When I saw this I had to smile because to me this style of coffee pot is only vintage in the sense that this style of coffee pot has been around for at least a century or more. For years, Dave and I perked our coffee in a pot just like this. And my parents still use one to…
To start the year off on Vintage Embroidery Monday, for the next seven weeks I’ll be sharing a Days of the Week set of embroidery patterns for what the Workbasket pattern calls a Colonial Kitchen Set. But you’ll see that the patterns are all for common household items that would have been found around almost every house before the advent…
If you’re looking for a change of pace now that Christmas is over and we prepare for the New Year these folk art flowers could be embroidered in satin stitch in bright colors onto a dark background. The pattern could also be printed onto a plastic sheet and used to create stencils. This pattern is available as a pdf to…
I signed up again this year for the Santa Sack Swap hosted by Cheryll over at Gone Stitchin. We were to make a sack, stocking or tote for our partner and then fill it with 5 gifts, most of which were to be handmade. As this wasn’t a secret swap, each partner got to choose whether they wanted a sack,…
Whenever I see bells it reminds me of the church bells that would ring out each Sunday morning when we were posted to Germany (1984 to 88.) Each village’s churches would be ringing their bells and you could hear them for miles around. The sound was so beautiful! It was especially so at Christmas time. The pattern for the bells…
These Holly and Candles patterns would look so pretty embroidered on a matching set of Christmas napkins, tea towel and tablecloth increasing the size of the pattern used to match the item being embroidered. Vintage Workbasket Embroidery Pattern – Holly & Candles in Three Sizes downloadable PDF
This week I have a Christmas ornament design in three different sizes for you to stitch. The pattern for the vintage ornaments is available as a pdf to download here.
On Workbasket pattern page #92, there were four small Christmas patterns. I thought my readers might like to have them in different sizes so Dave enlarged them. Each pattern I share for the month of December leading up to Christmas will include three sizes of the same design. Today I’m sharing the candy canes with bows. The pattern for the…
Christmas Eve is only a month away so for today and the next four Mondays I’ll be posting some Christmas patterns that can be stitched up quickly to use for gifts or decorations around the house. First up are these adorable little Angels. The pattern for the angels is available as a pdf to download here.
Like the fern that I posted last week, ivies are another apartment friendly plant that can tolerate low lighting. In today’s pattern they are potted in a bowl. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.