This week’s vintage embroidery pattern for rosemary and thyme is the last of the series of herbs I’ve been sharing and they are so appropriate for my week just past. Last Monday, during a trip to the library, I picked up the first season of a cozy mystery TV series on DVD called Rosemary & Thyme. I’ve really been enjoying…
On Workbasket pattern page 79, they have the tulips for the luncheon cloth divided into two separate pattern pieces. As neither pattern would fit on a standard printer page, Dave divided the patterns into sections. This is section 1c of those patterns. This pattern is available as a pdf here.
As I mentioned last week, in the hopes of hurrying spring along I’m posting the Workbasket pattern for a Tulip Luncheon Cloth. Today I’m sharing Section 1b of that pattern. This pattern is available as a pdf here.
Today we’ve come to the last of the Colonial Kitchen Set Days of the Week patterns. As I sit here, I’m imagining the quiet of a house pre-electricity sitting quietly having a cup of tea and the only sound being the tick tock, tick tock of the kitchen clock. Perhaps also Saturday was the day of the week when the…
Today’s addition to the Colonial Kitchen set is a pair of handheld bellows to introduce air into the coal or wood fire to get it rekindled or increase the heat being produced. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.
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…
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.
There’s still lots of time to embroider this vintage Witch and Cat to make onto a treat bag or something else for Halloween on October 31st. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.