Archive Category: 'Embroidery'

• Kitchen Proverbs Vintage Embroidery Pattern: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine: Here is this week’s free embroidery pattern from the Kitchen Proverbs series: “A Stitch In Time Saves Nine”. There’s no bonnet today, the young girl is sitting neatly on a stool embroidering her own project or maybe some mending and has a sewing basket at her feet. The pattern has a few fold marks, please ignore [...]
• Kitchen Proverbs Vintage Embroidery Pattern: First Come, First Served: Ta Da! Here’s this week’s embroidery pattern freebie from the vintage Kitchen Proverbs series “First Come, First Served”. This week’s pattern is the bonnet girl serving the first guest, her kitten. Download First Come, First Served. There are a few fold lines on this pattern as well as the Trial sample I left in place, just ignore those [...]
• 21 Free Tutorials For Needle Books & Cases: Here’s a collection of free patterns and tutorials for sewing / embroidery needle books & cases. I also included a source for an elegant crochet thimble pouch pattern at the bottom (you can attach it to your case if you like). Materials vary, there are felt, fabric & cross stitch covers. Some are simple, others quite [...]
• Kitchen Proverbs Vintage Embroidery Pattern: A Watched Pot Never Boils: Today’s freebie pattern from the Kitchen Proverbs Vintage Embroidery Pattern Series is “A Watched Pot Never Boils”. The pattern has the bonnet girl sitting and facing the stove watching a pot while her pets are on the floor beside her watching too. You can download the pattern here and you’ll find the color and stitch key [...]
• Kitchen Proverbs – New Vintage Embroidery Pattern Series: Here’s the latest embroidery pattern set I’ve chosen for the next vintage series to share, and these ones are pretty unique I think. I believe this set is at least 40 years old (1960s)…They’re six different patterns for tea towels depicting a sweet bonnet girl each with a different Kitchen Proverb. Here are the instructions [...]
• Complete Embroidery Pattern Series – Vintage Puppy DOW: Here are all the patterns in the puppies Day of the Week series, they’re designed for dish towels (flour sacks do up nice!) but you can use them for whatever you like. The pattern instructions are found on the first pattern page (Monday). Puppy Days Of The Week Chores Patterns Monday Puppy – Wash Day Tuesday Puppy – [...]
• Vintage Puppies Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Sunday: Here is this week’s embroidery pattern freebie for the Days of the Week (DOW) dish towels (each day depicts a daily chore). This is the last pattern in the Puppy Chore Set. Today’s pattern is Puppy Sunday. It’s a day of rest and puppy’s enjoying an icecream treat. You can download Sunday’s pattern here. If you missed [...]
• Vintage Puppies Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Saturday: It’s time for this week’s embroidery pattern giveaway for the Days of the Week dish towels (each day depicts a daily chore). The current series freebie is a puppy chore set. Today’s pattern is Puppy Saturday and it’s Cleaning Day with puppy on a big scrub brush washing the floor. You can download Saturday’s pattern here. If [...]
• Vintage Puppies Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Friday: Here is this week’s embroidery pattern freebie for the Days of the Week dish towels (each day depicts a daily chore). The current series giveaway is a puppy chore set. Today’s pattern is Puppy Friday. It’s Baking Day with puppy in front of a steaming oven, something smells good since his tongue is hanging out. You [...]
• Vintage Puppies Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Thursday: Here is this week’s embroidery pattern freebie for the Days of the Week dish towels (each day depicts a daily chore). The current series giveaway is a puppy chore set. Today’s pattern is Puppy Thursday. It looks like it’s Shopping Day since puppy is running or struggling with a big basket of fruit. You can download [...]
• Vintage Puppies Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Wednesday: Here is this week’s embroidery pattern freebie for the Days of the Week dish towels (each day depicts a daily chore). The current series giveaway is a puppy chore set. Today’s pattern is Puppy Wednesday. It looks like it’s mending day. Puppy is tangled up in some thread and is trying to run from it, but [...]
• Embroidery Tips: Care of Work: Wrap up your work between times in a clean old towel or apron. This habit will often save your piece from having to be washed after finishing, and will help preserve its new look for some time. Washing and Ironing: Use warm water and pure soap flakes. Do not use detergents or bleaches. Wash by squeezing gently. Rinse [...]
