'Embroidery' Category
Umbrella Bouquets Applique/Embroidered Quilt Pattern
This was a series quilt from Stitch ‘n Sew magazine in 1978. Unfortunately, I only have the Mar/Apr and May/June issues, which means I only have full-sized patterns for the first 5 of 16 blocks. Fortunately, I was able to scan, clean and enlarge a small drawing of all of the patterns (although the detail [...]
Vintage Christmas Embroidery Transfers
Old Workbasket magazines had a sheet of embroidery transfers (red ink on craft paper) folded and stapled inside the pages. On one side of the staples was a large sheet of transfers; on the other side was a little section (2 1/2″ x 8″) that had its own unique designs. I’ve always loved these little [...]
Antique Redwork Tablecloth
This is an item I purchased on ebay ages ago, and although it was advertised as a tablecloth, I thought it might actually be a quilt top. I was wrong, though, because it is hemmed all around, it’s only one layer (so probably not meant to be a summer spread), and the seams are finished on [...]
Vintage Crocheted Pillowcases — New Embroidery
The Christmas present projects are going fairly well now. I am hand quilting the Cross-Stitched Tulips quilt top, and adding more organisms to the Charley Harper water drop quilt. It’s actually beginning to look doable after all. These pillowcases with the beautiful crocheted edging were purchased on Ebay. The crochet design is so unusual with [...]
Laura Wheeler Sunbonnet Girl Transfers
Emily’s wedding is tomorrow, and I am actually feeling pretty relaxed. The entire living room is filled with boxes of glassware, plates, linens, candles, paper flowers, pennants, and numerous other decorations we have made. Tomorrow it’s all about packing the cars and meeting my sisters, my mother-in-law, and Aaron’s mother and aunt, who are going [...]
Circus Alphabet Embroidery Pattern
These transfers have been cut and are missing both the envelope and the instructions, so I don’t know the date or the publisher. Although I think the alphabet designs are very cute, I was disappointed because I expected each character’s name to begin with its accompanying letter, and in most cases they don’t — or [...]
Nancy Page Quilt Club — Embroidered Snowflake Quilt Pattern
This is one of the series quilt patterns published in many 1930s newspapers under the pseudonym “Nancy Page” by Florence La Ganke. The fictional Nancy would meet with her quilt club on successive Tuesdays, where she would introduce the next block and make suggestions for fabrics, colors, and techniques. You can read more about Florence [...]
Bride and Groom Chair Backs
I’m happy to have a diversion from making napkins and crepe paper flowers. This was actually a really fun project, and it was quick and easy to make from stuff you probably already have (if you’re anything like me). Both backs are constructed from one vintage pillowcase with a crocheted edge, and the embroidery is [...]
Hand Embroidered Wedding Napkins
I have no idea what’s going on in blogland these days, but here at the Gray home, it’s all about napkins. Trimming, hemming, pressing, and tying 130+ napkins with a little gold bow. Although I have 2 weeks until the shower and 6 weeks until the wedding, there is still so much to do. I [...]
Vintage Workbasket Transfers – 4th of July
I guess it might be a little late to stitch one of these up for tomorrow. On the other hand, if you start now, you would surely have them done by next 4th of July.
Ladies Home Journal – Vintage Embroidery Patterns
No sewing today, but I did manage to clean up some more of these sweet embroidery patterns. I will continue to add these patterns to my LHJ Flickr set (link added to my sidebar under Downloads). In a couple of days I’ll be back with an actual quilting post.
Ladies Home Journal – Vintage embroidery Patterns
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Ladies Home Journal – Vintage Embroidery Patterns
I just realized last week that the images on my site are distorted using Internet Explorer 8. Apparently the problem has something to do with my WordPress theme, but so far I haven’t been able to figure it out. If you are using IE8 and the images are messed up, you can click on the [...]
Embroidered Ring Bearer Pillow
Emily really liked the vintage transfer I posted recently, and I think it works well on the pillow. The design is stitched with one strand of floss on a silk decorator sample (one of a lot of hundreds I purchased in a wonderful ebay auction). For the back I used scraps from the pennants, some [...]
Cats in Love – Vintage Embroidery Transfers
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are some cute transfers from an old “Fashion Folder” transfer booklet (V574). I think I have 6 of these booklets — this one is designed “for Teenager….for Youngster…for Crib Set.” When opened, the sheets are 11″ x 17″, with 12 pages of transfers in red ink. Since my [...]
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