French Knots

Four crosses with wheat, grapevines or lilies for Easter. ”

Vintage embroidery patterns of kittens doing what kittens do….being cute while planning their next attack.

There are 4 patterns here of morning glory flowers…2 as central motifs, a single motif for a napkin corner and lovely morning glories trailing on a fence.

One plain and one fancy from the locker of Davy Jones. Not really.

Here’s a set of three puppy patterns having a good time. Cool cross stitch detail on their ears!

Another little girl days of the week set from decades past. Enjoy!

Big ‘ol flowers to embroider or applique.

This is Susan’s pet duck, Louella. According to the poem, she is a dizzy duck from being so busy. The cool thing about making toys is you know exactly what is in them and there are no worries about lead or little parts falling off. These are old school and safe! To download the free

No farm is complete without people to run it! Here we have Susan who is probably the milkmaid as well as the hunter-gatherer. This vintage pattern is from 1943 but as you know, the stitches are still the same. To download Susan as a PDF file click here. This is Susan’s friend, Hiram, the hired

Henry is Henrietta’s mate and most likely the father of her chicks. Well, maybe. Once can never be too sure about such things! This is another fun crochet pattern to add to the rest of the barnyard animals. There are 11 patterns including the boy and girl. To download the free pattern in PDF format

I was fortunate to grow up in rural places where open fields and chicken coops were my playground. I’ve been a city girl for many years but I still think these toys would be great for any kid, city or not. Why not crochet up the entire barnyard? When these instructions were written in the

If you have made Blackie then you might want to crochet up Gardenia, his mate. This pattern is also from the Victory Barnyard booklet from 1943. Gardenia is a free pattern available in PDF format by clicking here.