Back in 2016...seems like yesterday...i posted a free tutorial 'how to Make Primitive Sunflowers' on Craftsy. Remember Craftsy? If you remember...Craftsy was taken over by the new and 'improved' (or so they inferred) Bluprint owned by NBC Universal. Many of the Craftsy community was not impressed and if you had a Craftsy Pattern Store it was a wonderful place to share free downloads and sell patterns, but unfortunately not the case with Bluprint. Once Bluprint took over, i received notice that most of the content in my Craftsy Pattern Store was going away...and to top if off (and ticked me off) the blog posts I wrote for Craftsy were completely redone in Bluprint fashion. My name remained, but the posts were altered and other names were added as publishers. These were my submitted ideas, written and photographed posts and welcomed by Craftsy. Craftsy also had editors to critique and edit my posts beforehand, which i welcomed. Hum...i'm sure in some small print, I gave all my rights away when i wrote the posts, but it did leave a yuk feeling. Bluprint announced recently that TN Marketing purchased Bluprint's assets and it looks like 'Craftsy' will be returning in September. We'll see what that looks like. So, what prompted me to spew all of this? LOL I was contacted by Donna today asking where she could find my primitive sunflower free download. I went to Bluprint and there was the listing for my Tea Stained Sunflower tutorial, but no option to download it. So i decided it was high time to take back my content and post it on my own blog. You'll find the instructions after all these fun Fall pictures. PieBird Hot Pad with Primitive Sunflowers Aren't those primitive sunflowers great? Below is my PieBird runner pattern found on Etsy, it includes the hot pad pattern shown below the runner. Pattern is available instantly or mailed copy...in case you wondered. LOl. oh those legs... Finally...the instructions for Tea Stained Sunflowers and how to print just the instructions using the Printfriendly button below. Thanks so much for stopping by!! Please come back again. For more current updates, visit my Instagram site @laughyourselfintostitches How to use Print Friendly** If you would like to use the green 'print friendly' button, i recommend clicking on the Post Title first (so you only print the post you want...and not the entire blog). Once the print friendly option is open on your screen, the post can be printed in a number of pages. You can select just the pages you wish to print. Page numbers will be listed at the bottom of each page. You'll want to select 'All' or 'Custom'. Only want to print one page?...click 'Custom' and select the desired page number... example: only want to print page 3? You'll want to enter 3-3. Want to print pages 3-6? The enter 3-6, etc..

Primitive/Rustic Sunflower part 2 Here is the link for part 1 https://fb.watch/mwFbSgZrRj/?mibextid=UVffzb | Helianthus

This big very folk art sunflower head {6" wide} has been stuffed and stitched onto an old/worn wooden masher. PERFECT for the primitive folk art collector. The finished piece measures 13 1/2" tall and I used a piece of mustard wool to back the sunflower.

Prim Sunflower Pattern Designed by Jean Barker of Prim Crafts. What you will need: ¼ yd of dark brown brushed velour ¼ yd of golden yellow fabric makes approx. 5 sunflowers. (Depending on how many sunflowers you want to make, as to how much fabric you will need.) You will also need hand sewing needle and thread. (I use white thread because you will be coffee staining the flower.) Polyfil Stuffing, scissors, coffee stain mixture. Pattern directions: Please read through directions prior to beginning. Cut out two (2) Petal pieces from your favorite golden yellow fabric. (I use either golden homespun or broadcloth.) Cut one (1) center from brushed velour in dark brown. (That is what I used to make the one pictured, but you can use whatever fabric you like.) Now take your needle and thread and do a running gather stitch around the outside edge of the flower center piece. Pull gather up slightly and put some polyfil stuffing in. Not too much, just enough to make it kinda plump. Pull up gather a little more but not too tight and knot off thread. Now get your two petal pieces. I like to offset the two pieces a little so the petals look like they are full when finished. Put the gathered flower center piece in the middle of the petals. Take your needle and thread and stitch the center to the petals using a running stitch around the outside of the petals. It will be on the back side of the flower so it will not matter how it looks and besides, they are supposed to look Prim!! Make sure you catch the center piece with each stitch. At this point you should have a flower that looks like the picture. Time for that Prim Grungy look!! Mix ½ cup of instant coffee, 1 cup of hot water and 1 tsp. of cinnamon together in a bowl. Let cool, so you don’t burn your hands. Once cooled, dip your flower completely saturating it in the coffee mixture. Ring out slightly and place on an old cookie sheet lined with foil with flower face down on sheet. That will give the petals a little extra darkening when dried. I like to air dry my flowers by putting in a sunny place either inside or outside if the weather is nice. You can also dry them in the oven at 180 degrees, but watch them very carefully as they will burn or even catch on fire!!! You’re done!! They can be displayed in a bowl, added to a wreath, or use as an accent to any prim arrangement!! For the pattern to print out actual size, just click on the picture and click on your printer button. Have fun creating as many of them as you want and you don't even have to give me credit for the design!! My gift to you. All I ask is that you not sell the pattern for your own profit!! Prim Blessings, Jean

