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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • 7 Edgings:
    8601: Tradition
    8604: Wedding Bells
    8606: Butterfly
    8609: Empress
    8437: Fleurette
    8603: Debut
    8607: Forsythia
  • 2515: Carnation Boutonniere
  • 2519: Fantasie Boutonniere
  • 2516: Daisy Boutonniere
  • 7345: Square Refreshment Set(2 sizes)
  • 7354: Diamond Tray Mat
  • 7356: Ariel (Rnd)Luncheon Set(3 sizes)
  • 7359: 7" Primrose Table Mats
  • 7360: 7" Romance Doily
  • 7353: Snow Queen Doily
  • 7362: 5 1/4" Snow Scene (sq)Doily
  • 7361: 6" King Winter Doily
  • 8599: Prom Trotter Hankie Edge
  • 8600: Heart Flutter Hankie Edge
  • 2514: Portrait Collar and Cuffs Set
  • 7346: 4 1/2" x 10 1/2" Bread Tray Mat(linen center)
  • 7343: 8"x12" Oblong Doily
  • 7357: 4 1/4" x 5" Oval Sonata Doily
  • 7344: 7" Rnd. Springtime Doily
  • 7211: 9 1/2" Rnd. Linen Center Doily
  • 2520: Necklace Collar
  • 2513: V-Neck Collar
  • 7213: 14" x 36" Decorator Luncheon Set(linen sq. with tatted edging on either side)
  • 7347: "Italian Cutwork" Insertions
  • Tatting is an Art

Title: New Things Happen to Tatting: Book No. 159
Author/Designer(s): (*Miss Helen McAllister)
Format/Publication Date: Booklet:1941(2nd edition)
Publisher: The Spool Cotton Company, NY
Page Count: 23
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10 1/2" x 7 1/2"
ISBN: None;

SUMMARY- This entire book is nothing but tatting patterns. There are some really great pieces in this booklet - especially collars. The Canadian edition is 32 pages, with 36 patterns, and a bright yellow cover with the same art.

*Note from Leigh: I found out through Issue No. 11(Apr/May 1996) of KNOTS! that the designer of most of the patterns(especially the collars and cuffs, luncheon sets) in this and other J&P Coats booklets around this time period was Helen McAllister of Glenside, Pennsylvania!

The Canadian Spool Cotton Company published an expanded 32 page edition of this booklet with a yellow cover(see below) and seven(7) additional patterns:
2284: Flattering Collar in Delicate Tatting
2437: Love Knot(crochet)
2439: Bo-Peep(crochet)
2536: Picture Pretty Collar(crochet)
2537: Sea Foam(crochet)
7212: Occasional Doily(tatting)
7220: Distinctive Luncheon Set(tatting)

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