Crochet Baby Bib

Crochet baby bib is a great baby shower gift for a that special little princess.  

 

With all the February Love inspiration, along with all the January babies, these precious bibs come to mind. You can find a similar pattern for this adorable baby bib on Ravelry by Sonea Delvon

Mine is winged, but was inspired by Sonea's beautiful idea, and shared by Moogly Blog in the crochet baby round up.

February also inspires us to color and paint 💖

I love my children 💖

(drawing above was done in 2014)

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💖 Happy Valentine's 💖

May you have lots of LOVE and JOY! 

Best wishes, and happy crocheting!!

Free Easy Crochet Snowflake Pattern

 ❆❅❄ Christmas Snowflake Coaster ❄❅❆

Easy, free crochet snowflake pattern.

These crochet snowflakes make great coasters, and can also work as garland, ornaments, gift tags and more. 

Versatile pattern written in US crochet terms, by Doily Designs, Cathleen Wake Gorbatenko, © 2021.

You can find this printable pdf download pattern file for sell on Etsy.

Easy crochet pattern works up quickly to make several as gift sets, or decorations during the holidays.

Uses G (6 - 4.25mm) hook, or other hook size to change overall size, gauge not crucial. H hook works good for slightly larger coasters.

G hook yields snowflakes that are approximately 5 inch at widest point.

Size 4, worsted weight yarn. Designer uses Hobby Lobby, “I love this yarn!”, White sparkle.

Stitch Key

Ch (chain)

Sl st (slip stitch)

Sc (single crochet)

Sp (space)

Hdc (half double crochet)

Mr (magic ring* mr instruction included after pattern)

For post stitches, crochet around the bottom part of the Hdc st.

Detailed pictorial and hand drawn graph follow written pattern.

Beg: Mr, Ch 1

Rnd 1:  12 Sc in Mr, join with Sl st in 1st Sc (12 Sc)

Rnd 2:  *Ch 4, Sl st in next Sc,* repeat * to * around, join with Sl st in 1st Sc

             (12 Ch 4 lps)

Rnd 3:  Sl st into Ch 4 sp, *Ch 5, Sl st in next Ch 4 sp,* repeat * to * around, 

             join with Sl st in Sl st/base of 1st Ch (12 Ch 5 lps)

Rnd 4:  Sl st into Ch 5 sp, Ch 1, Sl st into same sp, *Ch 6, Sl st into next 

            Ch 5 sp,* repeat * to * around, join with Sl st in Sl st (12 Ch 6 lps)

Rnd 5:  *2 Sc in next Ch 6 sp, (Hdc in same sp, Ch 4, Sl st in post of Hdc, 

            Ch 4, Sl st in 3rd Ch, Ch 1, Sl st in same post of Hdc, Ch 4, Sl st for 

            a 3rd time around same post of Hdc, 2 Sc in same ch sp), Sc in next 

            Ch 6 sp, (Hdc in same, Ch 3, Sl st around Hdc post, Sc in same ch,* 

            repeat * to * around, join with Sl st in 1st Sc (6 large points, 6 small 

            points)

Fasten off. Weave ends.

Pictured above; Begin with Magic ring, Ch 1, 

Rnd 1: 12 Sc in Mr, Sl st in 1st Sc (12 Sc)

Rnd 2: *Ch 4, Sl st in next Sc,* repeat * to * around, Sl st into 1st Sl st sp, (12 Ch 4 sps)

Rnd 3: Sl st into Ch 4 sp, *Ch 5, Sl st in next Ch 4 sp,* repeat * to * around, join with Sl st in 1st St, (12 Ch 5 sps)

Rnd 4: Sl st into Ch 5 sp, Ch 1, Sl st in same sp, *Ch 6, Sl st in next Ch 5 sp,* repeat * to * around, join with Sl st in 1st St, (12 Ch 6 sps)

Rnd 5:  *2 Sc in next Ch 6 sp, (Hdc in same sp, Ch 4, Sl st in post of Hdc, Ch 4, Sl st in 3rd Ch, Ch 1, Sl st in same post of Hdc, Ch 4, Sl st for a 3rd time around same post of Hdc), 2 Sc in same ch sp, Sc in next Ch 6 sp, (Hdc in same, Ch 3, Sl st around Hdc post, Sc in same ch,* repeat * to * around, join with Sl st in 1st Sc.  (6 large points, 6 small points)

Fasten off. Weave ends.

Please, let me know if you have any questions, comments, would like to share or for another reason.

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Best wishes and happy crocheting!

Happy Holidays!

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Visit new Doily Designs shop or Doily Designs on Etsy to see Doily Designs Crochet Patterns

Patterns on sale now and thru the holidays exclusively in Doily Designs new shop.

Visit Doily Designs PEACH CREEK PRINTING to purchase art prints by Cathleen. 

Cardinal in a Snow Globe 

painting ~

Acrylic on paper, 5 x 7 inch.

Painted by Cathleen Wake Gorbatenko, 12.2.22.

Paintings were inspired watching Michelle. Michelle the Painter has great instructions that are very clear, easy, and fun to follow. Michelle is a very talented and sweet instructor who encourages you to enjoy and paint along.

If you are feeling the spirit and have gotten some inspiration, go grab some acrylic paint, and a beverage, and head over to 'Paint and Sip with Michelle'.

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Best wishes & Happy Holidays!

May you find joy and inspiration!!

