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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 chore.
Here are the pattern details and instructions:
This pattern contains directions and 7 cross-stitch motifs to be used on towels or dinette cloths. Use linen, cotton poplin or any similar fabric for articles; six-strand cotton for embroidery.
Material Requirements
Towels:
3/4 yard 36″ fabric or 1-1/2 yards finished toweling for 2.
Dinette Cloths:
1-1/2 yards 54″ fabric for a 52″ x 52″ cloth or 2 yards 54″ fabric for a 52″ x 70″ cloth.
For All:
Six-strand embroidery cotton; sewing thread.
Color Suggestions
Work dogs in grey and black, light and dark grey, black or brown and white, or brown and tan; lettering in one of the colors used for dog; other items in harmonizing or contrasting colors OR work dogs in predominant color of kitchen or dinette; lettering in a deeper shade of this color; other items in harmonizing or contrasting colors OR work each motif in several shades of one color, having the lettering in the deepest shade.
Placing Motifs
Towels:
- Center a motif at one end about 1″ above hem.
Dinette Cloths:
- Cut away lettering before placing and stamping motifs. Place a motif in each corner about 2″ in from edge of table top.
Embroidery
Divide the six-strand cotton and, using 4 strands, work the crosses in cross stitch; continuous lines in outline stitch; short straight lines in single stitch; broken lines in running stitch; shaded areas in satin stitch.
Finishing
- Make a narrow hem on all raw edges.
- Lay finished articles, embroidery face down, on a Turkish towel and press with a damp cloth. This raises the embroidery.
Downloading Pattern & Printing Tips
Here’s this week’s free pattern: Monday Puppy – Washing Day
Uncheck your printer’s equivalent to “Print to Page” and “Maintain Aspect Ratio” so that the pattern stays true to actual size.
Note: Patterns should fit on the “Portrait” orientation when printing, however the Wednesday pattern is too wide and you’ll need to switch to “Landscape” orientation for the full pattern to print.
You can find pattern transfer tips here.
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Hi,
Aunt Martha’s Transfers & any others that I can find. hehehe!
Wanted to thank you for posting these {Great} vintage transfers here for us to use. I just came across your site lastnight and saved the kitties and then the fruit. Recently, I found myself severely addicted to hoarding/collecting
This is great!! I am bookmarking your site and will be back everyday, I promise! Hope to see more like this here! You are extra lucky to have the vintage transfers, wish I did!
I’ve spent about $100 so far on my collection. I love Cats…but my faves are the Nursery Rhyme Transfers but the ones I want the MOST?
The Southern Belle, Mary,Mary Quite Contrary and the pretty ladies like that!! Thanks a bunch and hope to see what graces these pages in the future!!
Happy Crafting~
Jessica
Thanks so much for sharing. Love to embroider.
Thank you so much for sharing your patterns with us. I too am looking for all kinds of embroidery patterns. You are the best. Thanks again.
Thank you! I now have the complete PUPPY Series. This is a GREAT site. Will there be more patterns like these?
Thanks again, and have a great DAY!
LOL Daphine
Thank you for the patterns I did then as a youngster and am doing them again.I enjoy the site very muck Keep up the good work
Spelled name wrong senior moment
Hi, cute designs, i can’t wait to stitch them, but why are the pictures backwards? and how do you do you lines on aida? plz help thnx! but i really like the designs, they are very cute and would look lovely hung up in my bedroom and give me more inspiration to do my chores XL!
bronwen the patterns above are copied from iron transfers, so when you iron the originals on they turn out the “right side”. Since these will just be printed off the computer (without the transfer ink), you may need to flip them depending on which transfer method you choose. You can find transfer info here: Embroidery Pattern Transfer Tips – Vintage Notes.
Hi,
I just discovered your site. Around 1950-52, my mother tried to have us embroider days of the week dishtowels for my grandmother for a birthday present. I remember they were little girls and they were “days of the week” towels: Monday, laundry; Tuesday, ironing; etc. They were not the
“Sunbonnet patterns”, and they were outline stitch embroidery. My mother was going to embroider the names of the days of the week for us, and help us do the rest. I don’t remember if we got them all done; I would just like to look at the pattern again. Do you know any website that has embroidery patterns from the 1950’s. Thank you. Donna Woodfill