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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

1925 Star Needlework Journal Vintage Tea Apron Sewing Instructions

by Debra // 01/06/2017 // 6 Comments

Pretty tea apron sewing and embroidery instructions from a 1925 Star Needlework Journal magazine. Continue reading →