Free Vintage French Cross Stitch Patterns

-
These vintage cross stitch charts come from an old French pattern book, one of a series.  The book features the color plates without listing floss colors, so you can pick the colors you like best.

Most of the plates are a readable size, but you might want to enlarge them for easier reading.












The imagery would look lovely cross stitched onto a sampler or other textiles.  Enjoy these free patterns!




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Whimsical Appliqué Patterns

-
Image
Treasure hunting at my favorite thrift store a few days ago resulted in this find, a 1960s copy of  Children's Cross-Stitch & Applique Designs book by Butterick.  Although the cross-stitch patterns are delightful and would be cute on your current creations, the illustrations are pretty monochromatic and didn't scan well.  So today's focus is on the appliqué patterns printed in the book as well as some shopping links for the vintage patterns. No doubt these patterns can be found elsewhere but today I looked primarily at Etsy since I just love this marketplace!  The three shops who are currently carrying these patterns are not affiliated with me in any way, they just happen to be carrying these particular patterns currently. The sewing and appliqué patterns: Butterick 9917 I found this adorable pattern  here  at Old Soul Vintage on Etsy. The appliqué pattern for Butterick 9917 Butterick 9352 I found several of this pattern avai...
Read more

BSA Eagle Scout Memory Quilt or Banner

-
Image
Just a little show-and-tell today….. something I made for my favorite Eagle Scout, a memory quilt wall hanging or banner. The center fabric panel is a reprint of a Norman Rockwell painting that I just love.  To the right of it I stitched a tan panel to display his rank patches as he advanced.  Included is the Arrow of Light patch at the bottom that carried over from Webelos. The badges around the edges of the quilt are the badges that he earned while a Scout.  I left a little space on the upper left to add three additional badges that he's earned but not received quite yet. Also represented are his Conservation Award (the panda patch), the 100 year anniversary patch and a patch he got while hiking and camping at Philmont Scout Ranch this past summer. Accented with red and a scouty green, the quilt is backed with another Boy Scout themed fabric shown below. quilt back To finish the memory quilt wall hanging I stitched a tube to the back so that a dowel could be inserted an...
Read more

Doll Dress, Slip & Panties Patterns

-
Image
These patterns for a doll dress, slip and panties are from the same vintage World War II pattern books that I was perusing yesterday.  The beauty of these patterns is that they're adaptable to any size doll.   Like yesterday's apron patterns, having previous sewing experience will be helpful and necessary in drafting and sewing these doll garments. A Dress to Fit Any Doll The instructions for the doll dress: "To make a yoke pattern for a doll's dress, cut two squares of paper as deep and as wide as one quarter of the doll's chest measure plus 1/2 inch.  Divide these pieces into squares as in Diagram 1 and 2 [see below].  Now, draw the yoke outline to cross the squares as shown.  The center front at A, and the center back at B, should be placed on a fold. "For the sleeve pattern, cut paper as deep as the yoke and twice as wide as the measurement around the top of the doll's arm.  Draw the triangle guide in Diagram 3 [see below], centering the top point and ...
Read more