Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 9 Days
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Countdown to Christmas – 8 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 7 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 6 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 5 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 4 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 3 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 2 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – 1 Day
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Countdown to Christmas – Christmas Day!
Merry Christmas Paint Book
Whitman Publishing, 1947
Eileen Fox Vaughan, Illustrator
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Children of Other Lands, 1954 – Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Finland & Norway
Finally, I have managed to scan and clean the rest of this cute coloring book. Over the next week I will post all of the remaining countries in no particular order. You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia, and France-Switzerland-Italy-Germany. Click to enlarge.
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Denmark
Finland
Norway
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Children of Other Lands, 1954 — Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Greece
I noticed that African and South American countries are underrepresented in this coloring book. A modern “Children of Other Lands” coloring book would probably be a lot more diverse, but I wonder if the illustration style would be as cute.
You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia, France-Switzerland-Italy-Germany, and Belgium-Spain-Portugal-Ireland-Scotland-Wales-Denmark-Finland-Norway. Click to enlarge.
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Egypt
Turkey
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Greece
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Children of Other Lands, 1954 — Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, & Canada
In 1959, not long after this coloring book was published, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states. As an 11 year-old growing up in Oklahoma, I remember thinking how cool it was to have such exotic places become part of the United States.
You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia, France-Switzerland-Italy-Germany, Belgium-Spain-Portugal-Ireland-Scotland-Wales-Denmark-Finland-Norway, and Australia-New Zealand-South Africa-Egypt-Turkey-Russia-Poland-Yugoslavia, and Greece. Click to enlarge.
Hawaii
Alaska
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Canada
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Happy Easter!
Children’s Playmate Magazine
Fern Bisel Peat, Illustrator
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Cross Stitch Mother Goose — Whitman, 1932
I’ve never seen a cross stitch book like this before. It’s the same size as a typical Whitman soft wrap children’s book from the period (9 1/2″ x 13″), and I think it might have been published simply as a Mother Goose picture book, albeit with unusual illustrations. Of course, you could also use it as a cross stitch design book.
Counted cross stitch was something I enjoyed doing in the 80s, but haven’t done for a long time. I do love Mother Goose, though, and these are so cute, I’m tempted to stitch a few of the smaller designs on some of my little girl dresses.
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Alice in Wonderland Painting Book — Quilt Block #7
Here’s the latest block stitched from my old painting book published by Platt and Munk Co. It took a long time to complete this block because I’ve only been working on it sporadically. I’m more than halfway done, with five more blocks to stitch, and I still have no idea how I’m going to put the blocks together. I think I’ll have to wait until they’re all done before I decide.
The blocks are 6″ x 9 3/4″ (the same size as the painting book pages), and the embroidery was done with stem stitch using one strand of DMC 498 floss on the same vintage sheet, even though the background colors in my photos all look a little different.
Here are the previously stitched blocks, and below that are all of the restored original pages which were in bad shape, most pages having been both painted and colored with crayon.
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Poster Picture Book to color — Peter Mabie, 1934
This is a wonderful old coloring book that I’ve been wanting to share for some time. Unfortunately, all but a few of the 96 pages have been colored with crayon, so each illustration requires a cleanup in Photoshop. I shouldn’t complain, because I’m amazed that these books survive at all as the newsprint type paper becomes very brittle with age. The cover of this book is unusual in that it’s paper covered heavy cardboard — sort of a lightweight hardback book.
Normally I try to avoid purchasing used coloring books, but Peter Mabie is one of my all-time favorite illustrators, and, although I have several other Mabie books, this is my only coloring book. I love the simple designs with only one picture on each page, and think they would be perfect for embroidery on toddler clothing or for quilt blocks. Of course, you could also use them as they were intended, and print them out for children to color. Click thumbnails to enlarge.
A big thank you to all of the people who have managed to save the old books, quilt patterns, and embroidery transfers that I love.
Poster Picture Book to color
Peter Mabie, illustrator
Whitman Publishing, 1934
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Poster Picture Book to color — Peter Mabie, 1934
Here is the second set of these cute coloring book pages. More pages from an earlier post are available here.
Poster Picture Book to color
Peter Mabie, Illustrator
Whitman Publishing, 1934
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Poster Picture Book to color — Peter Mabie, 1934
At first I was just going to scan and clean my favorite pictures from this coloring book, but I had such a difficult time choosing among them, that I have decided to do the whole book. I’m about halfway through the 96 pages now, so I’ll take a little break from this activity, and hopefully have something quilt related to show you next time. Other illustrations from the Poster Picture Book are located here and here.
Poster Picture Book to color
Peter Mabie, illustrator
Whitman Publishing, 1934
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