Any true lover of vintage patterns have seen the Design Mail Order Patterns. They all have the word DESIGN printed across the top and were frequently distributed under the names of Laura Wheeler, Alice Brooks, Progressive Farmer and many more, I'm sure. They cover the spectrum ... knitting, crochet, sewing, and crafts. The majority of them appear to be large fold-out double sided pages.
I've decided to start a list of these patterns as I come across them, as well as start detailing any little bits of their history that I come across. The Design patterns were distributed through a company called Needlecraft Services, through newspaper and magazines; sewing patterns staring in the 1890, and knit/crochet patterns in the mid 1930s. (Here's great site with information about the Laura Wheeler and Alice Brooks patterns).
I'm listing the public domain patterns in PDF format in my shop. The links below go to those patterns. The patterns without links are those that I have in my collection, but have not entered yet. If you are looking for one of these, just let me know.
NOTE: I am loading pictures to one of my Facebook Albums, should you like to view in picture form, versus a list. This link will take you to my Facebook Albums -- select Mail Order Design Patterns
Last Updated: 05/21//2013
Design Number:
38 - Pineapple Heart Doily
49 a - Crocheted Cloth
P-102 - Angora Cat
114 - Baby Crochet Layette
152 - Sleepy time Sock Doll
153 - Cape Stole Crochet Pattern
191 - Crocheted Wool Bed Cape
212 - Joan of Arc
225 - Lady Bird Chair Set
235 - Peacock Chair Set
243 - Deer Chair Set
244 - Crocheted Mohair Jacket
259 - Peacock Chair Set
260 - Buck Chair Set
272 - Morning Gossip Chair Set
273 - Contentment Bird Chair Set
274 - Lonesome Robin Chair Set
303 - Crocheted Pansy Doily (Homecrafters)
318 - Crocheted Fern Doilies (Homecrafters)
322 - Graceful Swan Chair Set
323 - Wild Turkey Chair Set
327 - Crocheted Doilies in 2 sizes (Homecrafters)
329 - Three Crocheted Doilies - Homecrafters
404 - Crocheted Poncho Cape
410 - Crocheted Pineapple Chair Set
415 - Crocheted Jacket with Matching Cap
436 - Crocheted Jacket
439 - Crocheted Jacket
443 - Crocheted Vest
444 Crocheted Cape - Shawl
446 - Stuffed Oriental Doll
458 Crocheted 458
469 - Crocheted Afghan
478 Crocheted Jacket
481 - Crocheted Owl Wall Hanging
484 - Girls Crocheted Jacket
495 - Crocheted Afghan
503 - Knitted Cable Jacket
505 - Crocheted Coat
506 - Crocheted Novelties
506 - Doll and Potholders
508 - Crocheted Chair Set (Laura Wheeler, 1946)
510 - Girls Knitted Coat
511 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
511 - Knitted Jacket
513 - Crocheted Sweater
518 - Crocheted Afghan
523 - Knitted Afghan
530 - Crocheted Swan Centerpiece & Plant Holder
535 - Crocheted Chair Set
538 Crocheted Jacket
539 - Dogs Knitted Coat
540 - Knitted Jacket with Cable Trim
540 Crocheted Pineapple Chair Set
543 - Pillows Sewing Pattern
547 - Crocheted Afghan
549 - Crocheted Vests
551 - Crocheted Jacket
552 - Novelty Flowers (Crafts no-sew)
554 - Crocheted Baby Set
547 - Crocheted Afghan
555 - Chair Set
558 - Crocheted Vests
559 - Dolls
566 - Crochet Maple Leaf Doillies
578 - Square Knitted Pillow
584 - Knitted Mohair Stole
570 - Pineapple Square Doily - Laura Wheeler 1946
571 - Crocheted Vest
573 - Crocheted Afghan
577 - Crocheted Bolero
578 - Knitted Pillow
581 - Crocheted Doilies - Laura Wheeler
584 - Crocheted Chair Set
587 - Mother Daughter Knitted Vests
593 - Crocheted Scarf and Mat
