'Embroidery' Category

• Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

  This is a large mail order transfer dated 1938 from Laura Wheeler Designs (#2266). My copy is in pretty bad shape, with some mouse chews and stains in addition to the usual yellowing. Probably mothers don’t teach this poem to their children anymore because of the whole dying in their sleep thing. Of [...]

  February 23rd, 2010

• Needlecraft Magazine Embroidery – December, 1933

   
  Since I am working on a Christmas quilt and am still sort of “in the spirit,” I thought I would post this darling pattern just in case someone would like to stitch it up for Christmas, 2010. This may be my all-time favorite cover of Needlecraft, The Home Arts Magazine.  The designer’s name is [...]

  February 6th, 2010

• Workbasket Floral Embroidery Patterns

  Because I am still working on the antique quilt tops (bed and doll) and am not quite ready to show photographs, I thought I would post some more vintage embroidery patterns. These pretty floral designs were a special mail order item from The Workbasket Magazine. I think they are so cute with their [...]

  January 23rd, 2010

• Vintage Valentine Embroidery Transfers

  Just in case you want to stitch one of these up for that special someone on Valentine’s Day.  Click on the gallery images to enlarge them.
   

  January 20th, 2010

• More Vintage Christmas Embroidery Transfers

  I realize the posts have been a little thin the past couple of weeks — mostly because of the events (some good and some bad) that are taking place in my life right now.
  We are in the last stages of a complete kitchen remodel and have to be out of the house for [...]

  December 4th, 2009

• Cross-stitched Christmas Stockings

  These stockings are Charles Ross patterns and were all stitched in the 80s. I made Gordon’s stocking first, then he cross stitched all the rest — I sewed them together. It’s funny — the decorative alphabet letters provided in the booklet are all upper case. Elliott’s name was too long to fit [...]

  December 1st, 2009

• More Vintage Christmas Embroidery Transfers

  I’ll have a few Christmas presents to show pretty soon, but while I’m working on them, I’ll keep posting these old transfers.

  November 21st, 2009

• Vintage Christmas Embroidery Transfers

  I realize it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but these are large designs and I thought they would take a while to stitch.  These are from a Fashion Folder – Holiday Patterns vintage transfer booklet.  There are lots more smaller transfers which I plan to post soon.

  November 20th, 2009

• Vintage Thanksgiving Embroidery Transfers

  Hope it’s not too late for you to stitch up some of these cute Artex Thanksgiving transfers. There are several more in my Flickr Set.

  November 15th, 2009

• Appliqued & Embroidered Butterfly Quilt on ebay

  Several years ago I saw this fabulous embroidered butterfly quilt top on ebay. I can’t remember what it sold for, but it was a lot more than I was willing to pay. I did, however, save the photos because I loved it so much and thought someday I would make a similar quilt. [...]

  November 8th, 2009