Latest Patterns & Tutorials
Raindrop baby sewing pattern and tutorial
Make your own cute Raindrop Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. This tutorial is part of the Sew a Softie Tutorial Hop for more details visit SEWASOFTIE Materials: Cotton fat quarter (Fat Quarter I used CLICK HERE) Blue felt square White felt scraps...
Cara the Rag Doll – Claddagh Inspired Irish Cailín
Make your own cute Irish Cailín Rag Doll with our free pattern and tutorial.Materials: Body of the doll - 2 cotton rectangles 9” x 7” (23cm x17.75cm) Top - 1 Cotton/linen 5” x 6.5” (12.5cm x 16.5cm) Under skirt - 1 felt rectangle 3” x 10” (7.5cm x 25.4cm) Apron - 1...
Reusable cloth face mask pattern
reusable cloth face mask patternTools: Scissors (paper & material) Sewing needle Pins A4 Paper & printer for the pattern (see the link below) Sewing machine Iron and ironing board Materials: Patterned cotton Plain cotton 1/2 cm width elastic x 26 cm per mask...
Cloud Sewing Patterns & Tutorials
Raindrop baby sewing pattern and tutorial
Make your own cute Raindrop Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. This tutorial is part of the Sew a Softie Tutorial Hop for more details visit SEWASOFTIE Materials: Cotton fat quarter (Fat Quarter I used CLICK HERE) Blue felt square White felt scraps...
Daydreams Nursery Mobile Sewing Pattern
Make your own Daydreams Nursery Mobile with our free sewing pattern. This cute felt mobile is our 2nd pattern release as part of the Sew Crafty Design Team. After working on our cloud baby mobile I wanted to extend our pattern collection for nursery...
Cloud Baby Mobile Free Pattern & Tutorial
Make this really cute Cloud Baby Mobile to hang in a Nursery or Playroom. The Cloud Babies can be made in various colours and materials. This particular Cloud Baby Mobile is created using wool felt in muted and pastel shades. The Cloud Baby Mobile in this...
Cloud Baby Free Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
Make your own cute Cloud Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. Materials: Cotton (various colours) The samples were made from 3 fat quarters with loads left over. Black cotton embroidery thread/floss Small amount of wool felt for the cheeks...
Sock Doll & Animal Tutorials
DIY Sock Snowman – Carol Singing Family
Make your own DIY Sock Snowman - Carol Singing Family with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Fabric - red felt, black felt, orange felt & fleece blanket with blanket stitch trim. For details on fabric amounts see each snowman section...
Halloween – Spider Witch Sock Doll DIY
Make your own Spider Sock Witch Doll with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial. Materials: 1 white sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 stripy sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 black sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 Black kids sock (9-12) A4 sheet of black felt (witch's hat and eyes) Craft filler...
How to Make a Sock Dog
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Dog: 1 Stripy sock Embroidery thread/floss (colour to match the felt nose) Sewing thread to match the sock Craft filler Pieces of grey, white & red felt (see pattern) Needle Doll sculpting needle (3 ½” / 89mm)...
How to Make a Sock Llama
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Llama: 1 Dotty sock (Ladies sock size 5 – 8 UK) Black embroidery thread/floss Sewing thread, white Craft filler Small pieces of white & black felt for nose, ears and eyes (see pattern download) Yarn Pom pom trim 22cm...
How to Make a Sock Unicorn
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Unicorn: 1 white sock (optional any colour you have available) 1 pink sock (optional any colour you have available) Light blue embroidery thread/floss Light pink embroidery thread/floss Sewing thread, to match the...
How to Make a Sleepy Sock Bunny
Materials & Tools required to make the Sleepy Sock Bunny: 1 plain sock 1 stripy sock Hand sewing thread Black Embroidery thread/floss Craft filler Small piece of felt Small felt flowers (optional) Needle Scissors Marker Chopstick Printer & paper (for the face...
