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
The sixth and final pattern for the baby or child’s quilt is this sweet baby zebra with sunflower. To make the quilt, square up the blocks and then alternate plain blocks with the embroidered blocks. For the baby quilt using 9 1/2″ squares, arrange the blocks 4 rows of 3 blocks across. For the larger child’s quilt using 12 1/2″…
This mischievous little monkey picking a poppy is the second last of six patterns for the baby or child’s quilt. 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…
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 week’s pattern has five very different styles of roses but all recognizable as roses. The one on the bottom left looks very much like the Wild Alberta Rose. While it grows all across Canada it is Alberta’s provincial flower. The flowers are so fragrant and I can remember picking them to give to my mother when I was a…
Last week, I shared A to O of this pretty two inch floral alphabet. This week, we complete the alphabet with the letters P to Z. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here. The letters A to P can be found in my May 19, 2014 post.
In most places in the northern hemisphere spring is well and truly under way so for your stitching pleasure this week I have these pretty daisies. This pattern is available as a pdf to download here.