umbrella attacking the peacock in the top picture? These are great.
Actually, yes, it is. You can see the full page at the website; I cropped it so it would fit in the post.
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I know these posts are several years old, but the links do not work any longer. do you know where i can find the J F Ingalls 1886 catalogue?