
Punch Needle, Rug Hooking, & Primitive Crafts Patterns & Tutorials
Welcome to DoodleDog Primitives! I love to inspire you to make your own primitive style folk art. Here you will find many patterns and tutorials to help you create your own heirloom quality punch needle, rug hooking, and primitive craft projects.
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Check out our amazing selection of punch needle and rug hooking patterns and kits, as well as other primitive craft supplies!
Punch Needle
Previously, I showed how I design horn books around a project, and how you can too. In this post, I Read more
Crafting can be expensive! While creating punch needle projects isn't as expensive as rug hooking or other primitive crafts, buying Read more
Today, I want to show you a spring punch needle project idea. See how I made this punch needle spring Read more
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Rug Hooking
Can you transfer punch needle & rug hooking patterns with the new LED Light Boxes? I tried a couple of Read more
I ran across some Rit Color remover in the clearance section at a store and decided it would be fun Read more
If you purchase a paper or digital rug hooking pattern, you will want to transfer rug hooking patterns to your Read more
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Primitive Crafts
I first made some of these indoor snowballs many years ago to add to a snowman display. I have used Read more
For some reason, I have a bunch of paper mâché eggs in my craft stash. Since I like redware pottery, Read more
In this craft tutorial, I am going to make some retro inspired Christmas ornaments out of miniature bottle brush Christmas Read more
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From the Blog:
- Wool Flower TutorialIn this craft tutorial, I will make a pretty flower from some felted wool. The flower center is made from coiled wool strips. This is a great stash buster for your wool… Read more: Wool Flower Tutorial
- Magnetic Wool Scissors CaseA while back, I had someone ask me to design a wool scissors case that could be attached to a project with magnets. She wanted to be able to attach the case… Read more: Magnetic Wool Scissors Case
- Antique Needle Book Tutorial:My mom has an adorable antique Victorian needle book. The cover of the needle book is made from perforated paper, which was popular for embroidery in the Victorian era. I happen to… Read more: Antique Needle Book Tutorial:
- Primitive Spring Decor Makeover – with Hooked Rug CarrotI had some vintage decor that needed a makeover so I decided to turn it into a primitive spring fresh carrot sign complete with a hooked rug carrot! It is amazing what… Read more: Primitive Spring Decor Makeover – with Hooked Rug Carrot
- Perforated Paper EmbroideryI have a couple of embroidery projects in carved wood picture frames, so when I saw this picture frame, I knew I needed to rescue it and embroidery something to fit in… Read more: Perforated Paper Embroidery
















