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Tutorial: Make this floor cushion in just 1 hour
Amaryllis from Ohoh Blog shows how you can sew this floor cushion – in just 1 hour! It makes the perfect spot to curl up with a good book, don’t you think? And I’m loving the mix of prints!! You’ll need 4 1-yard cuts plus foam filling (a lot of it!) to make it soft and squishy to sit on.
Click below for her tutorial:
One Hour Floor Cushion, by Ohoh Blog
[photo from Ohoh Blog]
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.
My girls love their new floor pillows! I had about 7 old flat bed pillows in the closet. So I cut the cover off of them and took them apart. Each pillow gave me a full kitchen trash bag filled of fluffy stuffing! I used 3 1/2 bags( or old pillows) on each new floor pillow.I also had random curtains laying around so I used those for the material. Turned out Great! Thank you so much for posting this Tutorial! Perfect project during these Isolated times!