The first day of fall is this Wednesday, September 23rd. Despite a forecast for temperatures in the mid 20s C (mid 70s F), there are definitely signs that fall has arrived. The leaves are starting to turn and in some cases to fall. The hummingbirds that had been coming to our feeder have disappeared. And waterfowl are starting to form…
Hand stitching is what’s happening here today. First a little peek of the vintage Workbasket embroidery that I’m going to be sharing this coming Monday. After my early morning walk each day this week, I’ve been sitting out on the back deck and stitching until the day gets too hot. This afternoon, I’ll be in my sewing room hand…
Last week’s adorable fish had some friends on the same vintage Workbasket transfer sheet. Now they can all join each other on an under sea adventure! This pattern can be downloaded as a pdf here. Welcome to Stitchery Link Party #13! For those visiting for the first time, you’ll want to check out not only this week’s party but…
Last week, on June 21st, the 2015 Row by Row Experience kicked off with hundreds of quilt shops across the US and Canada taking part. The event runs from June 21st to September 8th. Each participating shop offers a free pattern for their row that they’ve designed to go with this year’s H2O theme. Most of the shops are also…
Lately, in celebration of spring finally arriving in the northern hemisphere, I’ve been posting patterns for flowers. To change things up a bit, I decided this week that I’d share the patterns for three different sizes and styles of butterflies. The Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is about an hours drive from here and is a fascinating place to spend a few…
I’m working on creating the pattern and tutorial for a super cute little pincushion that uses one of the small sew-in coin purse frames. I’m still tweaking the pincushion pattern but once it’s ready, I plan to make one with Redwork embroidery on it. To that end, I have traced out and started embroidering the sides and top using a…
It’s going to be fun to see what flowers make their appearance in the various little gardens of the house that we’re renting. I’ve been checking daily and there are a few tulips making buds but any other bits of green poking through are still too small to tell what they might be. Maybe they’re waiting to be sure that…
Pansies are one of my favorite flowers. They are among the first available to buy in spring and the last to survive the frosts of fall. When we were at the grocery store a couple of days ago, they had lots and lots of pansies in containers. So today, I’m sharing a vintage Workbasket pattern for pansies. This pattern is…
With Easter only two and a half weeks away, I went back through my Vintage Embroidery Monday archives and found links to some bunny and lamb patterns that readers might have missed when they were first posted. The pattern for the bunny digging carrots can be found here. The bunny mowing lawn along with his other friends on that pattern…
In this Days of the Week pattern set, Friday must be bake day as indicated by this flour sifter and scoop. It’s interesting to note that flour sifters today look pretty much like they did in Colonial times. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.