How to Make a Swaddled Sock Bunny
How to Make a Swaddled Sock Bunny By now you probably have guessed I love making sock animals and dolls. I came up with this particular idea because I always had left over sections from the other sock animals and I wanted to use as much of the socks as I could. This...
How to Make a Sock Cat
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Cat: 1 white & grey stripped sock 1 blue sock Black embroidery thread/floss (Optional: & white) Note: this project uses 2 strands of embroidery thread/floss Sewing thread, white or grey Craft filler Small piece...
How to Make a Sock Lion
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Lion: 1 sock stripped fluffy (size 39 – 46) Acrylic yarn (Chunky) Small piece of brown felt Small piece of white felt Craft filler Sewing thread Black embroidery thread/floss (Note: this project uses 2 strands of...
Sock Bunnies – DIY
Make your own cute wee sock bunnies with this free pattern and tutorial from Tina at Miss Daisy Patterns. The bunnies can be made with different coloured felt, creating different characters, add accessories such as buttons and bows to...
Cute Doll Made from Socks
As a follow on to our No sew Sock Penguin we have this cute as a button Sock Doll. She is also completely made from socks. Our Sock Doll does require some hand sewing, making it is a great project to move on to after our Penguin. Materials: 1...
Little Penguin No Sew Tutorial
Make your own cute no sew Penguin. They make great Christmas decorations or just cute decorations in general. They also make excellent presents for all those Penguin lovers out there. Materials: 1 black sock (the one used in this tutorial is a...
Fairy Crafts
Small Fairy Door
Small Fairy Door DIY Make your own small fairy door, follow our step by step tutorial using a selection of found item mixed with basic craft supplies. Tools & Materials: Scissors Glue & glue gun 7 small coloured wooden lollipop sticks 2...
Fairy Snuggle Bug
Fairy Snuggle Bug Materials: Green & white felt pieces large enough for each pattern piece White, pink & light green embroidery thread/floss Polyester craft filler Tools: Paper & fabric scissors Pins Sewing needle Pencil or tailor...
Fairy Door DIY
Fairy Door DIY Make your own fairy door, follow our step by step tutorial using a selection of found item mixed with basic craft supplies. Tools & Materials: Scissors Glue & glue gun 6 large wooden lollipop sticks 2 narrow pieces of...
Fairy Doll No Sew
Fairy Doll No SewQuick and easy to make our latest fairy doll no sew tutorial is here. This fairy doll is easy to customise once the main section has been made, the possibilities are endless.Tools & Materials:Two colours of yarn (for this tutorial I...
Small Fairy House Free Pattern
Small Fairy House Free Pattern and Tutorial Materials: Complimentary felt pieces large enough for each pattern piece Small buttons various sizes, samples in this project 2 flower buttons, 1 rabbit button & 1 pink button Complimentary...
Felt Toadstool – Free Pattern & Tutorial
Make your own fairy toadstool with this quick and easy to follow free pattern & tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. Materials & Tools: Red & cream felt Mint green embroidery thread / floss Paper & material scissors Pins &...
No Sew Fairy Tutorial
Make your own cute fairy with this no sew tutorial.Materials:1 Wooden ball 1 1/5" / 4 cm with a centre hole2 pipe cleaners 11 1/5 " / 29 cmSmall ball of yarn (I used Aran weight 100% wool)3/4" / 2 cm width lace3 skeleton leaves3 pieces of cotton fabric cut the same...
Clay Toadstools Tutorial
Make your own Toadstools with our latest video tutorial. Follow our easy step by step tutorial to make toadstools from air dried clay. They can be used as little Christmas ornaments or included in a fairy village scene with our cute no sew...
Fairy Houses – Air Dried Clay Tutorial
After seeing some of the lovely ceramic fish, tiles and wall art ceramic houses on a recent trip to Portugal I was really inspired to try some for myself. But not having access to a kiln and actually pottery making equipment, I decided to try...
Valentine Patterns & Tutorials
Love Hearts – Tic Tac Toe
Make your very own love heart Tic Tac Toe game set complete with a cute drawstring pouch with our latest free pattern and tutorial. Materials: Check red & white cotton 17" x 17" Complimentary cotton 17" x 17" Red felt (see pattern for...
