Free PDF Download For Country Hens Hooked Rug, Rug Hooking and Punch Needle Free Tutorials,Free Patterns

Hi, Primmies, here's a free download for an adorable rug hooking project (click above "free pdf" to go to project). If you haven't tried rug hooking yet, Click Here to go to the Create and Decorate magazine website "How-To Series". You can also go to the
author's (Sally Van Nuys) website at Amherst Antiques Folkart for free tutorials on rug hooking and ALSO
learn Miniature Punch Needle Embroidery. These instructions are the most detailed and illustrated, easy-to-understand "How To's" that I have ever read. She makes it sound like
it's super easy to learn either technique. There are also links to needles, patterns, Red Dot Tracer paper, backing, linens, floss and wool, plus DVD's and books.
Since there is also a giveaway going on at Hungry Hook Primitives for a rug hooking kit, this is a great time to have another rug hooking tutorial source.
There are fabulous Halloween "Freebie Doodles" at Bird In The Hand Primitives, Robin's patterns can be used for punch needle, rug hooking or stitcheries. Be sure to go to her blog to see all of her free designs.
Well, that's quite enough for now. We've got appointments with the neurosurgeon to go over the results of our MRI scans on our cervical and lumbar spine areas. Yep, BOTH of
us, I've had 4 surgeries since 1993 and Mr. Glen Oaks' has some serious problems in 3
areas of his spine. These are comparison scans to see if there have been major changes
that warrant surgery. Can you imagine both of us going through spinal surgeries? Let me
tell you, it's no picnic. I've got so many ceramic plates, bone grafts, rods and pins that I'm starting to wonder what's holding me together.
Enjoy your day, it's beautiful here, breezy, sunny, 76 degrees.
Susan


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Free Pattern Downloads For You To Sew and Stitchery Patterns

Hi, Primmies, for everyone affected by Hurricane Irene, I wish to say that our thoughts are with you and hope that you have family and friends should you be in need of help. Some areas have had devastating damages and I am so sorry. We had some minor damage to our breezeway roof and have water leaking in the light fixtures, Mr. Glen Oaks is on it as we speak. He is also cleaning up the debris in the yard, a few very large tree limbs and miscellaneous stuff that blew in the yard. I was frightened way beyond the level I should have been. I just panicked all of a sudden Sunday morning, when the trees starting coming down. It was brief (the wind gusts) not even reported on the news for our area, but never the less, it was happening. Juan calmed me down (the cats were reacting to my fright) and things settled down finally. I'm not normally like that, I like to blame menopause on anything unpleasant that I do. So we'll blame menopause.
So on a happy note, here is a link to a free download for a Flying Witch pattern. It's so cute, like the "weathervane" style of folk art. She's sewn and on a dowel stand.
It's a design by Donna Veal of Moonchild's Primitives. She includes links for the grey sheep's wool hair, the fragrant, dried Sweet Annie and rusty bells (they have other rusty tin items as well). Besides sewing, there's some painting and of course a prim stain wash.
Click HERE to
see it and download the pattern. Scroll to almost half way down her main page to the picture of the witch. She changes her free patterns so check back every once in a while for new one.
Here's another link to a prim doll that's sewed and has some painting (face, hair) and she's about 20 inches in length. The pattern includes her clothing.
Click HERE to download. To go to the artist's blog page with a finished color photo click Kaaren of The Painted Quilt. She also says she'd be happy to give you a tutorial for painting the doll's face.
Here's another place for free ornie patterns and a lot of free stitchery patterns that are black and white "doodle" drawings. I guess you could punch needle them, do appliques or maybe even use them in rug hooking. They are really nice.
Click HERE to go to Jennie Baer's freebie page at Homeberries.
As I find more free pattern sites I will post them for you.
Warm Regards,
Susan

Prims By The Water 100 Followers Giveaway

I found this giveaway while on Hungry Hook Primitives this morning. It's for this adorable "Homestead" pillow and Santa doll:

The pillow is stuffed the prim way with cloth for stuffing and the Santa is made from wool
with a faux pine sprig. He's very prim and adorable.
You can click HERE and at the right-hand sidebar to enter Janice's giveaway.
Good Luck, Primmies,
Susan

Rug Hooking Giveaway and Tutorial At Hungry Hook Primitives

Margie of Hungry Hook Primitives is having a giveaway. There is a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. She also has a complete rug hooking tutorial you can follow by clicking HERE.

Sign up for her blog if you don't already follow by clicking HERE. Leave a comment on the tutorial and the giveaway and follow the rest of the rules for the giveaway. I hope I win!

Later, Primmies...

Prim Patterns Extravaganza: Over 200 Prim Patterns On One CD

I suppose a lot of prim artists design their own patterns, but for those of us that are
design and drawing-challenged, this is for us!
I saw this offer the other day while browsing my favorite web sites, and was reminded again today while reading my blog list, Tennessee Ridge Primitives. There are 219 (YES) prim patterns on one CD, Becky has compiled all of her designs and is offering this CD for only $45.00. Click the photo to get a larger image:

Click HERE to go directly to her selling website.
A link to her blog is clickable HERE. It works out to about $4.86 per pattern!
Becky is also having a primendous sale on e-patterns, like 5 for $10 and several more deals. It's worth a trip over to see all the sales.
Bye, Primmies...