Armenian Edging Stitch Making Lace Edging with a Sewing Needle - Vintage Crafts and More

Armenian Edging Stitch Instructions from a 1925 Star Needlework Journal Magazine

by Debra // 03/10/2017 // 2 Comments

The article on the Armenian Edging Stitch in the 1925 Star Needlework Journal Magazine is titled One Makes This Lace With a Sewing Needle. There are instructions for three different designs. All of them start with a loop stitch across... Continue reading →

Jacobean Embroidery Design - Vintage Crafts and More

Jacobean Embroidery Leaf Design

by Debra // 02/17/2017 // No Comments

February is National Embroidery Month and to celebrate I wanted to share this wonderful Jacobean Embroidery design from a 1913 book of plates. What is Jacobean Embroidery? Jacobean embroidery is actually a style of embroidery rather than a technique.... Continue reading →

Embroidery Heart Applique Circle Medallion Design

by Debra // 02/10/2017 // No Comments

Embroidery Heart Medallion Design Today’s embroidery heart applique freebie comes from a 1917 Embroidery Pattern Book. It was originally done in leather and stitched with coarse thread. The design is from shoes of the fifth to seventh centuries now preserved... Continue reading →

Briggs Embroidery Birds and Holly - Vintage Crafts and More

Birds and Holly Pattern Briggs Embroidery

by Debra // 12/09/2016 // No Comments

Briggs Embroidery Transfer Pattern of Birds and Holly from the late 1800's. Transfer design to cloth and embroider. Continue reading →

Owl Embroidery Pattern - Vintage Crafts and More

Owl Embroidery Design or Coloring Page

by Debra // 10/21/2016 // No Comments

Evening owl in an Oak tree printable embroidery or coloring page image. Continue reading →

Hardanger Butterflies Embroidery Butterfly - Vintage Crafts and More

Starting Hardanger Embroidery Butterfly Pattern

by Debra // 08/26/2016 // No Comments

Hardanger Embroidery for Beginners I found a beautiful butterfly pattern in hardanger embroidery that includes four pages of instruction called, Starting Hardanger Embroidery. It’s from a Home Art Series booklet edited by Flora Klickmann titled Hardanger and Cross Stitch. There... Continue reading →

Embroidery and Applique Design - Vitnage Crafts and More

Embroidery and Applique Design with Flowers and Hearts

by Debra // 07/08/2016 // No Comments

Welcome to this Friday’s VTNS (Vintage Textile and Needlework Sellers) Fan Freebie! This is a pretty design that can be used for Embroidery or Applique. The design has instructions included to use the design as an applique or embroidery stitches... Continue reading →