Each of today’s vintage Workbasket Angels is unique yet equally adorable. The first angel could be stitched at the top of an appliqued Christmas tree on a table runner or a wall banner. The little angel perched on top of the music note could be added to a book cover for the music lover in your life. And the one…
Do you ever feel like someone has pressed fast forward on the world and that you’re always playing catch-up? This whole year has seemed like that to me! But there’s one thing that I’m almost caught up on… the In Our Garden BOM. I’m about half way through the hand stitching on this month’s applique block designed by Lana from…
I’ve been calling today’s set of patterns the Crazy Quilter Special because when I first saw them I thought to myself they would be perfect for adding to small sections of a crazy quilt block. They could, of course, be used in many other ways as well. Last year, I made an Advent Calendar where I stitched a design on…
Every where I go I keep hearing the comment that the days are simply flying by and that the holidays will be here before we know it. To help you get ready, I’ll be sharing holiday themed vintage Workbasket embroidery patterns every Monday right up until Christmas. One of my favorite holiday traditions is picking out the Poinsettia. My favorites…
[social_warfare]Happy Halloween!! Are you ready for all the little trick or treaters that will be arriving this evening? Yesterday, Dave and I went out and bought more candy… just in case. I do this every year. We buy candy ahead of time when it’s on sale and then I decide we’d better get more so that we don’t run out.…
For the past several weeks, I’ve been sharing an adorable set of children dressed up for Halloween. I still have one more sweet child to share with you but I’m going to save that for next Monday on the 31st for two reasons. The first being that with Halloween only a week away, I thought you might like a couple…
If you’ve been following along in the In Our Garden BOM 2016 that’s being hosted by Amy over at Sew Incredibly Crazy you know that each month a different designer shares two blocks; a traditionally pieced block and an applique block. Vickie from More Stars in Comanche designed October’s blocks. Her pieced block called Squash Blossom is such a beautiful…
Today’s free Halloween Witch embroidery pattern is the fifth in the series of super cute vintage Workbasket embroidery patterns of children dressed up in their Halloween costumes. All the other patterns in the series could be quite easily be used on children’s items throughout the year. Today’s pattern, however, is the only pattern in the series that is specifically Halloween…
For the past few weeks. I’ve been sharing a set of adorable vintage Workbasket patterns for children dressed up in their Halloween costumes. There was the Boy Going Fishing, the Young Girl Modeling a Swimsuit and the Pioneer Boy Heading Off to School. Today’s young lad is dressed up as an Early American Pilgrim. How different these costumes are from…
For the past two weeks, I’ve been sharing adorable vintage Workbasket patterns for children dressed up for Halloween. I have another young boy for you today. This time he’s dressed up as a pioneer boy heading off to school… complete with school book and an apple for his teacher! Vintage Workbasket Embroidery Pattern – Pioneer Boy Heading Off to…
