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:
Here's one way to age a punch needle project. Sometimes I like my punch needle projects to have a primitive Read more
I prefer doing punch needle with 3 strands of floss. I usually use a combination of both DMC and Valdani Read more
In this craft tutorial, I am going to be making a Valentine bowl filler with a small punch needle heart. Read more
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Rug Hooking:
If you have been hooking or punching with a gripper strip frame, you know how sharp those gripper strip teeth Read more
After showing you how to make punch needle ornamental corn a few weeks ago, I thought it would be fun Read more
Instead of hooking loops as is done in regular rug hooking, proddy rug hooking hooks short strips of wool to Read more
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Cross Stitch:
In order to make an antique style cross stitch sampler in a specific size, I combined a few different patterns Read more
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to make cross stitch bowl fillers with a sewing machine, Read more
I have a couple of embroidery projects in carved wood picture frames, so when I saw this picture frame, I Read more
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Primitive Crafts
I wanted to make a new rustic farmhouse wreath for my front door. I had an older grapevine wreath that Read more
In this post, I will show you how I made some primitive Santa bowl fillers. The Santas have been made Read more
Some of the primitive crafts I make use paper and I like to have the paper look grungy so I Read more
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Recent Posts:
- Upcycle a Halloween Bucket
I came across a small Halloween candy bucket in a thrift store earlier this fall. I loved its size, but I like a more primitive look so I decided to upcycle it… Read more: Upcycle a Halloween Bucket - Over Dye Wool for Primitive Crafting
I had a piece of felted wool that wasn’t quite orange and it wasn’t quite gold. I knew I would never use it in any primitive crafting project as it was. So,… Read more: Over Dye Wool for Primitive Crafting - No Sew Wool Bowl Filler
In this primitive craft tutorial, I will be making a no sew wool bowl filler. The bowl filler is a stuffed wool crow sitting atop a stuffed wool star. It is tied… Read more: No Sew Wool Bowl Filler - Cross Stitch Bowl Fillers
In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to make cross stitch bowl fillers with a sewing machine, using a cotton fabric as the backing. Watch the Video Tutorial: Make… Read more: Cross Stitch Bowl Fillers - Feed Sack Bowl Fillers Tutorial
In this primitive craft tutorial, I will be making some bowl fillers that look like antique feed sacks. I made a pig, sheep, and poultry feed sack. Watch the Video: Make Feed… Read more: Feed Sack Bowl Fillers Tutorial
