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Rachel Le Grand from Nest Full of Eggs shows how to make her Color Wheel Dress. It’s a little girl’s dress with a white bodice, and a circle skirt pieced from a rainbow of solid fabrics. You could also make the circle skirt from coordinating prints or solids in another color palette, though I can’t imagine there being a little girl who wouldn’t love the thought of wearing a rainbow. Go to her tutorial.
[photo from Nest Full of Eggs]
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 made my Color Wheel Dress with a white woven fabric for the bodice, but you could try using a white t-shirt…
Thanks for featuring my dress 🙂
Rachel, Thank you for catching that! I had actually thought I had corrected that before I hit “publish” but maybe WordPress ate my edit? I’ve gone back and edited to make the correction. –Anne