Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments on my blog break post. I’m fine — just very busy with family and projects that have nothing to do with quilting or embroidery. I hope to share a few things in the next couple of months, and look forward to getting back to a regular blogging schedule…
I am taking a blog break of indeterminate length. There is a lot going on here, but I hope to check in occasionally. I will post the rest of the McCall’s Dutch boy and girl patterns.
This pattern, McCall’s Kaumagraph 779, uses both appliqué and embroidery. Clicking on the pattern images below will open a two-page printable pattern that also includes templates for the appliqué pieces. I will upload more of the six patterns next Monday . . . hopefully all four, but two more for sure. UPDATE: The four other patterns may be found…
Here are some cute bird illustrated proverbs from Laura Wheeler. There are also several other bird transfers in earlier posts: Vogart 671 and LW 676, LW 718, and LW 918.
This is a minuscule illustration from my 1928 McCall’s Needlework Catalog which was scanned it at a very high resolution and traced in Photoshop. I had to take a few liberties with the lines where the quality was poor, but I hope the results are usable. Click images to enlarge.
For the past few weeks I’ve been working on Emily’s latest Halloween costume. This year she asked me to make the Cyndi Lauper outfit from the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video, which was, appropriately, a lot of fun to make. It’s a coincidence, since I recently posted a squaw apron pattern, and the skirt Cyndi wears…
Sarah Hale Hunter, 1913 There are more lily of the valley designs in an earlier post.
This pattern was published in the San Antonio Light in 1916.
I live on the Pacific Northwest coast, so of course I’m going to make salmon for my fish border. Still, even though I came up with an idea right away, it took me forever to stitch them, and I just barely finished in time. Also, I ran into the same problem I had with the log…
Here are the last 3 patterns in this McCall’s version of Sunbonnet Sue. The Sunday – Wednesday patterns can be found in last Monday’s post.