Crochet Christmas Pattern Sale

Christmas Crochet

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Happy Holidays from Doily Designs!

 

Purchase Christmas Crochet Patterns by Doily Designs on Etsy.

Shop Cranberry Pineapple Christmas Tree Skirt Pattern, as seen below, and more.

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Best wishes and happy crocheting!

May you find joy and inspiration!!

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Thanksgiving Crochet Pattern Sale

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~ Black Friday ~ Holiday Season Sale! ~

40% off crochet Christmas Patterns at Doily Designs

Find pattern for Cranberry Pineapple Christmas Tree Skirt and more.

Doily Designs patterns may also be found on Etsy 20% off for a limited time.

Sale at Doily Designs continuing through the Holiday!

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Best wishes & Happy Holidays!

Crochet Mandala Tiles

 ~ Decorative Crochet Mandalas to match Kitchen Tiles ~

 ⁕ ⁕ ⁕  Crochet Mandalas   ⁕ ⁕ ⁕

Crochet project inspired by kitchen tiles. 

These handmade tiles from the 80's have a sort of eclectic southwestern feel, and inspired me to crochet something to match.  

Hobby Lobby, "I Love This Yarn",  has these great colors that match very closely to the colors in the tiles and I couldn't be happy with how they turned out. They hang nicely on the walls in the kitchen as decoration.

This project reminds me of how you can draw inspiration from so many things around you in life.

Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas.

Thank you for stopping by.

Best wishes and happy crocheting!

Camel Cozy

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After sharing the wood camel, I was inspired to share another adorable camel that my Mom made and gifted me.  My loving, beautiful, talented Mother made this stunning embroidered camel on a hand made cozy for Christmas one year. It is my favorite, and I absolutely adore it! She does amazing work.

How wonderful is this, I get to carry a camel with me, made with love from my Mom, where ever I want 😍 

You can visit Universal Stitching & Printing Designs if you would like something made specially for you, and find Universal Stitching & Printing Designs on Facebook.

Thank you for stopping by.

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💖 I love my Mom 🐪🐫

Camel Drawings

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Cami & Crabby on the beach again ~ 

Lately, I've been quite obsessed with drawing this image of Cami & Crabby, the camel and crab seen in drawing above on the beach. If you do not see me working on one of these drawings these days,  I am probably planning one out in my head 😅 

This one took about 30 hours of actual drawing with pencil. Much more time doodling and sketching out camels for fun and practice went in to it as well. It has been a project very near and dear to me.

Go to this past Camila & Crabby post to hear more about these two and their beginnings.

I don't know about you, but I'm still partial to the first one, on the right.

This may be the last art post on my main Doily Designs page, but you can always visit my online Art Journal here on Doily Designs, where future art and drawing posts will live. Subscribe to Doily Designs to keep up with the latest.

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Best wishes and happy drawing!

Wooden Camel

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October 17, 2022

Adorable wood CAMEL 

Back in 2003, for my birthday, my Mom made this wooden CAMEL art piece. 

First, she used her table saw to cut it out of a piece of wood, then burned in the textures, and painted it with stain and gold paint. 

I was living with her at the time, and it had lived with her, hanging on the wall of her home for all these years, until now. For my birthday this year, my Mom surprised me by bringing me this adorable camel. Now it can adorn my wall! Isn't it absolutely precious!

💖 Love ya, Mom!

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Mom may not be able to make You one of these cute fella's, but she still makes all kinds of beautiful stuff. If you would like her to make something special for you, please visit Universal Stitching and Printing Designs website, or here on Facebook.

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Wine Glass Drawing

This Wine Glass practice drawing is based on this Pin that caught my eye last year.

This art Pin was great for inspiration. And while I adore Pinterest, and find so much inspiration there, I really miss the 'Tried Pin' feature.  It seems that they did away with it early 2022.

'Tried Pin's' was a fun feature and it is always nice to share feedback. So, hey, Pinterest.... Please bring back 'Tried Pins' feature, we miss this! Who's with me?

If you are not familiar with this feature, click on this Pin link and see my Tried Pin, see others versions of this drawing, and check out and follow my Art board.

This fun practice drawing was done with graphite pencils.

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Best wishes and happy drawing!

Drawing done September 2021

Pencil Drawing of Blackie Cat

Here is another pencil drawings of my cat, Ms Blackerbee, (aka Blackie).

The drawing below was when I thought the picture was done, but as usual, I kept seeing things that needed more work, and honestly I still am. But there is only so much you can do on one picture once you have gone so far. So we will leave Ms Blackerbee as she is. Okay, maybe I will go back and add her eyebrow whiskers :)

Pictured below are the photos that the drawing is based on. Around this time last year I had just finished the oil pastel seen in the background, Ms Blackerbee was very persistently getting in my face and right in the way of the camera. That is until I started trying to take her picture,  of course, then she went and laid down.  I managed a few photos, but since they were cute, but not perfect, I decided to mess them up a little more by trying to draw her 🤣

Yes, the proportions are WAY off, please keep in mind, this is a PRACTICE drawing. 😉

Ms Blackerbee shared in the process with me 😍

 Youtube is one of my favorite places to find inspiration and instruction. Recently I found Colored Pencil with Kirsty, a great pencil art instructor with some great drawing tips. Go check her out if you too would like to get tips for pencil drawing, and empress your cat ㋛

Thank you for stopping by.

Stop by my new Art Journal page if you would like to see more doodles by Cathleen.

Best wishes and happy drawing!