{"id":4468,"date":"2015-11-04T10:11:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T10:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/185.123.98.6\/~booyorkc\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2018-08-28T20:17:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:17:42","slug":"pattern-book-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booyorkcity.com\/pattern-book-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and soul of pattern book craze"},"content":{"rendered":"
Coloring books for adults are enjoying a boom-time, but a similar pattern book craze\u00a0took off as far back as the Renaissance.<\/p>\n
But rather than just filling in the blanks, the pattern books’ intricate drawings inspired women to create exquisite needlework, weaving and lacemaking, at a time when books had mostly religious or academic subjects.<\/p>\n