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Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #84

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…

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Embroidery, Stitchery Link Party

Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #83

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…

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Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #82

[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.…

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Halloween Witch Embroidery Pattern

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…

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Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #79

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…

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Embroidery, Stitchery Link Party

Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #78

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…

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Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #77

Happy Monday! It’s now officially fall! It won’t be long until we’re into October and those of you with little ones in your lives might be turning your thoughts to Halloween. I have a series of adorable vintage Workbasket patterns that I’ve decided are children dressed in their costumes ready for Halloween fun. Last week, I shared this young boy…

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Embroidery, Stitchery Link Party

Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party #76

Happy Almost Fall Monday! I’ve got a really cute series of vintage Workbasket embroidery patterns to share with you over the next several weeks. The pattern page doesn’t say what these are intended to be used on, but I’ve decided that the children are all dressed up for Halloween! First up… because we’re still having more summer-like weather (it’s supposed…

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