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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Punch Needle
I prefer doing punch needle with 3 strands of floss. I usually use a combination of both DMC and Valdani Read more
I like the look of punch needle projects mounted on a hornbook (shaped wooden board). There are several different ways Read more
Hand dyed weavers cloth makes an amazing background for your punch needle projects. Find out how to dye weavers cloth Read more
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Rug Hooking
I have recently had questions about making commercially dyed black wool look more primitive. When thrifting wool garments, black skirts Read more
Instead of hooking loops as is done in regular rug hooking, proddy rug hooking hooks short strips of wool to Read more
I started with some natural colored felted wool and dyed it with orange dye. It turned out to be a Read more
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Primitive Crafts
I love making primitive fall decor! In this craft tutorial, I will make some painted fabric candy corn bowl fillers. Read more
I love adding some Americana to my summertime farmhouse decor! Find out how easy it is to make these primitive Read more
I found a wonderful cross stitch finished project at a thrift store. I really liked it but I decided I Read more
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From the Blog:
- Primitive Patriotic Journal CoverIn this primitive craft tutorial, I am going to cover a composition notebook to make the journal more my style. I chose to cover it (mostly) with printable papers with a patriotic… Read more: Primitive Patriotic Journal Cover
- Making a Doll House Rug with Punch Needle
It seems like every bit of punch needle history I read mentions making doll house rugs with the punch needle tools. I have been doing punch needle for many years and never… Read more: Making a Doll House Rug with Punch Needle - Planning, Aging, and Framing a Cross Stitch Sampler
In order to make an antique style cross stitch sampler in a specific size, I combined a few different patterns to create a new design. After stitching it, I aged the sampler… Read more: Planning, Aging, and Framing a Cross Stitch Sampler - Wool Flower Tutorial
In 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 Case
A 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
