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
To start punch needle embroidery, you will need some specialty punch needle supplies along with some supplies you might already Read more
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 tutorial, I will show you how to make a nesting bird pin cushion. This tutorial will show you 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
I recently acquired an antique hooked rug. It was hooked (punched?) with yarns and has a very pretty design and Read more
I am getting ready to hook a Santa coat and I want his coat to be hooked with a variegated Read more
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Primitive Crafts
This primitive Easter egg tutorial will show you how to make these cute Easter eggs out of plastic eggs. These Read more
This primitive carrots tutorial will teach you how to make this adorable spring carrot bundle. I will show you how Read more
In this post, I will be making a primitive faux strawberry jam jar from a recycled glass jar. This craft Read more
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From the Blog:
- Primitive Flag Banner
In this primitive craft tutorial, I will be making a painted fabric patriotic flag banner. I will display my new flag banner this summer to celebrate the 250th anniversary. Watch the Video:… Read more: Primitive Flag Banner - Igolochkoy Russian Punch Needle
My very first punch needle tool was an Igolochkoy Russian punch needle. Before purchasing this punch needle tool, I had never done any punch needle embroidery. I loved the tool enough to… Read more: Igolochkoy Russian Punch Needle - Primitive Patriotic Journal Cover
In 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
