This quilting tutorial is for a wonky bird coaster and it is perfect for using up scraps. A great little weekend project when you can steal a few hours to get into your sewing or quilting room and make something … Read More ...
Christmas Character Pot Holders Quilt Pattern
Here’s a great way to use some of those holiday scrap fabrics left over from previous projects from last years makes or maybe you have already got a head start on buying in seasonal fabrics.
Finished size: Santa 8″ x … Read More ...
Scandinavian Fabric Stars
Got Fabric scraps? Then these Scandinavian stars are going to be a fun little project for Christmas. These stars are basically fabric origami and if you have a chlid who loves to fold then they are going to enjoy helping … Read More ...
12 Christmas Gifts To Quilt
These quilting patterns all have Christmas in mind. These DIY Quilting tutorials have been hand selected because they all make wonderful handmade gifts for friends and family. The tutorials are all listed below and each link will take you to … Read More ...
Snuggle Bunny Quilt Project
Oh my goodness this one is adorable and just in time for Spring/ Easter. I wish I had seen this 6 months ago as I know a few little babies due anytime soon. This DIY quilt tutorial is easy to … Read More ...
Family stockings sparkle at Elizabeth’s house
Elizabeth Dackson of Don’t Call Me Betsy added a new stocking for her youngest, Lorelei, now old enough to ‘get’ Christmas. Sans fireplace, not a problem when you have seven wonderfully crafted quilted stockings on the hooks. The feeling of … Read More ...
Tutorial: Candy Corn Halloween Quilted Pillow
Cat posing with candy corn pillows is the perfect way to introduce a fun Halloween project Kitty, from The Road Home did. She starts with three strips of fabric, sews those together and adds batting to the back. Next comes … Read More ...
Tutorial: Snakes and Ladders Playmat
Narelle of Threadistry made this quilted board game as part of the Sew Ready to Play sewing event hosted by Louise Wackerman of I’m Feelin’ Crafty. Narelle strip pieces fabric for the base then appliques the snakes and ladders … Read More ...
Make a pad with a purpose
Brilliant, is what I call the person who figured out that adding weights to a blanket turns it into a calming agent. This is a child-size weighted lap pad, made by Polly Carlson, of Pieces by Polly. For the front, … Read More ...
Robots Quilt Tute + Free Patterns
What kid wouldn’t love to see their artwork come alive in a throw that will last for years to come? At the center of each modified Log Cabin is a child-drawn Robot character. Such imagination!
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Free pattern: Cat faces embroidery
Happy little cat faces greet the lucky recipient of this fabric plushy. Made by Molly, of Wild Olive, she said her inspiration came from a project she found in an old craft magazine. Yes, I save mine too.
Her … Read More ...
Jungle + 2 free quilt patterns
Brighten a child’s room with this mini quilt designed by Casey York for Windham Fabrics. This free downloadable project showcases Jackie Shapiro’s Jungle fabric line for French Bull.
If you want to make a larger quilt using Jungle, Windham … Read More ...
Wild Horses in Wild Land
Birch Fabrics gets it right again with a new fabric collection called Wild Land. Designer Mariam Bos sets the tone with bows and arrows, teepees and wild horses. Oh, and check out the little girl in … Read More ...
Panel Sewing Challenge | ABC Nature Walk
Tamara Kate did a guest post on Michael Miller’s blog, Making it Fun, to announce a sewing challenge. It features her ABC panel from her latest fabric collection, Nature Walk.
As part of the announcement, she provides ideas for … Read More ...
Tutorial: Holiday Santa Sack
In the UK, Xmas stockings (the small ones) are hung on the end of a child’s bed waiting for Santa to fill them up on Christmas Eve. But don’t think their hearths go empty, oh no, they go large. Chris … Read More ...