Today I’m sharing the second of three patterns from Workbasket Pattern Sheet 85 that would be perfect to embroider for the little boys in your life. You can download a pdf of the pattern for the Puppy with Toy Duck here.
Actually, my tip of the day is to Not chop your chives but to use a pair of kitchen scissors to snip them. It is so much faster and easier just to hold a few chive leaves over whatever it is you want to use them in/on and snip away. And it saves having to get out a knife and…
Embroidery patterns geared towards little boys are hard to come by so it was super fun to find three such patterns on Workbasket Pattern Sheet 85. Wouldn’t today’s Bear in Pajamas and Nightcap be cute embroidered on a pajama bag for your favourite little man. Or perhaps make a bear softie to snuggle with under the covers. It would be…
Here’s another page with a variety of small embroidery patterns. These ones came from Workbasket Pattern Sheet 85. This page is available as a pdf to download here.
These swans are just so pretty. The one on the left I’ve been picturing as being perfect to make a truly unique bookmark. The one on the right would look lovely as the front for a zippered pouch. You can download a pdf of the pattern here.
I mentioned last week in this post that I had trouble getting the paper backing of the Wonder Under fusible web (<-affiliate link) to peel off the fabric. It was super frustrating as I followed the directions exactly as explained on the instruction sheet that came with the fusible web. I had more than a few appliqué pieces (big and small)…
Today’s pattern goes with the one that I posted last Monday. You can download the pdf of this pattern here.
I took an unintended blogging break the past two weeks (except for the one scheduled Vintage Embroidery Monday post that appeared earlier this week.) Two weeks ago today, I had a health scare. Not to worry, I’m fine. And I intend to write about it once I find the words to describe it without either minimizing it on the one…
On Workbasket Pattern Sheet 84, there were two sweet faces to embroider to make into potholders. Here’s the first one: The pdf of this pattern is available to download here. The second face is this one in profile and I’ll be sharing that next Monday.
On the Workbasket pattern sheet this was labelled as Rose Doily. To make the doily, trace one half and then flip the pattern to trace the other half. There are so many possibilities with this pattern. It would look beautiful done in a simple outline stitch but would be absolutely stunning worked in satin stitch. I can also picture using…