Appliqué Heart Notebook Cover A5 – Free Pattern
This project would make a great Valentine's gift. It is all hand sewn, alongside being practical, functional and very darn cute. Materials: Cotton material in any colour of your choosing (fat quarter) Felt in a colour to compliment the material...
Valentine Heart Free Sewing Pattern
Valentine Heart Sewing Pattern Make these cute felt hearts to go with our sewing pattern Arthur the Bear. Free pattern for the hearts can be downloaded from here. They are so simple to make, just download the pattern from the link above and...
Easter Craft Projects & Patterns
How to Make a Snuggle Bunny Video
How to Make a Snuggle Bunny - step by step hand sewing project to make a cute bunny with our free pattern and video tutorial.This is an updated version or my original Snuggle Bunny pattern available CLICK HERE, in this version I have added a full step by step video...
Bunny Paper Doll & Accessories Free Printable
Easter Crafts - Make your own dress up bunny paper doll, Easter eggs and houses with our free printable download.Materials & Tools: Cardboard (I used cereal packaging in this project) Craft glue Paper Scissor Pencil Ruler Small blade (optional, used to cut in the...
Sock Bunnies – DIY
Make your own cute wee sock bunnies with this free pattern and tutorial from Tina at Miss Daisy Patterns. The bunnies can be made with different coloured felt, creating different characters, add accessories such as buttons and bows to...
Chicken Easter Egg Cosy Free Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
How to make a cute scrap busting chicken egg cosy. This little egg cosy will cover one or two Kinder eggs, perfect for hiding the little eggs away for the big Easter hunt or as table decoration. It can then double up as an egg cosy for the rest...
Small No-Sew Fabric Easter Eggs
I have alway thought that Easter Decoration eggs are very cute, but I only recently actually got around to making some, this was thanks to a great blog post I came across featuring No Sew Patchwork Easter Eggs by Pillar Box Blue, Click Here to...
Snuggle Bunny Free Sewing Pattern & Instructions
UPDATE - hi, I have just recently added an updated version of my Snuggle Bunny Sewing pattern and have added a step by step hand sewing video tutorial as well, it is available at this link CLICK HERE. Snuggle Bunny Our cute little snuggle bunny sewing pattern is ready...
Fabric Easter Egg with Bow Free Pattern & Tutorial
Fabric Easter Egg with large bow, free pattern and tutorial for this cute decoration/ gift idea. The little Snuggle Bunny was made using our free pattern available Here. This particular bunny was made with cotton and has an embroidered face....
Knitted Bunny Pattern
Make our cute little knitted bunnies from this quick and easy pattern. Each bunny is 9 1/2" tall. What you will need: Aran weight wool, in two different colours Size 5 knitting needles Craft filler Darning needle Scissors Safety eyes - these...
Halloween Craft Projects & Patterns
Halloween – Spider Witch Sock Doll DIY
Make your own Spider Sock Witch Doll with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial. Materials: 1 white sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 stripy sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 black sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 Black kids sock (9-12) A4 sheet of black felt (witch's hat and eyes) Craft filler...
Halloween – Day of the Dead Wreath Decoration DIY
Day of the Dead Wreath Decoration DIY - Make your own Day of the Dead inspired Halloween wreath decoration with our easy to follow video tutorial.Materials & Tools: Selection of small and medium sized twigs (Mine came from a tree in our garden) Jute twine Matte...
Halloween – Day of the Dead Top Hat DIY
Make your own Day of the Dead Top Hat with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials: Top Hat Black felt (see the pattern for the sizes) headband Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss (black) Top Hat decoration Strip of red felt (to make rose) 2.5 cm x 30.5cm / 1"...
Halloween – Cactula the Vampire Cactus Free Pattern
Make your own Vampire Cactus with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: 2 sheets of green A4 felt or 1 sheet of A3 1 sheet of black A4 felt Scraps of white and black felt Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss black and various shades of green...