Let's make some Sunflowers out of painters drop cloth and spindles. #sunflowers #spindles #dropcloth #primitivediy | craft

I just love to come across a neat freebie pattern that gives me a good idea ~ so, hopefully, today, here is one for you. This big sunflower is hand sewn together, and stuffed with raffia, or if you can find the primitive green stiff grass. Then a wood slat, as a stem. ( A fat tree stick would also work very well.) I love it weathered and about 2' tall and 1 1/2" wide. Then you can wire or glue a holder on the reverse side to hang on your door, or make a few to stick in a crock. Use a big dinner plate and a smaller one as your circle guide. Cut two round bigger gold canvas cloth circles, then one smaller wool felt circles. Use big stitches and stitch thru all three layers of fabric. It goes fast. Then cut thru all around the outside for petals, almost to the brown center in both layers of the gold cloth. You can't go wrong on this pattern. Come into the shop and you can see them made up, or send me an email if you would like to purchase. Turn over and cut a sliver thru only one layer of the flower backing. This is where you will stuff with raffia, then glue a wood slat in as the flower stem & tie a strip of green homespun around it or wool. I don't have one here to show you, but stick it in almost to the top & apply glue to the stick first. Do this, after you have stained & dried with your favorite coffee or tea recipe.... I always use one of these foam brushes to apply the darkening. The petals will curl up nice and look neat & prim when dried. I use cardboard cut ups to dry any item I have "antiqued" they work nicely and keep things clean. You can carry and stack them real easy ~ and reusing them are a dream. And there you are, enjoy! (Thank you for giving me credit if you use this pattern) ~ Kathie

Do not seem to be disappearing anytime soon. I hope you are all cool and comfortable. This weather does not jive well with hooking with wool – well not big rugs in any event so I am busy maki…

Back in 2016...seems like yesterday...i posted a free tutorial 'how to Make Primitive Sunflowers' on Craftsy. Remember Craftsy? If you remember...Craftsy was taken over by the new and 'improved' (or so they inferred) Bluprint owned by NBC Universal. Many of the Craftsy community was not impressed and if you had a Craftsy Pattern Store it was a wonderful place to share free downloads and sell patterns, but unfortunately not the case with Bluprint. Once Bluprint took over, i received notice that most of the content in my Craftsy Pattern Store was going away...and to top if off (and ticked me off) the blog posts I wrote for Craftsy were completely redone in Bluprint fashion. My name remained, but the posts were altered and other names were added as publishers. These were my submitted ideas, written and photographed posts and welcomed by Craftsy. Craftsy also had editors to critique and edit my posts beforehand, which i welcomed. Hum...i'm sure in some small print, I gave all my rights away when i wrote the posts, but it did leave a yuk feeling. Bluprint announced recently that TN Marketing purchased Bluprint's assets and it looks like 'Craftsy' will be returning in September. We'll see what that looks like. So, what prompted me to spew all of this? LOL I was contacted by Donna today asking where she could find my primitive sunflower free download. I went to Bluprint and there was the listing for my Tea Stained Sunflower tutorial, but no option to download it. So i decided it was high time to take back my content and post it on my own blog. You'll find the instructions after all these fun Fall pictures. PieBird Hot Pad with Primitive Sunflowers Aren't those primitive sunflowers great? Below is my PieBird runner pattern found on Etsy, it includes the hot pad pattern shown below the runner. Pattern is available instantly or mailed copy...in case you wondered. LOl. oh those legs... Finally...the instructions for Tea Stained Sunflowers and how to print just the instructions using the Printfriendly button below. Thanks so much for stopping by!! Please come back again. For more current updates, visit my Instagram site @laughyourselfintostitches How to use Print Friendly** If you would like to use the green 'print friendly' button, i recommend clicking on the Post Title first (so you only print the post you want...and not the entire blog). Once the print friendly option is open on your screen, the post can be printed in a number of pages. You can select just the pages you wish to print. Page numbers will be listed at the bottom of each page. You'll want to select 'All' or 'Custom'. Only want to print one page?...click 'Custom' and select the desired page number... example: only want to print page 3? You'll want to enter 3-3. Want to print pages 3-6? The enter 3-6, etc..

