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
One of the most asked questions from beginner punchers, after how to get the loops to stay in the fabric, Read more
Would you like to try to Appliqué Punch Needle Projects onto clothing? I appliquéd a punch needle sheep onto a Read more
I am excited to show you how I sometimes use French knots in punch needle projects. I am working on Read more
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Rug Hooking
Today, I am going to show you how to create a hooked rug wall hanging that isn't droopy. This technique Read more
I started with some natural colored felted wool and dyed it with orange dye. It turned out to be a Read more
In this rug hooking tutorial, I am going to make some hooked rug cone flowers. These will be on a Read more
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Primitive Crafts
In this craft tutorial, I will show you how I made some primitive Valentine decor with pipe cleaners and wooden Read more
I had been wanting an antique shoo fly screen but they are difficult to find so I decided to make 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:
- 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 - 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 Carrot
I 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
