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Tracy from Mad Quilter shares a free pattern for her Sumer Crawler’s Pop Oover Top. This is such a versatile pattern for baby girls! You can achieve many different looks just by changing out fabrics and adding appliques. Her pattern is sized 6-18 months (adjstable by moving the button). Get the free pattern and tutorial.
[thank you to Marie for sending me this link!]
[photo from Mad Quilter]
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.
these are so cute,thanks for the tutorial and pattern
This is requiring me to contact the blogger b/c I havent been “invited” to view the blog?? If I can’t get to the blog how can I contact the blogger?? I’ve tried several from Madquilter they all tell me I havent been invited
Jaci, My guess is that Madquilter is now a private blog. There should be a link somewhere on her blog wit an email address, or a form to contact her? If not, I unfortunately don’t have any advice for contacting her. –Anne