594 - Crocheted Afghan
595 - Crocheted Square (Vintage 1946)
597 Crocheted Kitchen Accessories
600 - Butterfly Crochet Set
603 - Crocheted Doilies
607 - Crochet Toaster Cover
608 - Crocheted Afghan
609 - Crocheted Doilies - Laura Wheeler
610 - Crocheted Pineapple Cloth and Centerpiece
616 Crocheted Hats
619 - Crocheted Planter
620 - Crocheted Doilies - Laura Wheeler
620 - Crocheted Afghan
612 - Lacy Crocheted Cardigan)
617 - Crocheted Pineapple Cape
623 - Crochet Jacket with Scallop Edges
624 - Crochet Accessories
624 - Crocheted Cape - Shawl
628 - Crocheted Afghan
629 - Crocheted Chair set
638 - Crocheted Jacket (Laura Wheeler)
641 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
645 - Crocheted Doilies
645 - Crocheted Cape
646 - Childs Crocheted Cardigan and Hat
651 - Crocheted Afghan
653 - Crocheted Edgings
656 - Fabric Flowers (craft no-sew)
665 - Crocheted Star Medallion
665 - Santa Doll Sewing Pattern
672 - Crocheted Owl Pillows
673 - Crocheted Chair Set (Home Motif) - Laura Wheeler, 1946
673 - Knitted Color Banded Afghan
680 - Crocheted Jacket
683 - Knitted Cable Jacket
685 - Oval Pinwheel Doily
687 - Crocheted Pineapple Square (Laura Wheeler, 1946)
689 - Crocheted Topper
691 - Knitted Set
701 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
703 - Filet Crochet - The Lords Prayer
704 - Filet Crochet Square
705 - Crocheted Vest
706 - Crocheted Dress
706 - Crocheted Bathroom Accessories (Laura Wheeler)
708 - Crocheted Cape
711 - Crocheted Dais Medallion Afghan
713 Crochet Pineapple Overblouse
715 - Knitted Tunic (Laura Wheeler, 1976)
716 Pineapple Crocheted Capelet
718 - Knitted Shell Afghan and Pillow
720 - Crocheted Jacket
723 - Crocehted Doilies - Laura Wheeler
726 - Crocheted Topper and Hat
727 - Crocheted Jacket
728 - Crocheted Doilies - Laura Wheeler
733 - Crocheted Hooded Jacket
734 - Crocheted Hats
735 - Mini Dolls Sewing Pattern
736 - Crocheted Dress
737 - Crochet Pullover
738 - Crocheted Doilies
743 - Crocheted Pineapple Shrug
752 Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
760 - Crocheted Afghan
761 - Pineapple Peacock Crochet Chair Set
764 - Baby Quilt Sewing Pattern
764 - Crochet Skirt and Stole
773 - Crocheted Pillows
774 - Mens Knitted Jacket
778 - Crocheted Placemat
780 - Crocheted Shell
781 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
781 - Crocheted Pineapple Doily
784 - Crocheted Aran Sweater
: Crocheted Slippers, 3 variations
793 - Crocheted Rug
795 - Crocheted Jacket - Vest
804 - Crocheted Shell
818 - Crocheted Hats
819 - Crocheted Jacket
826 - Crocheted Afghan
828 - Knitted Capelet
830 - Crochet Loop Stitch Afghan
833 - Crocheted Pineapple Cape
842 - Crocheted Afghan of Roses
843 - Childs Crocheted Cape - Coat
844 - Crocheted Vest
844 - Crocheted Jacket
847 - Misses and Childs Shell Stitch Cape
848 - Childs Crocheted Granny Square Jacket
848 - Crocheted Cape
850 - Star of The Morning
854 - Crocheted Coverup (Poncho)
851 - Crocheted Doilies in three sizes
857 - Large and Small Crocheted Doily
859 - Crocheted Jacket
862 - Crocheted Ripple Jacket
864 - Crocheted Jacket
869 - Crocheted Doilies - (Laura Wheeler)
869 - Crocheted Hats
870 Crocheted Rug
875 - Crocheted Hats
879 - Knitted Afghan - leaf motif
880 - Crocheted Cape
882 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
884 - Crocheted Childs Dress
888 - Ruffled Doily
891 - Pineapple Chair Set (Laura Wheeler)
892 - Irish Rose Crochet Tablecloth
897 - Crocheted Kitchen Accessories (Potholders, Toaster Cover)