I had so much fun making these sunflowers last night 🌻🥰

How to make primitive-farmhouse sunflowers with fabric scraps and mason jar rings. Look at these adorable DIY farmhouse sunflowers! Can you believe these beauties were made with scrap fabric, a mason jar ring, and a mason jar lid? Today we are going to learn how to make sunflowers with fabric scraps. This is such a fun and rewarding DIY. When I saw them on Pinterest I knew I had to give it a try. They add so much warmth and texture to any space. DIY sunflowers can be placed in a vase or tucked i

I love creating for the Easter season, although I didn't get to do as much this year as I would have liked. As I was going through and cleaning out some of my photo files, I came across so many of my past creations I'd forgotten about. And then when I saw this photo, it reminded me that I had started the pattern for it several months ago, but had never finished it. So I went to work on it immediately and finally got it finished up yesterday! It's now listed in all my shops. This is one of my favorite pieces I've ever made. And since I was cleaning out my different photo files, I thought I would go through each holiday/season and pick out my favorite from each. Believe me, it was not an easy task. I actually have MANY favorites from each holiday. But I narrowed it down to just one. It was fun looking at five years of gatherings, make-dos, sitters, hangings, candle mats, and pin keeps! I decided not to include my tucks and ornies...just TOO many of those. I'll save those for another post! Anyway, I'd like to share a few of my favorites with you... VALENTINE This was such a sweet bag gathering. I love the burgundy/red and pink hearts with this pretty quilt bag. ST. PATRICK'S DAY This was one photo file that was quite easy to go through. I've never made a lot for St. Patrick's Day. Not one of my favorite holidays to create for, but I DO love this large Leprechaun hat table sitter. EASTER Honestly, I have SO many favorites for Easter. So in addition to the one up top, I'm adding this one, as well. SPRING This was one of my very first primitive gatherings. Made this in spring of 2008. Seems like such a long time ago! It was definitely tons of STUFFING ago! AMERICANA/PATRIOTIC I've made many large Uncle Sam hat table sitters that I love, but since I've already listed the large Leprechaun hat, I decided to go with this large pinwheel piece. CANDLE MATS Oh my goodness! I have sold 63 of these things! So picking out ONE favorite was hard! I really like this one and it's intricate design! PIN KEEPS I love making these 3-tiered pin keeps. It's fun coordinating the three different fabrics to use. This is one of my favorite! And my favorite of all the OOAK pin keeps I've made! SUMMER Talk about a hard decision! This section included ALL the watermelon pieces I've made. Those are some of my favorite pieces to make. I love the hanging watermelon birdhouse with the sweetest little blue bird perched on it..."No Crows Allowed". And although I've made several of these sunflower pieces, in all shapes and sizes, I had to go with this one. I really liked the container this one was in. These sunflowers have always been a good seller for me. Not necessarily a good thing, since they are one of the most time consuming tucks to make! But after they've been sewn, it is so much fun to turn them and watch them "bloom!" HALLOWEEN Okay...I had to go with TWO for this holiday. After all, it IS the most popular, best selling holiday of all! Yes...even more so than Christmas! I LOVED this piece above. It was a lot of work, and the flat enamel pan was the perfect piece for this! In the end, I really hated to see this one go! This dates back to one of my first Halloween pieces. I made it using a cream quilt and color washed it black. The quilt piece had such wonderful stitching that give this piece so much character. It was such a fun piece to make. I've made other variations of this large cauldron hanging, but this one is my favorite! FALL Okay...so I lied. This was an impossible decision. I couldn't pick just one here, either. Heck...I couldn't pick just two! Fall is my favorite to make, and along with Halloween my busiest time of the year. I usually have several sleepless nights during the month of September making fall and Halloween prims! And that's just my tucks and ornies. So I have to get all my OOAK pieces made up in August or I would never be able to get any made! I have so many gatherings and hangings I've