Halloween – Hello Boo Ghost Plushie Free Pattern
Make your own Hello Boo Ghost Plushie with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials: Plush fabric 90 x 35 cm / 35.5" x 14" Pink, white and black felt (see pattern for sizes) Craft filler Hand sewing thread Tools: Scissors Needle Pins Selotape to join the pattern...
Bat Cat Halloween Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween. Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie for Halloween, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event again this year. Bat Cat is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory...
Boo Ghost Softie Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween, make your own cute BOO Ghost Softie with my latest free pattern. Quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory for trick or treating :)Tools:ScissorsEmbroidery sewing needlePinsMaterials:2 sheets of A4 white feltScraps...
Carved Pumpkin Heads
It is this time of year we are allowed to play with our food! And what better way than to make a scary carved pumpkin head. Its roots are said to be Irish and began with turnips, follow the tutorial to help keep the ghosts and Stingy Jack away!...
Up-cycle gloves into a cute Witch & Cat
Witch & Cat Tutorial Finally to make the scarf you can either recycle a cut off from an old jumper or knitted garment, or crochet/knit a small scarf.
Christmas Craft Projects & Patterns
Handmade Santa Decoration
Make your own handmade Santa decoration with our free Pattern & Tutorial.Materials: Black, white & red felt (see the pattern for the sizes) Fleece for hat and boot trim Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss (black, red, white) Tools: Paper & fabric Scissors...
Fabric Layered Christmas Tree
Fabric Layered Christmas Tree - I reworked my Felt DIY Christmas Tree to create a fabric one, same pattern with slightly different materials and instructions. The sewing pattern for complimentary textile mushrooms in the image above is available...
Nordic Star Decoration Free Pattern
Materials: Red embroidery thread/floss White cotton (2 squares 15.5cm x 15.5cm) Craft filler Red ribbon (13.5cm x 1cm) Tools: Scissors (paper & fabric) Needle Pins Tailor chalk pencil Printer & A4 paper (print the pattern at 100% on A4 paper) [sdm_download...
DIY Sock Snowman – Carol Singing Family
Make your own DIY Sock Snowman - Carol Singing Family with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Fabric - red felt, black felt, orange felt & fleece blanket with blanket stitch trim. For details on fabric amounts see each snowman section...
DIY Layered Christmas Tree – Free pattern
Make your own DIY Layered Christmas Tree with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Red & white felt (see pattern for amount, colours optional) Medium jug of rice Craft Filler Embroidery thread/floss to match the felt (white & red)...
Easy DIY Christmas Baubles from a Sweater – Free Patterns
Make your own DIY Star and Ball Christmas Baubles from a Sweater with our free Patterns and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Christmas Jumper (remnant from Christmas Stocking tutorial click here) Craft filler Small jingle bells (4 per star) String (1 20 cm...
Easy DIY Christmas Stocking – Free Pattern
Make your own Easy DIY Christmas Stocking with our Free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Christmas jumper for up-cycling Stretch Plush material 40cm x 16cm Ribbon or jute 20cm Hand sewing thread Scissor Needle Pins Sellotape A4 paper & printer -...
Small Christmas Stocking Sewing Pattern
I made these cute little christmas stocking for my puppies' Christmas morning treats. Once I saw the cute pet inspired material over on Sew Crafty's online shop I knew immediately what I was going to make with it. I have attached the Small Christmas...
Village Christmas Tree Free Pattern & Tutorial
Village Christmas Tree Free Pattern & TutorialMake your own cute Christmas Tree with this easy to follow pattern and tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. This project is part of the Sew Crafty Design Team. The finished village Christmas tree measures 15...
My little Elf – Free pattern
My little Elf - Free patternHappy first of December and to celebrate I decided to create my very own little elf, as inspired by elf on a shelf. I'll just have to find a nice cosy shelf now to sit him on. The finished Elf with his hat on measures 17" from...
