Tutorial: Stitch a Flower Garden Bottlecap Pin Cushion

Tutorial: Stitch a Flower Garden Bottlecap Pin Cushion

A while ago, I showed you how to make a bottlecap pincushion from the lid to a 2 liter bottle, a bit of wool felt and some wool stuffing. These are some of my favorite things to make. I’ll spend some time making a whole bunch of the pincushions and then spend several weeks embroidering […]

Tutorial: Linen Heart Embroidery Sampler Ornament

Tutorial: Linen Heart Embroidery Sampler Ornament

It seems like it was just Winter Solstice and the Christmas holidays, and here it is almost Valentine’s Day! If you’re looking for just the thing to make for your sweetheart, I think I have a great idea for you! Ornaments aren’t just for Christmas trees. I love to have certain ornaments hanging around all […]

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 […]

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 […]