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Editor’s Note: This tutorial is no longer available for free. You can purchase it from the blog linked to in this post. Here is a link to another free tutorial for making a pillowcase dress.
The pillowcase dress may be one of the easiest dresses to make for little girls. It’s a great project for a beginning sewer! Just Add Glitter shares a tutorial for making one. Get the how-to.
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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.
Thanks so so much! I love these instructions and whole web site!!! Thanks for all the work you put into this!
I have been unable to open the website for the pillowcase dress tutorial. It looks like others are having the same problem. Would you be able to send the tutorial from Just Add Glitter, to me?
Thanks,
Brenda
I’m able to load the blog entry, but not download the file. Here’s a link to another pillowcase dress tutorial:
http://sarahsweethearts.blogspot.com/2009/03/sweet-pillowcase-dress-tutorial.html
Hope that helps!
–Anne
Thank you for linking to me! Hope the tutorial helps! Have a great week!
I didn’t see the Tutorial for he Pillowcase dress. Could you please send me the link?
Paulett, It looks like the author has moved the free tutorial to her store. I’ve updated the post to give a link to another free tutorial for making a pillowcase dress. –Anne