Tutorial: How To Make A Bottle Cap Pincushion

Tutorial: How To Make A Bottle Cap Pincushion

A while ago, I posted a tutorial for making a pincushion from a mayonaise jar lid. I alluded to being able to use a bottle cap, but I thought I would finish that thought and show you how to make one from a smaller bottle cap. I love these bottle cap pincushions a lot. I […]

Free Pattern & Tutorial: Wise Mr. Owl

Free Pattern & Tutorial: Wise Mr. Owl

I’ve been working on a bunch of sweet felt patterns lately to go along with the hand-dyed wool felt that I’ve been creating. This is the first one. He’s a sweet little guy who loves to read and to be played with! You can attach a little ribbon to the top of him to make […]

Tutorial: How to Use Freezer Paper to Cut Wool Felt

Tutorial: How to Use Freezer Paper to Cut Wool Felt

Today, I want to share a great tip that I’ve recently come across for cutting out felt. Sometimes, felt can be difficult to cut. It can be a little slippery when you’re cutting itty bitty pieces for appliques and tiny stuffies. This tip is really easy. All you need is some freezer paper. Freezer paper […]

Dye Wool Felt With Kool-Aid

Tutorial: Dye Wool Felt With Kool-Aid

  Purples in general, are some of my favorite colors and the color orchid is really lovely. I would like to show you how to dye some wool blend felt with Kool-Aid today. I’m going to be the first to admit that it’s a little embarrassing to go through the check out stand with the […]

Printable Sewing Pattern: Appliqued Sachets or Ornaments

Printable Sewing Pattern: Appliqued Sachets or Ornaments

First, I want to apologize to anyone who got the last couple months worth of posts all at once in their feed reader. I switched over to WordPress and it successfully brought all my posts over, but it seems to have re-posted some of them too. Anyway…. you should only get new stuff from now […]