Punch Needle, Rug Hooking, Cross Stitch, & 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, cross stitch, and primitive craft projects.
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Check out our amazing selection of punch needle, cross stitch, and rug hooking patterns and kits, as well as other primitive craft supplies!
Punch Needle:
I love making punch needle bowl fillers! In this post, I will show you how to finish punch needle bowl Read more
Do you have a collection of small pieces of leftover weavers cloth? I always seem to have many pieces lying Read more
In this post, I will show you which hoop is best for punch needle embroidery. Find out what type of Read more
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Rug Hooking:
I used a leftover small piece of monks cloth and some leftover worms to hook this patriotic hooked mug rug. Read more
Today, I am going to show you how to create a hooked rug wall hanging that isn't droopy. This technique Read more
With the recent release of a hooked rug crow make-do pattern in my shop, I thought you might enjoy a Read more
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Cross Stitch:
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Primitive Crafts
In this tutorial, I will show you a quick and easy way to antique a basket with paint. This is Read more
Today, I have a mini bee skep tutorial for you. Use these adorable little bee skeps as bowl fillers or Read more
I used to use A LOT of paint when I was trying to paint a distressed look on things. First, Read more
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Recent Posts:
- Hanging Punch Needle with a Wool BorderAs usual, I have several completed punch needle projects laying around that I haven’t finished into something I can display. I decided to take this camper and flamingo punch needle design, finish… Read more: Hanging Punch Needle with a Wool Border
- Coffee Dye Cheesecloth: 4 RecipesI use coffee dyed cheesecloth frequently in different primitive crafts and I am out of my aged cheesecloth. In this primitive craft tutorial, I am going to experiment with four different coffee… Read more: Coffee Dye Cheesecloth: 4 Recipes
- Thanksgiving Blessings Cross Stitch PatternThis new Thanksgiving cross stitch pattern was just listed in my Etsy shop. It is a companion pattern to my Pumpkin Gobbler punch needle and rug hooking patterns, but since I added… Read more: Thanksgiving Blessings Cross Stitch Pattern
- Primitive Sampler Cross Stitch PatternI just finished this cross stitch sampler pattern on our last camping trip! The pattern is now available in my Etsy shop. Clara’s Sampler Cross Stitch Pattern: This cross stitch design was… Read more: Primitive Sampler Cross Stitch Pattern
- Primitive Flag Ditty BagIn this quick and easy primitive craft tutorial, I make a patriotic ditty bag using a small flag from the dollar store. It is fun to make simple no sew crafts like… Read more: Primitive Flag Ditty Bag


















