free patterns

The trees are in full blossom here, and they're gorgeous! I saw one particularly beautiful tree as I left a parking lot last week, and it occurred to me that…

I credit my husband for this pattern. I was having trouble coming up with an idea, and he just pulled this one out of his hat. I just had to…

This month I wanted a design that was quick and fun. I always love earrings, so that's what I decided on. It was fun rummaging through my beads to find…

This month's pattern is not one of my own, but is a pattern by Don Swearingen who very kindly said I could use it in my newsletter. I saved it…

I decided to make some frilly aprons for my granddaughters recently. The first one is for my 2-year-old granddaughter, and is the one pictured here. I absolutely loved it when…

It was a fun challenge to design this little guy's stripes and wings. After tossing a number of attempts, this was the final design. I liked him so much I…

My mother has a quilt she calls the "Ugly Quilt". Her quilt group made a bunch of blocks of one particular pattern, and somehow she ended up with them all.…

Here is another project where I set out to make something and ended up with something else. I had originally meant to make this little bowl to fit a little,…

I had a request for a Christmas pattern a little earlier this year, so here it is! I intended to tat a longer demo of this, but I made a…

I needed an edging for a hand towel, and wanted something a bit different. This is what I came up with. It took me a bit to work out the…