In this primitive craft tutorial, I am going to make a rag candle ring. I chose to make mine using a solid natural colored muslin fabric, but you could use any color of fabrics to go along with your primitive decor. Watch the Craft Video: Make the Wire Ring: To make the candle ring, I […]
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Wool You Be Mine Rug Hooking Pattern
Here’s a new rug hooking pattern now available. It might be a little early for Valentine’s Day decor, but it certainly isn’t too early to start hooking this heart and sheep hooked rug pattern! Wool You Be Mine Pattern: This primitive hooked rug was hooked using #8 worms. When finished, it measures about 10-1/2″ wide […]
Natural Dye Wool: Carrot Tops
I enjoy experimenting with dyeing felted wool for rug hooking, backing punch needle projects, and applique projects. When we harvested our carrots from the garden earlier this summer, I remembered reading in one of my natural dye books that carrot tops make a good dye. Here’s a look at how I used the carrot tops […]
Primitive Pantry Jar
In this primitive craft tutorial, I will show how I upcycled a jar to make a grungy pantry jar with a primitive star. This jar looks like it has been around for a long time and is a perfect addition to your primitive kitchen. I have also made a jar of faux strawberry jam you […]
Blue Bird Fraktur Rug Hooking Pattern
I am excited to release this new blue bird and heart Fraktur rug hooking pattern. This rug hooking pattern has a companion punch needle pattern. You can learn more about the bird fraktur punch needle pattern here. Bird Love Fraktur Rug Hooking Pattern: The Bird Love Fraktur hooked rug features a Pennsylvania Dutch style design […]
Primitive Star Candle Tutorial
In this primitive craft tutorial, I will transform a plain battery operated candle into a primitive grungy candle with a star. I have grunged small tea light candles before, but I wanted to also add a primitive star to this larger one. I wasn’t sure how to do it, but my experiment worked really well! […]
Hooked Rug Make-Do Tutorial
With the recent release of a hooked rug crow make-do pattern in my shop, I thought you might enjoy a tutorial on how to make a rug hooked make-do. You don’t have to stop at making a crow though. You could make lots of make-dos from small rug hooking patterns! I am going to use […]
Primitive Summer Ditty Bag
I have several of these tiny vintage yo-yos, so I thought it would be fun to make a little primitive summer ditty bag using some yo-yos as flowers. I printed out some old looking documents to roll up and add to the ditty bag so it would look like a child’s school bag. Watch the […]
