Tutorial: Make a pair of long bloomers for little girls

Editor’s note: The blog linked to in this post is no longer available. You could make a similar item by making a knee-length pair of elastic waist shorts (tutorial here) and adding two rows of ruffles around the bottom.

Veronica from Walter + Veronica shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a pair of long bloomers for little girls. The ruffled pants come down to the knees, and can be used to extend the life of a dress that has grown too short. Brilliant! Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Walter + Veronica]

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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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Maktub says
January 23, 2011 at 5:14 am
Unless you specifically ask for access to view this you can’t.
Pity
Amanda says
July 6, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Super disappointed as I cannot view this blog. This would have been the perfect thing for me. -sigh-
- anneweaver says
  July 6, 2011 at 6:56 pm
  It looks like the blog is no longer available for public viewing. It should be fairly simple to adapt a basic elastic waistband pants or shorts pattern to make these, though. Just make the shorts from a lightweight cotton and have them come just to the knee, and add a couple of rows of ruffles to the hems. I’ve edited the post to link to a shorts tutorial to get you started. –Anne

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