How to Draw a Bunny Rabbit for Embroidery

by Debra // 02/02/2018 // 5 Comments

Draw a Bunny Rabbit Today I’m going in a little different direction. I found this wonderful antique 1913 book What to Draw and How to Draw It by E. G. Lutz and wondered how I could use the drawings in... Continue reading →

Chicken Scratch Cross Stitch Embroidered Gingham Apron Patterns

by Debra // 12/15/2017 // 4 Comments

Chic Checks You Can Cross Stitch This vintage leaflet has patterns and instructions for three different aprons. These original designs are for embroidered gingham aprons. It’s cross stitch on gingham fabric or Chicken Scratch. My favorite of the three is... Continue reading →

Deer and Holly Christmas Hand Embroidery Pattern Holiday Designs

by Debra // 11/17/2017 // 1 Comment

Deer and Holly Embroidery Have fun embellishing gifts and linens with these ready to print and transfer embroidery patterns. The designs are from two different antique embroidery books. The images within the post are easy to save and print. You... Continue reading →

Embroidery Pattern Round Cornered Handkerchief

Embroidery Pattern Round Corner Handkerchief

by Debra // 09/15/2017 // No Comments

Embroidery Pattern Today’s freebie is a lovely embroidery pattern for a round cornered handkerchief. Of course, this pattern has many other uses such as on a tablecloth, placemat or table topper just to name a few. It’s from a 19th... 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 embroidery sprigs design

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 →

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