Baby Filet Crochet

The great thing about filet crochet patterns is you use them as cross stitch patterns too. These charts are from an early 1900’s Anne Orr booklet.

Anne Orr

I’ve shared patterns from my Anne Orr booklets before. I thought it would be fun to do some research on her and her contributions to the needlework community.

For now, a quick paragraph will have to do.

Anne Claiborne Champe Orr was her full name. She was born and lived in Tennessee, involved in many charitable works there.

She began her career with the Coats and Clark Thread Company. Eventually starting her own publishing company where she published her design booklets. Charted patterns was her area of expertise.

A trailblazer in the needlework field, not just as a designer, but for the ability to provide employment for many others.

Baby Patterns

One thing I find with the early booklets, is the pages are sometimes off center or skewed. As much as I try to scan them straight, there still seems to be a little lean to them, but all-in-all they’re still very useful.

Click on any of the patterns below, they will open in a new window and there you can save or print them. You’ll find all of them on one sheet in the PDF file located at the end of the post.

I’ve added some stitching suggestions provided for each chart in the booklet in my own words.

Use 80 thread to crochet this “BABY” medallion. Also pretty cross stitched in blue letters, with pink flowers and green leaves.

Cross stitch the violets in lavenders with green leaves and stems, on a towel, on either side of initials, or on a sachet bag.

The geese will make lovely borders for curtains. Make them the right length to fit the width of material by adding closed meshes at either end and between groups of geese in the center.

The same is true if they are cross stitched on unbleached curtains in yellow, or any color, to match the nursery.

A baby towel would be a good place for this basket and flower.

This pretty bow knot can be made as the side, top and bottom of a child’s blanket.

PDF File Download

Cross Stitch or Filet Crochet Baby Nursery Patterns PDF

The pattern sheet is in pdf format so to read it you’ll need the Adobe Reader software on your computer. Most computers come with it, but it is free and can be found here.

Download Instructions: Right-Click the link and select either “save target as” or “save link as” depending on what browser you are using or simply click on it and save or print.

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