What were these patterns called?

[CoteDazur]

Sometime in the early 80's, I used to be given art pads that had elaborate patterns ready to be filled in by felt tip pen. They weren't pictures of particular objects, just symmetrical patterns I think very faintly lined with grey ink so they wouldn't spoil the finished colouring in. Me and my friends would spend hours with these books and I wonder if they're still around now and what they are called.

Does anyone know?

[stevef]

Re: What were these patterns called?

Colour by numbers???

[Heather74]

Re: What were these patterns called?

My daughter loves these I personally never had the patience if they are the same thing? They are called Islamic Patterns, though we simply called them pattern design books.

The one my Daughter has


http://miniscribblers.co.uk/acatalog...ing_books.html

Actually just put Doodle Book into Ebay

[Artemesia]

Re: What were these patterns called?

The name depended on what colouring book you bought. There were several on the market, with different names. I had loads of them. You can still buy them in Morrisons actually.

[Heather74]

Re: What were these patterns called?

Seen them in Woolworths today too

[suzannewozere2]

Re: What were these patterns called?

Sainsbury's and Wilkinson do them.

[Cat Weazle]

Re: What were these patterns called?

Symmetry or Kaleidoscope Books...

Asda sells them as pattern books, my littil'un loves em..

[cj20]

Re: What were these patterns called?

You may be thinkinng of Altair designs. I used to love these too. I've just had a quick search and they do still exist