Tutorial: Hula hoop play tent
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 ...
Free pattern: Vintage bean bag toys or appliques
Adele Bee Ann Sewing Patterns shares a free vintage pattern at the Pattern Patter blog for making these felt bean bag toys. The vintage project sheet includes patterns to make all of these: mouse, girl, sunflower, bird, soldier, bunny, and… Read more ...
Tutorial: Reusable fabric countdown chain
Gemia from Phat Quarters shows how you can make a fabric chain to count down the hours till the New Year. Her tutorial is a guest post at On The Cutting Floor. I love her fabric chain idea! You can… Read more ...
Free pattern: Aviator style Santa hat and scarf
Stephanie from The Tip Toe Fairy shares a free pattern for this aviator style Santa hat and scarf. The aviator goggle applique and aviator hat earflaps are fitting additions to a hat worn by man who spends every Christmas eve… Read more ...
Tutorial: Zipper heart ornaments
Christie from Lemon Squeezy Home shows how you can make these cute zipper heart ornaments. They’d be pretty on any tree, but they’re particularly meaningful to someone who has a child with a heart defect. Christie says, “the reason zipper… Read more ...
Free Sewing pattern: Christmas pincushion mouse with reindeer antlers
Helen from Bustle and Sew shares a pattern for Christmas variation of a pincushion mouse. He’s still the cute felt mousie you know and love, but for Christmas he sports a set of antlers and a bright red nose. Her… Read more ...
Tutorial: Wallpaper sample Christmas stockings
Cintia from My Poppet shows how you can make these fun Christmas stockings from upcycled wallpaper samples. The heavier paper will stand up to the stitching on your machine. You can use them as fun gift packaging, even sewing them… Read more ...
Tutorial: Ruffled mantel cover
Becky from U create shares a tutorial at Riley Blake Designs showing how you can make a ruffled mantel cover. The fabric cover sits over your mantel, with two rows of ruffles hanging down in front. It’ll frame your mantel… Read more ...
Tutorial: Use felt appliques to make a fun and easy Christmas skirt
Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a tutorial for making this felt appliqued Christmas skirt. The felt Christmas tree appliques are an easy detail to add, and inject some holiday fun into a plain skirt. The pink,… Read more ... Tutorial: Loopy fringe Christmas tree
Steph from The Silly Pearl shows how you can make these loopy fringe Christmas trees. They’re super easy to make. The sewing part is just simple straight seams and accuracy is not that important. But, if you’d prefer to not… Read more ... Tutorial: Mini Christmas Stockings
Emily from Simple Notable reduced the size of her sister’s free Retro-Style Christmas Stocking pattern to make these mini Christmas stockings. She made several sizes that are 30%, 35%, and 50% of the original. You can use the smaller ones… Read more ...
Tutorial: Fabric sucker Christmas ornaments, no sewing required
Lauren from Transient Art shares a tutorial for making these sucker Christmas ornaments with pretty fabric wrappers. There’s no actual candy and no sewing involved. The materials are inexpensive and they’re quick to make, so you could create a whole… Read more ... Tutorial: Simple felt Christmas pillows
Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. shows how to make a simple but elegant Christmas pillow. Made from a natural duck cloth with cream colored felt, the color scheme is a soft and wintery. Any Christmas motif would work, but… Read more ...
Tutorial: Recycled denim heart Christmas ornament
With an old pair of jeans, some scrap ribbon, and decorative stitching on your sewing machine, you can make some shabby denim ornaments for your Christmas tree. With edges left raw, it’s a quick project to make. These would make… Read more ... Tutorial: Knotted fabric garland
Holly from Fort Worth Fabric Studio shows how you can make this beautiful knotted fabric garland. Quilting cotton works best for this project. She used Moda’s new cross weave cottons and natural linen for the one she made. The edges… Read more ...