Embroidery Designs From Vintage Books and Patterns

Today, we have some patterns from embroidery books I have been picking up at thrift shops.
How cute is this owl?

The following three photos are from that book, "The Basic Book Of Embroidery" by Jane Simpson:

This next book is a special favorite of mine:
 "Modern Embroidery" by Ike Rosen, with another owl on the cover!

And here are some examples from Ike's book:

I absolutely LOVE these colorful designs!

Ah, the sun - bright and beautiful:

The photo below is a small runner I found at a thrift store.
The embroidery on it struck me as being reminiscent of Mr. Rosen's designs.
 I like it a lot:

The last book is this one: "Embroidery, A Golden Hands Pattern Book":

And some lovely creations from within it's pages:

More gorgeous flowers, aren't they spectacular?

Birds and blooms and branches:

I'll take orange, hot pink and yellow- any time:

And here's an assortment of vintage patterns I have that are full of embroidery designs, some of which you may remember seeing on this blog before. One from McCall's, and the rest from Simplicity:

And the last image, below is from a Leisure Arts book of embroidery transfers. It has a lot of cute designs inside, as well!

I must say, if I keep finding more of these great vintage books, I may just have to do another post like this, because the wonderful, colorful designs are simply begging to be shared.