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Joanne from Craft Passion made these fun little turtle pincushions. The back is pieced from hexagons to look like a turtle shell. Read more about the turtle pincushion at Craft Passion blog.
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Freebie: Printable Christmas Eve magic pillowcase poem
With all the excitement and expectation of Santa’s visit, it can be hard for kids to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. Melissa from Polka Dot Chair created special pillowcases for her nephews, to be used only on Christmas Eve. When she gave them to them, she included a little poem explaining that they’re magic pillowcases to help them have sweet dreams. She’s sharing a free printable of the poem on her blog, plus she links to a tutorial she’s written for making a pillowcase, so you can start the tradition with your own kids.
Click below for her tutorial & printable:
Free Printable Christmas Pillowcase Poem , by Polka Dot Chair
[photo from Polka Dot Chair]
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I saw adoreable turtle tutorial and printed out the instructions but not the pattern. Now I am trying to go to the site to get the pdf. It keeps saying Failure to Connect to Web Site. Anyone know why this is? The cutest thing I have seen, sure hope I can get to it. Thank you very much.
Ardith, The author was having difficulty with the technology required to create an electronic copy of the pattern. She has it all worked out now and has a pattern you can download. Here’s a link to the tutorial post that has the pattern:
http://www.craftpassion.com/2010/04/sewing-tutorial-turtle-pincushion-with-pattern.html
(you’ll need to scroll down to roughly the 5th paragraph to find the link.)
–Anne