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Tutorial: Hula hoop play tent

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With a child’s imagination. a play tent can become a springboard for adventure.  It can be a castle or a boat or even just a quiet spot to read a book.    Mandi from A Beautiful Mess shares a tutorial for… Read more ...

Tutorial: Advent pocket pillow

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Rhonda from home.made shows how you can make an Advent pillow.  The design is inspired by a pillow from Ballard Designs, no longer available for purchase.  Strips of webbing sewn across the front of the pillow create little “pockets” to… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scented dream pillows

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Rachel from Adventures in Making shows how you can make her Pleasant Dreams scented pillow.  The small fabric pillow is filled with relaxing herbs like catnip, lavender, and mugwort.  This would be a great gift for the hard-to-buy-for person on… Read more ...

Free pattern: Adorable owl softies

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Rachel from Adventures in Making shares a free pattern for making these adorable owl softies.  They’re small softies – about the size of your hand – with big sweet eyes.  They’re stuffed with polyfil and rice for weighting so they… Read more ...