My newest punch needle pattern is a mixed – media piece with punch needle, embroidery, and felted wool all together on a ditty bag. In case you haven’t made one before, I wanted to show you how to sew a primitive ditty bag: Supplies to Sew a Ditty Bag: Cotton Quilting Fabric Basic Sewing Supplies […]
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Punch Needle Summer Ditty Bag
I just released this new Punch Needle Summer Ditty Bag pattern. It is for this mixed-media summer ditty bag. Ditty Bag Punch Needle Pattern: It has been punched on weavers cloth that has been fused onto quilting cotton fabric. The bee skep has been punched with Valdani Pearl Cotton #8. The bee’s body and the […]
Punch Needle on Quilting Cotton Fabric
I will admit it: I find punching backgrounds in a punch needle project to be tedious. I love punching the design of a pattern, just not the background. This is why I usually design 3-dimensional bowl filler patterns – no backgrounds to punch! So, I decided to give punch needle on a quilting cotton fabric […]
Fall punch needle pattern
I just released this new fall punch needle pattern. Now is the perfect time to get a start on your fall decorating projects! The punch needle pattern is for two primitive bowl fillers: a Black Cat on a pumpkin with a BOO sign & an Owl on a white pumpkin with a primitive star. Pumpkin […]
Dry Mint Leaves for Tea
Even though I have Norwegian ancestors, I am not much of a coffee drinker. But, I do love a good cup of tea! When we moved to our current home, the previous residents had planted mint in their landscaping. With its aggressive nature, the mint has smothered out everything else that was planted nearby, but […]
Wool Matte for Punch Needle
After finishing the punching of this free pattern, I decided to add a felted wool matte around the punch needle project. I chose a nice antique golden yellow color to bring out the color in the tulip. Supplies to Add a Wool Matte: Punch Needle Project Photocopier Scissors Felted Wool – large enough to form […]
DIY: Reviving an Antique Wooden Box
Today, I am reviving an antique wooden box. I recently acquired this wooden box at an estate sale. While I love its size – just right for hanging on the wall to display pretty things, it had lost its initial luster. It was super easy to revive the box; less than an hour’s laboring. Here’s […]
Same Free Punch Needle Pattern – New Color Choices
Yesterday, I finished punching my free primitive sheep punch needle pattern using a different color scheme than I had used in the original pattern. Here’s what it looks like punched with the original color choices: I wanted to share with you my new color choices in case you want to punch one also! For the […]
