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Christine from From an Igloo joins the Make it for Winter series at The Train to Crazy with a free pattern and tutorial showing how to make fleece mittens. They’re easier to make than you’d think and she says you can get at least 4 pairs out of just 1 yard of fabric. If you keep a little extra yardage back, you’ll be ready to make replacements when one gets lost. Get the tute.
[photo from From an Igloo]
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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.
And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.
The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.
They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.
The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.
Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.
Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.
I’m doing a mitten round up tomorrow and this is going to be part of it! Hope you can come by and check it out. Oh, and grab a featured button if you would like. http://nap-timecreations.blogspot.com/
I would love to see the tute on fleece mittens but I need special permission to see it? Not familiar with this process, can you help? I signed up for daily and weekly newsletters thinking that would allow me to see the tute but it didn’t work.
I do not use Facebook, Twitter or any social media sites, am I required to just to see the tute?
Thank you,
Irene Saumur