made using my leaves, so I definitely had to include one here. The one above is by far one of my favorite. And then there are my scarecrows! I'm a scarecrow collector...my favorite item to decorate with in the fall. It's amazing that I can even part with these after I make them. I'm still kicking myself for selling the one above! Maybe one day I'll make another...for ME! And this fellow was a gift for one of my very special customers! She loves scarecrows as much as I do! I love this guy! THANKSGIVING To be honest with you, this is the only "Thanksgiving" gathering I have ever made. I've made tons of "fall" pieces with the leaves and acorns and squirrels and pumpkins and scarecrows. But this is the only true Thanksgiving piece. Again, I'm not including tucks and ornies here. I do love this piece, though! CHRISTMAS Okay...I pretty much gave up! I have so many favorite Christmas pieces! But in the end I decided to go with another oldie. This was the very first make-do I ever made. This piece brings back many memories for me. I remember when and where I bought the hog scraper base...not having any idea what it was at the time. And I only paid $2 for it!!! I remember those early days when I was just getting started with my online business...I was also just getting started with my blog. EBay was my only selling venue at the time, and it was mostly by auction. I still remember when they added "Buy It Now". It was a time when eBay groups were all the rage and very competitive. I am still friends with the gal who invited me to my very first eBay group. It was a fun and exciting time. So much has changed since those early days. I've since opened my Olde Annie Primitives website and have loved every minute of it! I now sell on Etsy as well, and not as much on eBay anymore. EBay groups are pretty much a thing of the past. And I must say thankfully so, since so many of them consisted of nothing but drama, back stabbing and name calling! However, the biggest and best change has been my pattern business. If you would have told me five years ago that I'd be selling my own patterns, much less over 60 of them, I would have just laughed, rolled my eyes and said sarcastically "Yeah...sure!" I now sell my patterns on five different sites, including my Homespun Annie Pattern Shop. Another big change has been in the social network. When I started blogging, Facebook wasn't even around. Blogs were "the thing" and it was fun visiting and reading all the different blogs. I enjoyed sharing photos, my home and yard, outings, events, thrift shop finds and all my latest creations. Not to mention Harley's shenanigans! But it's getting harder and harder to maintain my blog these days. Time between posts become longer; and with each and every post, I tend to wonder whether it will be my last. I hope not. My blog has been a wonderful tool for me over the years. It allowed me to pour my heart out to so many. It introduced me to so many wonderful people. And it provided me with a wealth of advertising and traffic to my website! It served it's purpose and it served me well. So many other bloggers that I knew and followed are gone now...closed up shop. I just can't say goodbye to mine just yet. So until next time...however long it may be...I wish you all a HAPPY SPRING! Looks like you're still stuck with me for a while! Thanks so much for dropping by today! ~~Annie

An E-Pattern for a wool sunflower on a stick. The flower head is 5 inches. I've mounted it onto one of our handmade reclaimed barn wood sifter frames which stands 12 inches tall. Sifter frames are available upon request. Designed by Teresa Miller for Teresa's Primitive Treasures LLC

Primitive/Rustic Sunflower DIY Craft | Helianthus, craft

How to make primitive-farmhouse sunflowers with fabric scraps and mason jar rings. Look at these adorable DIY farmhouse sunflowers! Can you believe these beauties were made with scrap fabric, a mason jar ring, and a mason jar lid? Today we are going to learn how to make sunflowers with fabric scraps. This is such a fun and rewarding DIY. When I saw them on Pinterest I knew I had to give it a try. They add so much warmth and texture to any space. DIY sunflowers can be placed in a vase or tucked i

If you LOVE sunflowers but simply don't want to bust out the sewing machine (or if you're like me you don't have one, LOL), then this DIY is for you! This is one SUNFLOWER DIY you will not only want to make for yourself but you'll want to give them as gifts too...they are that