I wasn't looking for a new mystery but while researching something else, I found this pattern in a newspaper:
I loved the pattern. I am very fond of bunnies even if I am allergic to them. I hadn't seen this pattern before...but wait-- what is the Needle Art Novelties company and who is Nancy Lee?
The address is Needle Art Vogue Booklet "D" in Chicago, Illinois. I couldn't learn if it was related to Vogue patterns (I think unlikely but not impossible) or an outbranch of another pattern company. It could have even been it's own entity. All I know is that I don't find any patterns before 1930 or after 1940.
The early part of the century and especially the 1930s was a time of a lot of pattern companies. It's been widely published that many of the names (like our Nancy Lee) were not even real people at the time--just a name that sounded familiar to folks. Some examples would be Nancy Page, Alice Brooks, etc.
I would love to have the Child's "Bunny" Quilt pattern but even when I researched for completed quilts I couldn't find any (for now). The pattern isn't listed in Rose Marie Werner's Quilt Kit ID either.
But I got lucky. Tune in tomorrow to see what I found!
Oh, I'm on pins and needles! Can't wait to see what you have found out.
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