Found in this book.  I thought he would make a great embroidery.  He is supposed to be an illustration of a toy that children can make out of buttons, seeds and thread.  I really want to stitch him but don’t think I’ll have any free stitching time between now and November, so I figured I had better share him!!  If you stitch him up, please shoot me a picture, I would love to see it.

Back in May Rebekah and I did a little pattern swap (i’m always interested in swapping patterns…hint hint), she sent me this uber cute Aunt Martha transfer, already stamped on a GREAT towel.

I started it over Memorial Day weekend and slowly worked on it every morning while I waited for the kids to finish swim class.  Today was the last day of classes and I finished it with 10min. to spare!  I packaged it up and sent it off as a surprise to someone I think will really like it.

Thanks for the great pattern Rebekah, I can’t wait to work on the rest of the set!

will find me curled up in front of Howard’s End with these:

These are part of a much larger order that will be off to frances’ very soon.

Yesterday my husband had the day off which meant that I could sneak away for a few hours and visit the local antique mall. I was so sad to find that the pattern selection at my favorite booth was so limited, the owners must be doing some great business! I managed to grab a few American Thread Company transfers, an old Aunt Martha’s and one Simplicity transfer. Here is one of the Aunt Martha patterns, in case you needed something to stitch this weekend!

A few recent ebay purchases, unfortunately they are all incomplete.

Each envelope contains no more than 4 or 5 transfers, but I am happy to add any to my pattern collection. Here is a transfer from 216 that I am sharing today.

While looking up vogarts last week I decided to make a list of the patterns I am looking for, 231, 198, 160, 259, 260.  If anyone has these patterns I’m happy to swap with you, also if you see any of these whilst you click through ebay email me a link please!

I found out about a fabric/quilt/pattern estate sale 2 hours after it started, but I raced over anyway. After talking with the owners, I found that I missed all the embroidery patterns, they sold before I got there. I don’t even want to think about the fabric that I missed out on.

I did manage to snag a few vintage patterns from the 50’s & 60’s before a woman came by and bought ALL the patterns (three pattern drawers full worth). It was everything you could fit in a trash bag for $1 (you’re dying aren’t you? I would be if I read it on someone else’s blog). There were trunks and trunks, and boxes just full of fabric. I dug and dug and pulled out what I could that appealed to me. I also found an amazing needle point brown linen tote bag.

My husband if off with the camera so pictures of my finds will have to wait (like the cool nine patch quilt blocks). I did snag an old (and stained) embroidered kitchen towel, I bought it for the pattern. Since I can’t show you my finds I thought I would share the pattern from the towel with you.

Wouldn’t it be fun to do charity set of DOW towels?  If everyone chose a day and stitched a towel, then the set could be donated or sold for charity?

Found while thrifting in Phoenix. I was not lucky enough to find any Ondori books, but I still had a good time! I flipped through the book and found a fun pattern that I thought might look nice on a tote bag, or maybe a pillow.

Happy Stitching- and don’t forget tomorrow is FREE SCOOP DAY at Ben & Jerry’s.

A package arrived today with the vintage Superior 151 pattern I bought off ebay! I eagerly ripped it open and was so happy to see the crisp, complete never cut pattern!

I decided to share the love and scan this pattern for you. While I was at it I decided to scan a few of my Vogart’s in an attempt to help Floresita with her Vogart Index (here is another great resource, no actual patterns shared, but a list of what every pattern is and lots of envelope shots).

Sadly, my scans are not near as clean as doe-c-doe’s. I know my way around photoshop, but I can’t seem to figure out how everyone else can get such clean crisp lines. Forgive the smudges, I hope you enjoy them!