897 - Crocheted Clown Doll
897 - Crocheted Pineapple TV Cover
898 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
899 - Crocheted Square Block Afghan
901 - Mens Crocheted Sweater
907 - Crocheted Afghan
912 - Crocheted Blouse
916 Crocheted Blouse
919 - Crocheted Kitten Toy
933 - Rose Pineapple Doily
936 - Crocheted Jacket
937 - Crocheted Rug
940 - Crochet Pineapple Afghan -
948 - Crocheted Block Vest
948 - Mens Crochet Vest
956 - Pillows Sewing Pattern
959 - Crocheted Vest & Bag
962 - Clown Doll (Sewing)
964 - Mermaid Petal Pillow (Sewing)
966 - Crochet Jacket and Shell (Granny Square)
974 - Crocheted Pineapple Motif Jacket
978 - Crochet Wild Rose Afghan
987 - Crocheted Kitchen Accessories
988 - Crocheted Afghan - Laura Wheeler)
995 - Crocheted Doilies (Laura Wheeler)
1015 - Crocheted Potholders of Carpet Wrap
1043 - Princess Crochet Doily
1167 - Pot Holders in Fruit Designs (Crochet)
1262 - Crocheted Bolero
1669 - Jiffy Crocheted Doilies - Laura Wheeler
2102 - Sunbonnet Toaster Cover - Sewing Pattern
2116 - Heirloom Runner
2146 - Wheat Wheel Doily -
2212 - Leaf Crochet Doily
2517 (R) - Pineapple Doily
2621 - Girls Knit A-Line Dress
2663 - Knit Helmet
2669 - Crocheted Butterfly Slippers
2937 - Crocheted Basket
3078 - Crocheted Doilies - American Weekly
3088 Crocheted Doilies - American Weekly
3818 - Lacy Ripple Baby Pattern (Herrschners)
4896 - Crocheted Cape
5048 - Shell Stitch Crochet Slippers
5055 - Flower Doilies, Carnation and Pansy
5060 - Crocheted Motif JacketCrochet
5072 - Sleeveless Afghan Square Jacket
5103 - Mens Motif Cardigan
5155 - King Butterfly Pineapple Chairback Doily Set - Anne Cabots
5163 - Crocheted Pillbox Hat
5171 - Crocheted Flower Basket
5203 - Ruffled Doily of Crochet - Anne Cabots
5213 - Crocheted Hug-Me-Tight Bolero
5255 - Crochet slippers
5291 - Knit Beret
5319 - Toddler Pinafore Crochet Dress
5406 Crochet Inserts
5421 - Crazy Quilt Sewing Pattern
5438 - Filet Mesh Vest
5449 - Crocheted Cape
5462 - Pompon Hat
5472 - Crocheted Bolero
5478 - Ruffled Doily - Anne Cabots
5517 - Ripple Fringed Poncho
5521 - Crocheted Gaiters
5554 - Crochet Rug
5573 - Fringed Capelet
5581 - Star Crochet Doily
5595 - Pinwheel Stole Crochet Pattern
5616 - Soft Slippers
5632 - The Sports Cape Crochet
5647 - Babys Crocheted Set
5651 - Knitted Afghan - Ann Cabots
5654 - Knit Spiral Socks
5655 - Quilt Sewing Pattern
5657 - Crochet Fish Pillow
5662 - Crochet Doily
5674 - Stretch Slippers
5700 - Crocheted Vest
5705 - Giant Pansies Chair Set
5711 - Pansy Doily
5873 Leaf Motif Spread
5921 Crochet Reversible Afghan
5926 Enchanting Doily - Anne Cabots
5935 Round Cloth in Crochet
5946 - Crochet Cape
5968 - 12 Petal Pineapple Flower Doily
6411 - Jiffy Knit Square - Alice Brooks
6542 - Knitted Afghan - Alice Brooks 1939
7006 - Crocheted Set
7008 - Crocheted Cape & Scarf Set
7019 - Crochet Pineapple Doily
7020 - Shell Crochet Afghan
7022 - Crocheted Vest and Jacket
7030 - Star Crochet Doily - Alice Brooks
7033 - Crocheted Vest
7033 - Knitted Jacket
7035 - Dog Coat Sewing Pattern
7041 - Crocheted TV Cover
7047 - Crochet Pineapple Doily, Small and Large - Alice Brooks
7051 - Crochet Butterfly Afghan
7061 - Crocheted Pineapple Doily Bowl - Alice Brooks
7063 - Girls Crochet Vest and Skirt
7064 Crocheted Pineapple Cloth
7065 - Knitted Afghan
7074 Crochet Medallion with Edging
7077 - Knitted Roman Stripe Afghan
7077 - Crcoheted Slippers
7078 - Crocheted Afghan
7080 - Pineapple Doily in Three Sizes
7090 - Crochete Pineapple Blouse
