New Punch Needle Patterns inspired by Maple Sugar Molds

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon these wonderful sugar molds in an antique store!  I fell in love with them instantly and knew that had to come home with me!  At first glance my mind started turning and I could see them as the perfect punch needle design!  I finished them as hangers but they could easily be made into a pillow!  

Kits, epatterns and mailed patterns are available in my Etsy Shop!

New offerings available on PHM tonight!

 

Happy Spring!

I'm quite excited about the PHM update this evening!

 Lots of colorful and Spring handmades will be available by a wonderful group of artists.  I did some hooking, punching and appliqueing! 

I've been scouring the antique shops for washboards to add a sweet something to the top! I look for the glass scrubbers and the metal ones with a nice patina.  Here are close ups of the two I'm offering on my page this month.  The little lingerie size has a needle punch design inspired by a Pennsylvania Dutch pen and watercolor art of a fraktur bird and flowers which is a pattern by Margaret Shaw.

 This is a design I put together with the inspiration of the bird with the heart wings and flowers in wool applique.  This design will be the free pattern that comes along with the PHM newsletter this month so be sure to sign up if haven't already done so! The newsletter lign up link can be found on the home page of PHM.

 

I used a pattern by Linda Evans of Grant Street Woolworks to create the sweet little chick hooked bag and the wool pillow.  She has a kit available to create the hooked pocket. If interested please contact  Linda on Facebook to purchase the kit. 

 The wool I used for this pillow is an antique black over-dyed piece.

 

Last but not least is the burlap pillow that I hooked a bunny pulling a chick in a cart!

 

 

Here is the direct link to my page to read more about each offering. While you are there take a look at all the pages! You won't be disappointed!

It's a Spring Celebration with the OFG Etsy Team!

It's been a while since I had the time to participate in one of the OFG Etsy teams celebrations so I'm happy it worked out this time!  Starting tomorrow morning you will be able to search Etsy by placing NBCOFG in the search bar or Click Here to see all the new Spring items the group has been creating!  

Here is what I will be posting! 

A wool penny, Prairie doll, Black cat and sunflower in a paper mache basket, Bunny and wool penny flowers in a paper mache basket!

This link will take you right to my page on Etsy!

Happy Shopping and enjoy some Spring inspiration!

Finished a needlepunch project!

I punched this months ago and it has been waiting patiently for me to finish it!!! It is my very first punched piece so I will be using it in my home! There are so many things you can do with these sweet little things and I couldn't decide what I wanted to do............well today I made a decision and mounted it on a board. I was busy all day painting and finishing up more laptop desks and candle shelves so while the paint was drying I ran to the shed and cut out the board and threw it on the paint table! Wish I could finish all projects that quickly!

I mounted it to the board with glue..........which I'm not a fan of glue at all......... not sure if it will stick or not!!! Any other suggestions on how to mount these on boards??? I really would appreciate some ideas!

Enjoy the rest of your day!!!