Tutorial: Simple tube softies with lots of personality

Making a softie with personality doesn’t have to involve complicated shapes and seams. Audrey Pettit shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can create quirky little softies using a simple tube shape for the body. When you add in the details, that basic body shape can become a bunny (as she shows in her post), bear, cat, or any other animal or creature you can dream up. This makes a fun scrapbusting project.

Click below to go to her tutorial:

Create Some Sweet Life Spring Bunnies, by Audrey Pettit

[photo from Audrey Pettit on Therm O Web] Looking for more Softie toys to sew? Check out these sewing patterns for kids’ toys on Etsy and these Softie Sewing books on Amazon.

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Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.

The list includes holiday themed hot pads, potholders ,aprons, and more that you can sew and decorate your kitchen all season long. Most are things you can make in an evening or less. These would also make wonderful hostess gifts for any holiday parties or gatherings you’re attending. Read on for the kitchen sewing ideas!