Free Emerald City Flower pattern

I was able to upload the Emerald City Flower patterns to Craftsy and Ravelry tonight.  They are not "unique" to other flowers by look, but they do use the same stitch as the Emerald City dress so I thought they should be free.  

 Emerald City Flower

 Stitches:

SC – Single Crochet                                       HDC – Half Double Crochet

DC – Double Crochet                                    TR – Treble Crochet

Sl St – Slip Stitch                                           Ch - Chain

Small Brick Stitch – SC, Ch 2, 3DC in the same stitch

Med. Brick Stitch – SC, Ch 3, 3 TR in the same stitch

Lg Brick Stitch – SC, Ch 3, 5 TR in the same stitch

Small Flower:

Emerald City Small Flower Pattern

Ch 3, Sl St in 1^st Ch to from a loop

Ch 1, 12 HDC in loop, Sl St to Ch 1 to connect

R1: Ch 1, Small Brick Stitch in 1^st HDC, 

       Sk 1 HDC,

      *Small Brick Stitch in next HDC,
       Skip 1 HDC* 

       repeat from *to* around,

      Sl St in Ch 1 from beginning of round 
      to connect.(6 Brick Stitches total)

R2: Ch 1, Working behind the Brick stitches 
       in row 1,work 1 Large Brick Stitch in each 
      of the skipped stitches of round 1.   
      Sl St in Ch 1 of beginning of row to connect. 

      Fasten off leaving a tail long enough for stitching.

Emerald City Large Flower Pattern

      Large Flower:  
Make a 47 HDC Chainless Foundation

Small Brick Stitch in 1^st HDC, Skip 1 HDC

*Small Brick Stitch in the next HDC, Skip 1 HDC* Repeat from *to* 3x

**Med. Brick Stitch in the next HDC, Skip 1 HDC** Repeat from **to** 5x

***Lg Brick Stitch in the next HDC, Skip 2 HDC*** Repeat from ***to*** 7x

SC in final space.  Fasten off leaving a tail long enough for stitching.  Twist into a flower by wrapping the large petals

around the smaller petals and securing them to the center.

         

Final Release for the Emerald City pattern

How is everyone doing today?  I hope you had a fabulous weekend!  The seasons are starting to change where I live.  The days are cooling off a bit and it's time to bottle peaches and pasta sauce.  Hopefully my peppers will grow a bit more so I can freeze them along with my carrots and onions we have in our garden.  It's a lot of work, but I love being able to grab a bag of veggies that I have done myself and just toss them into whatever I'm making for dinner.  It saves a bunch of time in preperation :)

This week, I will be releasing the Child size pattern for the Emerald City dress.  I have a few photos of finished dresses back from testers in these sizes and they are looking pretty cute! 

I will be teaming up with Jonna from Frayed Knot to offer a pkg deal on our patterns.  It will include her "Addie" hat pattern and a choice of 1 size (infant, toddler or child) Emerald City pattern for $6. 

Together, they make a beautiful set!  This weekend, I was able to do a quick pkg deal with Lisa from Loops of Love.  She designed an infant bonnet called the "Cora Couture bonnet" wich is fantastic with the infant size dress!  Her pattern is available here: Cora Couture on Craftsy.

Infant Emerald City with Cora Couture Bonnet

Toddler Emerald City with The Addie Hat

Child Emerald City with The Addie Hat

The flower on the yellow dress and hat is from Bonita Patterns and can be found here: http://bonitapatterns.tumblr.com/page/2

The flower on the pink dress is my pattern and I will be offering it for free later this week.  I will post a link to it as soon as it is available.

With fall and winter nearing, I will soon be starting to stock up on my hats for the boutique in town and to have ready to ship for my online shops.  If you would like to order any of the NFL hats, you can email me at craftingfriends4you@yahoo.com

Emerald City Toddler pattern Release

Can I just tell you now - I LOVE what I do!  It has been stressful at times.  It is NOT by any means fun or easy to deal with people who offer to test patterns and then do not actually produce the product.  It is also not easy to try and work with some testers who get defensive and "KNOW" that they are right and I am wrong about my own pattern.  BUT - When I get to see photos of some adorable little girls wearing something that I designed - It makes my day everytime!  The look on their faces is priceless.  This pattern has been a huge hit with the testers and the little models.  I wish I could show you the photos, but I don't have permission at this time.  I can link you to a few pages of the women who did test for me.  There are a few photos of their work posted there. 

Instead of running a Pre-Sale, I have put the pattern on sale for $3 only running through Sunday the 20th.  You may purchase this pattern on Craftsy here: Emerald-City-Toddler-Dress on Craftsy or a discount will be given at checkout if using Ravelry: Emerald City Toddler on Ravelry

Jonna from Frayed Knot designed a hat to match this pattern and it is darling.

Pattern by Frayed Knot.  Made by Loops of Love

 I was able to test it for her and it works up easily!  It is available here The Addie Hat by Frayed Knot on Craftsy

I am in love with this pattern and it is going to be hard to beat!  The child size pattern is being tested as we speak and should be released next week.  As always...I hope you are off to a wonderful weekend!  Have fun my friends and keep safe :)
Kate