7091 - Crocheted Chair Set
7097 - Crocheted Spider Web Stitch Dolies - 3 designs
7100 - Crocheted Baby Set
7101 - Filet Crochet Doilies
7105 - Knitted Dress 34 to 46
7108 - Knitted Shell and Pullover
7112 - Knitted Stole
7117 - Crochet Jacket
7119 - Chrildrens Crocheted Vest or Tank Top
7123 - Crocheted Afghan
7126 - Filet Crochet Butterfly Flower Squares
7137 - Knitted Cape
7144 - Crocheted Jacket
7146 - Knitted Jacket
7147 - Crocheted Coat
7152 - The Lords Prayer - Filet Crochet
7153 - Crocheted Afghan
7157 - Crocheted Jacket
7159 - Knitted Jacket
7161 - Knitted Cape Shawl
7162 - Knitted Jacket
7164 - Knitted Afghan
7164 Crocheted Blouse (Alice Brooks)
7165 - Crocheted Dolies - Laura Wheeler
7167 - Crocheted Pillows
7175 Crocheted Boots
7178 - Crochet Hat and Purse
7179 - Three Crocheted Doilies - 1950s
7179 - Crocheted Pineapple Shawl
7185 - Apron (Sewing and Embroidery)
7186 - Pineapple Chair Set
7188 - Crocheted Vests
7205 - Misses Crochet Cape
7207 - Crochet Pinwheel Chair Set
7209 Crocheted Pineapple Shell Doily
7209 - Crocheted Chair Set
7210 - Quilted Coverlet Sewing Pattern
7216 Crocheted Afghan
7218 - Crocheted Sweater Vest
7221 - Mens Knitted Cardigan, Cables, Ribbing and Front Zip
7221 - Butterfly Quilt Sewing Pattern
7223 - Crocheted Slippers and Boots
7224 - Crocheted Shell Motif Chair Set - Alice Brooks, 1946
7225 - Crocheted Sweater
7244 - Crocheted Scarf and Mat, 1948
7247 - Crocheted Hot Plate Mats
7249 - Crochet Pineapple Cape
7250 - Crocheted Baby Bunting and Matching Blanket
7254 - Crochet Pinwheel Doily, Small and Large
7454 - Knitted Cardigan
7255 - Child Crocheted Pansuit (Pants and Vest)
7263 - Crocheted Top
7265 - Crocheted TV Cover
7266 - Crochet Pineapple Afghan
7268 Crocheted Dress
7271 - Crocheted Square
7274 - Crochet Shell Afghan
7277 - Girls Crocheted Cap and Mittens
7289 - Crocheted Cape
7291 - Boys Knit Jacket
7292 - Knitted Jacket
7299 - Knitted Jacket
7306 - Mens Knit Slipover
7311 - Crocheted Cap Scarf
7312 - Crocheted Doilies
7316 - Pinwheel Crocheted Square - Alice Brooks, 1946
7318 - Crocheted Baby Set
7329 Crocheted Pineapple Cape
7330 - Misses Crocheted Topper
7331 - Fringed Cartwheel Rug
7339 - Crocheted TV Cover
7351 - Crocheted Sweater
7353 - Crocheted Boots
7359 - Crocheted Snowflakes
7363 - Crocheted Afghan
7364 - Crocheted Cardigan
7364 - Crocheted Pineapple Chair Set
7365 - Crocheted Square - Alice Brooks, 1946
7372 - Dog Yarn Carft Pattern
7373 - Girls Crocheted Cardigan
7376 - Crocheted Daisy Afghan
7377 - Crocheted Doilies
7386 - Crocheted Shell Cape
7387 - Childs Crocheted Vest and Skirt
7387 - Knitted Sweater
7387 - Crocheted Placemats
7387 - Girls Crocheted Lacy Vest and Shell Skirt
7403 - Crocheted Chair Set, Filet Spider Web Design
7420 - Knitted Jacket
7421 - Doll and Potholders Sewing Pattern
7432 - Crocheted Accessories
7436 - Crocheted Scarf, Vest and Hat
7444 - Knitted Jacket with Diamond Yoke and Border
7446 - Crocheted Cardigan
7447 - Knitted Shawl Collar Jacket
7448 - Knitted Jacket
7451 - Crocheted Strips
7452 - Crochet Afghan, Shell and Popcorn Stitch
7457 - Crochet Cape
7463 - Mother Daughter Ponchos
7483 - Knitted Coat
7488 - Crocheted Hats
7488 - Crocheted Top
7492 - Childs Knit Slippers
7505 - Crochet Ripple Afghan
7520 - Crocheted Pineapple Tablecloth
7521 - Crocheted Butterfly Vest
7552 - Crocheted Cloth
7564 - The Lords Prayer
7577 - Filet Crochet Carriage Cover
7580 - Crochet Top
9410 - Crocheted Topper
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