After all the trouble I had making the spool blocks and then doing the stitch in the ditch quilting, sewing the bindings to the back of the mini spool quilts and doll quilt was a nice relaxing process. It truly is my favorite part of making any quilt. The doll quilt made using the leftover charms looks like a flower…
The second pattern for the sweet baby or child’s quilt I introduced last week is this happy little giraffe and morning glory. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
Over the next six weeks I’ll be sharing with you the most adorable patterns to make blocks for a baby or small child’s quilt. For a baby quilt, embroider them on 10″ squares. For a larger quilt, embroider them on 13″ squares. (The blocks will be squared up to 9 1/2″ and 12 1/2″ respectively after stitching is complete.) Each…
Vintage Embroidery Monday patterns are scheduled ahead, but for some reason today’s post seems to have disappeared and therefore didn’t post. So a little late in the day, for your stitching pleasure I have a variety of large flowers to share. The flower on the left in the first row is a water lily. The flower in the middle is…
This old fashioned one room school house embroidery pattern reminds me of the one from Little House on the Prairie. Come to think of it, the little school girl embroidery pattern from the previous week looks a little bit like Laura Ingalls. And since Laura didn’t have a little brother, we can maybe imagine the little boy from the week…
Doesn’t the little girl in this vintage school girl embroidery pattern look like she’s telling her brother, the vintage school boy from last week to hurry up or they’ll be late for school? Or maybe she’s just so happy to be heading back to school with her brand new slate and lunch box that she’s singing as she walks along! She…
We’re getting to that time of year again when school is starting (some may have already started.) So for today and the next two Mondays I’ll be sharing three vintage school days patterns. Up first is little vintage school boy embroidery pattern. What do you think, is the apple he’s carrying for his teacher or perhaps it’s for the little…
This is the final rose of the series. We were running out of names to call the various rose patterns so this one got christened Spikey Rose because of the way the petals are drawn. Starting next week, I’ll be sharing the first of three sweet vintage back-to-school designs. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
Wouldn’t this spray of wild roses look beautiful stitched onto a pillow cover or either end of an extra long dresser scarf where the roses drape over the sides of the dresser? This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
When I purchased the fabric to recover the small footstool, I liked the fabric so much that I bought a full yard so that I would have more than enough leftover to make a new tote bag to hold all my embroidery supplies. Constructing the tote turned out to be a bit more challenging than I had anticipated. As I…