Category: Design Blogs

  • How to Stiffen Snowflakes

    How to Stiffen Snowflakes

    This is the method that I personally use for stiffening pieces to have a nice firm Snowflake and the desired shape.  Several of the Snowflakes are particularly dependent on stiffening to obtain and hold their shape.  I prefer to save all the Snowflakes that I have created until I have a nice sized pile and…

  • Nymphalidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Nymphalidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in November 2018.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the same but hopefully the pattern is a little bit…

  • Lycaenidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Lycaenidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in 2019, apparently in February for some reason that I don’t remember.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the…

  • Morphinae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Morphinae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in 2019, apparently in February for some reason that I don’t remember.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the…

  • Papilionidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Papilionidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in 2019, apparently in February for some reason that I don’t remember.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the…

  • Hedylidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Hedylidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in 2019, apparently in February for some reason that I don’t remember.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the…

  • Riodinidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Riodinidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in 2019, apparently in February for some reason that I don’t remember.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the…

  • Hesperiidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    Hesperiidae Snowflake (Free Pattern)

    I originally release this pattern in 2019, apparently in February for some reason that I don’t remember.  It has been long enough since I wrote the pattern that I think I have learned somethings and I have also changed my formatting a bit.  I have updated the pattern this year (2023).  The snowflakes are the…

  • Beautiful Circles Blanket 

    Beautiful Circles Blanket 

    The Beautiful circle blanket is composed of 2 different circle patterns ending at different points to make 5 different motifs.  The motifs are textured with back post stitches, Popcorn stitches, and Puff stitches.  The circles are joined with a lacey join and finished with a basic border.  I made my full blanket 46 x 84in,…

  • Invisible Needle Join

    Invisible Needle Join

    I like to make my standing stitches and needle join a little different than I usually see. This is the method that I use that produces the most invisible join I could figure out.  For the purposes of this blog, I am using US dc stitches for my example below, but this technique can be…