I’ve added individual images of the appliquéd animals in #1101, just in case you’d like to try printing and tracing the patterns.
Month: February 2016
Free Pattern Friday — ‘Round the World Quilt Book
Click on this cover image to open the pdf file which includes directions for all 12 quilts.
Vintage Quilt Top — Crazy Courthouse Steps
The last top I quilted was a wonky antique log cabin variation. This Courthouse Steps version is much crazier in every way — design, fabric selection, and construction (the only consistent element is the red center square in every block). It’s not completely flat, the foundation stitching is too big, and the edges are not straight (the…
McCall’s Monday – Peasant Embroidery
Peasant embroidery made a comeback in the 1970s, when I made several shirts with embroidered peasant designs. I even tried one very similar to the smocked Mexican style below. Argh! Why did I give all those clothes away! I wish I had the actual McCall’s transfers for these patterns, but, as a substitute, I do have some peasant…
Free Pattern Friday — The Infant of Prague and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Embroidery Transfers
I attended St. John’s Catholic School in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, through the eighth grade, and one of my favorite activities was collecting holy cards. The nuns (Ursulines, who all wore habits) would give out holy cards as rewards for all kinds of things, so, even though I was an average student, I had quite a collection. The…
WIP Wednesday — Even More Denim Coverlet Squares
Yay! The denim squares are back. 121 are finished, 13 are prepped (mostly the rest of the alphabet), and there are 30 more to design. I’m having a mental block coming up with new ideas, but am hoping for a breakthrough very soon. It’ll be exciting to move on to the next phase of this project —…
McCall’s Monday – Wraparound Apron & Dress
To me, this apron seems excessive, even if it is supposed to be for “company.” An apron doesn’t need to provide all that coverage, and if you’re going to put that much work into it, you might as well just make an actual dress. The wrap dress below reminds me so much of my mother, who…
Free Pattern Friday — Summer and Winter Quilt, Alice Brooks #5867
This is the first pattern in my new weekly series, Free Pattern Friday. Because many of these quilt and embroidery patterns are large (this one is 14.5″ x 19″), they will need to be tile printed. Clicking on the pattern image below will open a full-sized pdf file. Scroll to the bottom of the image, and…
WIP Wednesday — More Denim Coverlet Squares
Yawn . . . time for more denim squares, and this is the interesting part. Just wait until I start showing you how each of them look with their black crocheted edging 🙂 This week I am adding another feature — Free Pattern Friday. I received a large bed scanner for Christmas, and now it’s much easier to…
McCall’s Monday – Aprons
There were tons of apron patterns produced in the 40s and 50s, but the McCall’s and Advance patterns are my favorites. There are four pages of apron patterns in this particular 1940s catalog, and I want to make all of them.
WIP Wednesday — More Denim Coverlet Squares
First of all, thank you so much for all your nice comments on this project. It was so fun to read your suggestions, some of which I have finished in time for this post (airstream, cup, ice cream cone, gingerbread man, cactus). A few of the suggestions might not happen because they require a shape…
McCall’s Monday — Dressing Tables
These dressing tables are so old-fashioned now, but I still love seeing them in old movies (Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca has one of the best). We even had one of the kidney-shaped dressers when I was little, and I remember my mother making a new skirt for it. Maybe she used this pattern. I want to make…