I ended up with leftovers after making the projects for my book, Countryside Softies, one of which is this tiny little ladybird.
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Dress up your dish soap
Camille Roskelley, author of Simplify with Camille Roskelley, is sharing this free project from her blog… Read more. with us…a little apron for your dish soap bottle! Now if you aren’t the type to keep your dish soap up on the counter (or if you just think it’s silly), think about how cute this apron pattern would be to stitch up
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Be free, piggy!
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Free is good, right? Free donut? Yum! Free box of Junior Mints? Yum, yum! Free case of poison ivy? Well, not so much, maybe. But what about a FREE sock pattern? Oooooooooooooo…
Today we have a little piggy that yearns to be free and only you can free her. She’s trapped in an unsuspecting pair of pink anklets. If you follow my
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Free project—Sweetwater potholder
Here’s a something fun to make, straight out of Sweetwater’s Simple Home… Read more.. This book and all the projects inside are so fresh! Just by reading the book, before even engaging in the projects, you almost feel cleansed.
The women of Sweetwater suggest… “surrounding yourself with things you absolutely love, that give you a sense of serenity…personal, handmade items can
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Free project: Zah pocket
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In my attempts to be a “good Mom,” I try to send a wholesome lunch pack with my kids to school every day, and be green with the packaging too. Kids can be finicky and it’s a big bummer to see the same items return home in the afternoon.
What makes a meal more eatable is not only the adorable
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DH’s barbecue apron is finished!
Now what do I do on my road trips?
I can’t think of a better road trip project. At home I appliquéd the skull and crossbones onto a purchased apron and I did a quick sketch of how I thought the skull and flowers might be laid out. I stocked up on hand-dyed pearl cottons, embroidery floss, and polyester and silk… Read more.
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Freebies at PatternSpot.com
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It’s late at night, you can’t sleep, but you’re feeling creative. Or maybe you opened your calendar and realized your niece’s birthday party is this weekend and you are sans a gift. Or perhaps you’ve had a rough day and you totally deserve a little treat. Or maybe you are just a freak for instant gratification.
May we suggest:
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Countdown to Christmas—free project
It’s only June, but what better time to start thinking about Christmas gifts. Use summer down time to accomplish the better portion of that looming project list. Here’s one to get you started by Molly Deschenes from Countdown Calendars. It’s an easy and quick-to-sew gift that would thrill anyone big or small, to kick off the start of December.
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Stuffed animal sleeping bags project
My family recently went our first camping trip. The kids had a great time and loved being in their sleeping bags. To keep the excitement going (in preparation for our next camping trip later this month), I made these little sleeping bags for their stuffed animals, complete with zippers. The kids LOVED them… or at least they declared how much their animals loved them.
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Travel Messenger Bag Tutorial
For our recent family trip to England, I became obsessed with making sure that my two little guys had enough to keep them occupied on the airplane. In the weeks before the trip, I collected fun projects, books, and toys for them and decided it would hold their interest even more if they each had a brand new travel bag to put everything inside of! The result is this messenger bag tutorial!
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