Category: People

These came from a sheet with Pennsylvania Dutch motifs so our farmer here is probably Amish, hence the beard.

Two patterns – a gentleman and lady worked in cross stitch.  

Some cool scenes of kids playing in the snow for your embroidering pleasure whilst you stay warm by the fire.

Here’s a couple of patterns to inspire sound sleep for the little ones. Ok, maybe not but you’ll have fun stitching them anyway.

A baker’s dozen! The Workbasket published these as a series in their magazine but I somehow ended up with 13. Maybe the boy with the wreaths is the odd one and the girl angel (ha ha) is supposed to be the Christmas kid. Or one of the two Irish shamrock kids is an imposter. The

A cute boy and girl to stitch up in a quilt or ??

This is what happened before Ma and Pa Kettle got hitched and had all them kids. What comes with marriage and children? Chores, of course! A hillbilly days of the week set can be found here.

Here’s a collection of western cowboy and horse related objects along with the star of the show, the bronco buster.

Here’s a set that’s not quite a days-of-the week set but could be used as quilt blocks as well as for towels. The boy is adorable and the friendly cactus is a nice touch to the set!

7 patterns of a circus clown doing the days-of-the-week chores of lion taming, juggling, biking and hanging out by the Ferris wheel. Also included in this set are the Sunday through Monday circus style lettering if you wish to add them to your project.

Many of these colonial women patterns were designed for pillowcases as the central motif with trailing flowers on each side of her to fill in the width. There are plenty of floral motifs on this site so be creative and add your own flair to the little lady!

Here’s 2 patterns of romantic couples on the dance floor doing the square thing and buckskin guy is probably doin’ a jig.