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Maureen from Maureen Cracknell Handmade is giving away a yummy bundle from Moona Fabrics. The fabric bundle includes 6 half-yard cuts of the Hugs & Kisses print from Anna Maria Horner’s Loulouthi line. Go to her post to get entered. (Deadline is 10:00 pm EST on Monday, September 25, 2011.)
You must comment on HER POST to get entered, not here!
[photo retrieved from Maureen Cracknell Handmade]
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.
Love the prints! They would be great additions for our comfort care quilts. Our group makes them for the Oncology dept at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wa.
I am going to be a Great Grandma in a month or sooner.
What lovely fabrics…I would definitely use them in a quilt.
Beautiful fabric. Hope I win it!
These are beautiful fabrics. I can think of many things I would like to do with them.
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great present!!!!its so beautiful for the new bag i want make.
Pretty patterns I would use them to compliment family faces in a photo quilt.
I would love to make some aprons with my winnings.
Thanks Anne!
I’ve just started quilting, but one of the first things I’d make is a Pincushion/thread catcher. I sure could use the fabric to start my collection.