Sewing pattern: No sew fabric matching game for kids

Turn off the TV and the video games this summer (at least for a little while), and keep your kids’ brains active with some simple games! Alicia from Sew What Alicia shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make a fabric matching game for kids to play. And though it’s made from fabric, it’s actually a no-sew project. Customize the shapes on the back of the “cards” to suit your child’s interest. Make a larger set for an older child, or for a younger child simplify the game by making few “cards” to match. Alicia has some more ideas in her post for adding variations to the game, and I’m sure that your kids will think of plenty of their own variations.

Click below for her tutorial:

No Sew HeatnBond Fabric Matching Game, by Sew What Alicia

[photo from Sew What Alicia]

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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.

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