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Here’s a project that every budding little cook will love – an apron and a chef’s hat to match. Make them with this tutorial offered by Michael Miller fabrics, and see what your child’s imagination will cook up next.
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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.
We were unfortunately unable to access the chef’s hat instructions as the link seems to be corrupted.
Thank you so much for posting the link to this adorable pattern! I got to it just fine and plan on making both the hat and apron for my Lil’ Miss’ fifth birthday next month.
We have made the apron 4 times now and the hat twice for children ranging from 5yrs to 14yrs.. Have to say its an excellent pattern that I was able to use to teach my children how to sew, great photos to help them learn without mum standing over their shoulder.
The patterns are adorable and the step-by-step is awesome. I am such a visual learner it was great.
For those that think the hat link is corrupt. It is not. It just took forever to download. Probably because of the pics. Be patient, it is well worth it. (also, I was using the Firefox browser, that may make a difference.)
I love the chefs hat! I whipped one up in no time. I plan on making 15 of them for my preschool class for our “bakery” theme. Thank you so much for the fun idea.
The hat would not download 🙁
That’s too bad! I was able to load the hat tutorial without difficulty. It was a large file – perhaps your connection timed out while it was downloading? –Anne