I recently accepted Dover’s invitation to receive a free weekly sampler and it has become one of my Saturday morning pleasures as their weekly email of offerings has rolled into my inbox. I have been on their list for 3 months or so and not a week has gone passed when there has not been something of interest. This week some William Morris designs and some Indian Paisley patterns delighted me.
Many people feel unable to draw and this means they use either commercially produced designs or adapt other people’s drawings. This can lead to copyright infringements but there is an answer which is to haunt the clip and stock art sites. Some of this material is free, others such Dover offer artwork for a fee that you can use for various purposes. Much of this type of material can be adapted and used in needlework or in crazy quilting projects.
Dover books are awesome–i have quite a few on quite a few subjects:D Ya never know where the creative mind will loop into something and twist it to its own devious design! And doncha just love the free “samples”–opens up fields of exploration you might not necessarily have thought of.
I have changed the link to go directly to their sampler signup page it is http://www.doverpublications.com/sampler/
hope that helps
Thank you so much for the link to Dover! I had used their copyright free designs before when I lived in South Africa but couldn’t find their books here.
I would like to recieve the sampler also but can’t seem to find where to sign up on the Dover web site. Can you help?
Thanks so much,
Jan
I’ve used Dover art for a while now. I love their old label designs. I use them in my paper art. It’s nice to find copywright free artwork! They have tons of it. Our public library also has the clip art books with the CD in the back that you can download onto your computer! What a deal!