Potholder Crochet Pattern for a Teapot, Cookie Jar, Plate and Minted Tea Cooler Recipe

by Debra // 05/26/2017 // No Comments

Potholder Crochet Pattern Here’s a potholder crochet pattern for a teapot with a recipe for a Minted Tea Cooler perfect for a summer afternoon party. Along with the teapot potholder are patterns that match for a cookie jar and plate... Continue reading →

A Godey’s Lady’s Book Star Design For Quilting

by Debra // 05/19/2017 // No Comments

Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine Today’s quilting pattern comes from a Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine published in America in the 19th century for women. Below is one of the beautiful fashion plates included in these books. A Lady’s Book... Continue reading →

Lovely Rose Design for a Slipper in Berlin Wool Work

by Debra // 05/12/2017 // No Comments

  Berlin wool work is a type of embroidery similar to today’s needlepoint. Typically it’s wool yarn on canvas. For the most part, it is worked in a single stitch, like cross stitch, but some books demonstrate several different stitches... Continue reading →

A Lesson on Hemstitching Drawn Thread Needlework

by Debra // 05/05/2017 // No Comments

Hemstitching It’s a popular type of ornamental needlework where you arrange and group threads in different ways. Hemstitching is a type of openwork, the warp of threads are drawn from the fabric and then drawn together by various stitches that... Continue reading →

A Scholehouse For The Needle Book Seventeenth Century Embroidery Patterns

by Debra // 04/21/2017 // 2 Comments

  The embroidery sprigs found on this blog post are from the pattern book A Scholehouse for the Needle by Richard Shorleyker published in 1632, but I found these examples in a book titled Embroidery edited by Mrs. Archibald H.... Continue reading →

Filet Crochet Edging Patterns for Lace Altar Cloths and Robes

by Debra // 04/14/2017 // 1 Comment

Today’s free vintage pattern is for filet crochet edgings. The designs I’m featuring are church laces for altars or robes. The church lace filet crochet edging patterns are included in the Coats & Clark’s crochet Book No. 320 titled Edgings... Continue reading →

Embossed Daisy Placemat Free Filet Crochet Pattern

by Debra // 04/07/2017 // No Comments

  Today’s free vintage crochet pattern is a pretty daisy placemat for Spring. It’s from a 1950’s Lily Mills booklet. The placemat measures 12 x 18 inches with daisies wrapped around a lace mesh middle. There are pretty scalloped edges... Continue reading →