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Gift ideas. Stephanie's Sewn Felt Slippers - Martha Stewart Holiday & Seasonal Crafts. Infant/Toddler Pillowcase Dress. Avalanche Tutorial. Thank you all for welcoming this sweet baby into the world!

Avalanche Tutorial

Both Ryan and I were touched by the amount of people who have taken the time to email or comment. He is still nameless. Little Flower Petal Bib Sewing Pattern. Gwenny Penny: Adjustable Fleece Hat Tutorial. When my four year old was about a year and a half old, my mother bought her an adjustable winter hat with a cord stop on the back to tighten or loosen the fit.

Gwenny Penny: Adjustable Fleece Hat Tutorial

She wore that hat all the time and was very sad when she outgrew it. For a couple of years I have been wanting to figure out a way to recreate that hat, and this month's Point of View theme, "gifts", finally gave me the motivation to sit down and get it done. About crafting and selling it « Happy Serendipity. Make Your Own Pattern For A Simple Tunic From A T-Shirt. Oomingmacks. Work two slippers alike.

Oomingmacks

Slipper body With larger circular needles, holding yarn doubled, using a cable cast on, cast on 40 stitches. Join for working in the round, being careful not to twist. Place marker to indicate beginning of the row – this is the center back. Working with yarn doubled, knit first 20 stitches, and place second marker to mark center front. Knit 6 more rounds. Round 8: Roll over top and pick up one cast-on stitch and knit it together with first stitch on left needle. Round 9: K all sts. The scrap yarn will later be removed and those stitches will become the heel. Continue to knit until piece measures 4.5[7.25, 8.5] inches from scrap yarn. Next round: Remove stitch marker from beginning of round. Decrease for toe as follows, starting at the new beginning of the round: Round 1: K2tog, k to two stitches before first marker, ssk; slip marker, k to two stitches before center front marker, k2tog, slip marker, ssk; k to end of round. Use Kitchener stitch to close toe.

Tutorial: Devil's advocate Hat. This is a tutorial I did as a guest post on Bear Rabbit Bear last month.

Tutorial: Devil's advocate Hat

Just republishing it her in case you'd missed it earlier. Devil's advocate baby hat: Supplies * Knit fabrics: Take 2 pieces of same fabric or two different fabrics – use up those scraps that are too big to throw away but too irregular to make into a dress, top etc. * Print out the pattern [PDF page 1 and page 2], tape the two pages as shown and cut out both pieces of the pattern (total of 3 cuts – piece 1 spans both pages and piece 2 is on page 1.

GFG guest tutorial- skateboard sling by the boy trifecta. Alida from I Make Stuff. While we are finishing up some final details about the next round of competition, we are having some guest posters here to inspire you to make {or remake} kid's clothes.

Alida from I Make Stuff

When we were going through the process of figuring out what our "goal" for this blog is...we came up with "Inspiring others to make and sew kid's clothes. " Sewing 101 with me...Patching pants. How many of you have loved the Sewing 101 series?

Sewing 101 with me...Patching pants

{Both my hands are raised!!} Crafty Staci. Make: a solar system banner. I'm not sure if you heard or not, but my Solar System banner panel won 2nd place in the Spoonflower banner contest!

make: a solar system banner

So amazing! My fabric that I ordered came in the mail right around when they announced the top 10, but I just finally got my banner all made. If you'd like to make one too, here's how: You'll need: a fat quarter of Solar System banner fabric a fat quarter of thin cotton batting a fat quarter of backing fabric embroidery floss in coordinating colors 11 4-inch strips of ribbon or fabric for hangers 2-1/2 yard length of wide ribbon or braided fabric 1. Sew-liberated-basic-childs-apron. Boots. Some of you asked how I made the girls' musketeer boots, so this is the how-to post.

Boots

They are actual boots, not boot-covers, and they were made to fit each girl. I began by tracing around their feet to make the sole pattern. I also used my old ballet slipper patterns, much adjusted in both shape and size, because my kids' feet have since grown, for the vamps. Here is a paper muslin. Note that, to get a nice rounded toe area (as opposed to flat and squashed), the vamp (green part) is actually bigger than the sole in the toe area. d20 Handbag of Holding: How to build it. By popular request following the d12 bag, here it is: the d20 bag!

d20 Handbag of Holding: How to build it

Now you can make your very own icosahedron. We’re making a pattern and kit for this project available in two sizes: darling and practical. The tiny one is just over three inches tall, and holds little things for you. The larger size is about five inches tall and will fit your phone, wallet and keys along with your dice. There are a deceptively large number of parts to cut out, which is one of the main reasons that a kit makes sense here. Our kit includes twenty canvas pieces, twenty iron-on stiffener triangles, twenty cotton liner pieces, a cord for the handle, a zipper, and iron-on numbers 1-20 in the lovely font BPreplay. d20 bag instructions: Backpack Bag Tutorial - in yummy oilcloth. IF YOU'D LIKE THIS TUTORIAL (and any of my others) IN PDF FORMAT CLICK HERE.

Backpack Bag Tutorial - in yummy oilcloth

Note: to view the PDF tutorial, you will need the Adobe Viewer program. Get the latest version of the viewer absolutely free by clicking on the button below: Make an Angry Birds Hoodie.