Crochet Heart Vintage Contact Paper

It is so hard for me to clean my craft area without getting distracted.  I have spent all day going through it and getting rid of a lot of items that I know I will never get to. 

I did come across some vintage contact paper and decided to take a break and cut out two heart and place them together and crochet a border around them. 

I need to get back in there and start going through everything again. 

I just stopped by to share this with you. 

Since I am beginning to enjoy crochet edgings, what better way to practice? I can make some wonderful gift tags, ornaments and what not and practice my edging patterns, to get a feel for what I want to use on my towels. 

Hope your weekend is a wonderful one!


Deb

Vintage Crochet Shell Edging Pattern Has Arrived

 

 

Hello Everyone!!!!!

 

I hope this finds you all in the best of health and spirits.  

 

I have released a vintage crochet edging pattern today.  This pattern can be found here. 

 

I really love kitchen hand towels, and my intentions were to pick up some flour sack towels and practice a little embroidery work.

 

I stopped in at the 99 cent store the other day and they had two of the below flour sack towels left, so I grabbed them.  What a deal!!!

 

Since I really don't have any room on the towels to do embroidery work, I still couldn't pass up the bargain and decided to work on some crochet edging. 

 

I have released a vintage crochet edging pattern today.  This pattern can be found here. 

 

This pattern will be so cute on guest towels, pillowcases, tops, etc. 

 

The pattern instructs to use tatting thread and a small needle. I used a size 10 tread and a size 8 (1.50 mm) steel crochet hook for the towel you see below.  I also bypassed Rnd 1 on the instructions. 

 

Instead of doing a blanket stitch across edge of the towels, I insert the hook at the very edge of one side, *chain four, insert the hook about 1/4" across from your first insert,on the top edge of towel, (depends on your tension),  and completed a single  crochet *, repeat until you have something similar to a blanket stitch across the edge of your towel.  I prefer these technique, because it produces a firmer fit for me, and the crochet work doesn't sag from the material. 

 

I am pleased with the results, and I now understand why one charges the amount they do for crochet edged towels. 

 

Beautiful results, and I have come to appreciate those that design and crochet edgings.

 

Now, if I can get myself to use the towel. 

 

 



 



 

Enjoy,

 

Deb

Project Crochet Brooches

I have been making homemade paper for the past couple of weekends and I have no idea what I am going to do with all of it, but here is a start. 

I'm back to doodling with my crochet, before I start my next pattern. 

I though it would be fun to embroidery on the homemade paper, so I have pulled out the books and I am starting to practice some stitches. 

In the meantime, I though I would be interesting to incorporate crochet, and the homemade paper and a little bit of embroidery and start a little project of making brooches for gifts this Christmas. 

I am really enjoying simplicity of the project and working with the different elements.

I just wanted to pop in and share this with you.

See you soon with a new crochet pattern that I am designing. 

Deb

Vintage Crochet Snow Ball Buffet Set Pattern Has Arrived.

 

I hope that you all enjoy this pattern as much as I have.  This vintage crochet snow ball buffet set pattern can be found here. 

 

 

This pattern has so many options.  I have made the doily and used a sugar water stiffener to convert the snow ball doilies into baskets.  The first four rounds of this pattern make a lovely flower as well. 

 



 

This is defiantly a pattern that will be made over and over again in this household.  I just love the simplistic elegance and flexibility it has.  

 

Enjoy,

 

Debra