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Head over to Craft Passion for a free pattern for these unisex boxer shorts. Make them for your hubby as a Father’s Day gift, or make a pair for yourself for comfy lounging. I love the cut of the pockets on the front! Go to the free pattern.
[photo from Craft Passion]
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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 cant seem to find your free boxer shorts pattern. Can you please email me the link or email me a pattern? I would love to make these for dear hubby. I also would like to make some for my grandsons who are 7 & 8 yrs old. Do you happen to have a pattern for kids too? Thanks so much, Denise
Denise, You can find the link to the pattern in the blog I linked to in this post. It’s in the paragraph directly underneath the gray box that lists the materials and other supplies needed to make the boxer shorts. –Anne