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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Punch Needle:
Choosing a punch needle frame: You can use a no-slip hoop, a no-slip lapstand, or a punching frame. Anything else, Read more
In this post, I will show you how I made a punch needle sheep pin to wear during the holiday Read more
Here's one way to age a punch needle project. Sometimes I like my punch needle projects to have a primitive Read more
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Rug Hooking:
When hooking the new George and Martha Washington rugs, we had enough skin tones wool for George's face, but not Read more
I have some wool fabrics in my stash that aren't colors I will use in my rug hooking or applique Read more
Once again, we have my mom joining us for this post. She is going to demonstrate how she outlines a Read more
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Cross Stitch:
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Primitive Crafts
In this craft tutorial, I am going to be making a Valentine bowl filler with a small punch needle heart. Read more
I like the shape and style of this basket, but it just looks too new for my decor. So, I Read more
In this Christmas craft tutorial, I will be making a Victorian inspired paper crafted Christmas ornament. I made this Christmas Read more
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Recent Posts:
- Punch Needle Finish on a Book
I am a little behind in completing punch needle projects to display (as usual). I love how this punch needle project turned out mounted on a fabric covered book. To start, I… Read more: Punch Needle Finish on a Book - Spooky Trio Cross Stitch Bowl Fillers PatternHere’s a fun cross stitch pattern for your primitive Halloween decor. This Spooky Trio of bowl fillers features a black cat, an orange jack-o-lantern, and a white jack-o-lantern. These are a fun… Read more: Spooky Trio Cross Stitch Bowl Fillers Pattern
- Over Dye Plaid Wool to Tone Down Color
In this wool dyeing tutorial, I am going to over dye some vivid plaid wool in order to tone down the color for future primitive rug hooking or applique projects. Watch the… Read more: Over Dye Plaid Wool to Tone Down Color - Hanging Punch Needle with a Wool Border
As 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 Recipes
I 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
