Vintage embroidery transfers

Vintage Children's Motifs Embroidery Transfers Darling Designs! UNCUT UNUSED ORIGINAL OLD SHEET OF TRANSFERS This is a sweetie of a vintage transfer. It is Vogart 240. I love the wet and dry poodle that I think was intended for guest towels but the too cute pups or the kitties in the basket would be so sweet for children's linens or clothing. It comes to you uncut, unused and factory folded and includes the envelope. There are real sweeties and the pic says it all. This is still factory…

Needlewoman 68

Well, 48 actually, since 2 have been used, but we won't argue with that really.

When Dave was tracing out the patterns from each sheet (his hands are steadier at that kind of thing than mine are,) he put all the really small ones from each of the large pattern

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This morning I was browsing Pinterest (which is one of my favorite things to do!) and found a wonderful site for vintage embroidery patterns. It's a Flickr site called Hoop Love Vintage Transfers and it's loaded with vintage transfer embroidery patterns! You can find it here. It's a member site and you need to have a Flickr account but it's easy to join and worth it if embroidery is your thing. The site is specific to vintage patterns from companies that are no longer in business. So…

Learn how to transfer patterns to fabric with your home printer, an easy embroidery hack for a clean, precise transfer!

From my collection of transfers from the 70's.

I am so excited to have won this old catalog on ebay for only $15, which was a great deal in my opinion. It is big (11 x 13) and although the cover is shelf-worn, the pages are pristine and the illustrations are wonderful. The catalog contains pictures of every Simplicity needlework pattern in

Embroidery Patterns

After my last post about my little Happy Bluebird, which I stitched from a vintage iron-on transfer "tester" design, I'd thought I'd share some of my favourite places online to find free vintage embroidery patterns! The photo above was my very first attempt at embroidery, my Bluebirds of Happiness, and it is also a vintage design :) The Hoop Love Vintage Transfers Group on Flickr If you're interested in vintage embroidery patterns at all, this is the place to start! Although you do have to…

Vintage FOLK Floral & Birds Sewing Transfer Iron On LARGE

A free download archive of embroidery & cross stitch patterns from my personal collection, includes both design / theme sets & individual charts.

Learn how to use vanishing transfer paper when transferring embroidery patterns.

In case you missed it in the holiday hubbub, doe-c-doe shared two adorable vintage patterns this week. You’ll want to add them to your collection. Get the patterns.