• Vintage Puppies Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Tuesday: Here is this week’s embroidery pattern freebie for the Days of the Week dish towels (each day depicts a daily chore). Today’s pattern is Puppy Tuesday. Puppy is looking up at an iron and it looks like a comb (?) in his hand. Cute stuff! You can download Tuesday’s pattern here. If you missed the first pattern [...]
• Embroidery Tips: Beginnings & Finishings: When starting embroidery, make a few small running stitches along the line to be embroidered, then make one back stitch. (No knots should appear on the wrong side of work.) When the thread becomes too short, acquires a fuzz or untwists, finish it off as follows: Draw thread to wrong side of work, weave needle in and [...]
• Vintage Puppies DOW Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern: Here’s the latest set of Days of the Week (DOW) free vintage embroidery and cross stitch patterns. If you’re new to this feature, I share one pattern from the set each week. This latest set is a cute puppy pattern series from Laura Wheeler circa 1960s (I believe), each day features a puppy doing a daily [...]
• Flour Sack Tea Towel Tips: Here’s a small collection of tips for making flour sack tea towels: Adding ric rack across the bottom of the towels is so Very pretty! Add a sweet crochet border to the tea towels Say Good-bye to Stains by Adding Fabric Trim How To Make Flour Sack Dish Towels: Here’s a handy How-To: Flour Sack Dish Towels. Remembering The Flour Sack: The [...]
• Complete Embroidery Pattern Series – Gingham Fruit: Here’s a handy list of all the patterns for the Gingham Fruit series all on one page. Nice and neat for your bookmarks and sharing with friends. You’ll find the instructions and details for this series on the first pattern (Monday’s Pears), found here. Gingham Fruit Vintage Embroidery Pattern Series Monday Pears Tuesday Cherries Wednesday Apples Thursday Strawberries Friday Grapes Saturday Peaches Sunday Plums Tips [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Sunday: Here is this week’s free vintage cross stitch & embroidery pattern – Gingham Sunday Plums. This is the last pattern in the series and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. This will be the last free pattern set for the year, but hang on because I’ll start a new free series in [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Saturday: Here is this week’s free vintage cross stitch & embroidery pattern – Gingham Saturday Peaches. I think, lol. These could also be nectarines, but I’ll go with peaches. You can download the pattern here: Saturday’s Gingham Peaches. Printing tips: Uncheck your printer’s equivalent to “Print to Page” and “Maintain Aspect Ratio” so that the pattern stays true [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Friday: The free pattern this week for the vintage gingham fruit series is Friday’s Grapes. It’s a lovely design with a full grape bunch including a bit of leaves and vine. You can download your free copy here: Gingham Pattern – Friday Grape Bunch. If you missed it, the beginning of this pattern download set started here: Gingham [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Thursday: This week’s free pattern is a cute set of Gingham Strawberries. I love the shape of the strawberries and the simple design. You can download the pattern here: Gingham Pattern – Thursday Strawberries. If you’re new to Tipnut and the free embroidery series, you’ll find the beginning of this set here (we started with Monday): Gingham Fruit [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Wednesday: Here’s this week’s free vintage cross stitch & embroidery pattern, it’s Gingham Apples (and they’re very sweet!). You can download the pattern here: Gingham Wednesday Apples. If you’re new to Tipnut, you’ll find the beginning of this set here (we started with Monday): Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery. Printing tips reminder: Uncheck your printer’s equivalent to “Print [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery Pattern – Tuesday: Here’s this week’s free vintage cross stitch & embroidery pattern – Tuesday Cherries. Download the file here: Tuesday’s Gingham Cherries. There’s a fold line running through the cherries that is not part of the pattern, just in case you wondered. There should just be the three solid lines as part of the pattern. You’ll find the details [...]
• Gingham Fruit Cross Stitch & Embroidery – Vintage Pattern: Here’s the beginning of a new embroidery (and cross stitch) pattern set you can download for free on Tipnut (one pattern will be available each week). This is a cross stitch & embroidery transfer pattern set (another Days of the Week) from the 1940s or 1950s. It’s one of my favorites since the designs are [...]
• Complete Embroidery Pattern Series – Kitten Towels Set: I normally only post once on Saturday’s but I thought it would be nice to have one place listing the entire Kitten Towels Embroidery Set that I’ve been uploading for you these past few weeks. Handy for your bookmarks and for sharing . Monday’s Kittens Tuesday’s Kittens Wednesday’s Kittens Thursday’s Kittens Friday’s Kittens Saturday’s Kittens Sunday’s Kittens The pattern set details and [...]