Little Penguin No Sew Tutorial
Make your own cute no sew Penguin. They make great Christmas decorations or just cute decorations in general. They also make excellent presents for all those Penguin lovers out there. Materials: 1 black sock (the one used in this tutorial is a...
Clay Toadstools Tutorial
Make your own Toadstools with our latest video tutorial. Follow our easy step by step tutorial to make toadstools from air dried clay. They can be used as little Christmas ornaments or included in a fairy village scene with our cute no sew...
Handmade Paper Hearts
Updated 16/11/15 handmade paper heart video tutorial. Make your own paper heart decorations in a few easy steps. Firstly all you need is an old book, the one I found was very worn and tattered and the pages were falling out. Then you will need...
Fairy Houses – Air Dried Clay Tutorial
After seeing some of the lovely ceramic fish, tiles and wall art ceramic houses on a recent trip to Portugal I was really inspired to try some for myself. But not having access to a kiln and actually pottery making equipment, I decided to try...
Cute Birdy Bunting – How to Make
Cute Birdy Bunting - How to Make Materials: Cute printed-paper (I choose red & white Christmas print as this bunting is going to be part of my Christmas decorations) Paper doilies (in heart and circular shapes) Fabric with printed images...
Crafty Christmas tree decoration
Crafty Christmas tree decoration Materials: Small pieces of cotton fabric (See the pattern for sizes required) Small pieces of A4 green felt (See the pattern for sizes required) Polyester stuffing Cinnamon sticks Winter essential oil Small...
Christmas tree bunting pattern and instructions
Christmas Tree Bunting Pattern and Instructions Materials: 6 small white buttons Scraps of red felt for the b ows 2 sheets of A4 green felt ½ sheet of A4 white felt A length of ribbon Green embroidery thread/floss White sewing thread Tools:...
Christmas Owl Decoration No Sew Tutorial
Christmas Owl Decoration No Sew Tutorial Upcycle a tea towel with this cute, no sew decoration idea from Miss Daisy Patterns. To make this sweet little owl decoration for your christmas tree you will need: Red Felt (the quanity depends on how many owls you want to...
Doll Making Projects & Patterns
Cara the Rag Doll – Claddagh Inspired Irish Cailín
Make your own cute Irish Cailín Rag Doll with our free pattern and tutorial.Materials: Body of the doll - 2 cotton rectangles 9” x 7” (23cm x17.75cm) Top - 1 Cotton/linen 5” x 6.5” (12.5cm x 16.5cm) Under skirt - 1 felt rectangle 3” x 10” (7.5cm x 25.4cm) Apron - 1...
Snuggle Blankey Doll Hand Sewing Pattern
Materials & Tools required to make the Snuggle Blankey Doll: Selection of felt pieces see pattern for the size (in the video I am using wool felt but polyester felt will work as well) Embroidery thread - colour to match the main felt and contrasting colours for...
Halloween – Spider Witch Sock Doll DIY
Make your own Spider Sock Witch Doll with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial. Materials: 1 white sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 stripy sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 black sock (Men's size 9-12) 1 Black kids sock (9-12) A4 sheet of black felt (witch's hat and eyes) Craft filler...
Betty Rag Doll Sewing Pattern
Free Betty Rag Doll Sewing PatternThe Betty Rag Doll Sewing Pattern is my first pattern release as part of the Sew Crafty Design Team. She is inspired by 1920's bisque dolls, one of which I had when I was a kid. She is quite tall measuring 28" in total and...
Fairy Doll No Sew
Fairy Doll No SewQuick and easy to make our latest fairy doll no sew tutorial is here. This fairy doll is easy to customise once the main section has been made, the possibilities are endless.Tools & Materials:Two colours of yarn (for this tutorial I...
Cute Doll Made from Socks
As a follow on to our No sew Sock Penguin we have this cute as a button Sock Doll. She is also completely made from socks. Our Sock Doll does require some hand sewing, making it is a great project to move on to after our Penguin. Materials: 1...
No Sew Fairy Tutorial
Make your own cute fairy with this no sew tutorial.Materials:1 Wooden ball 1 1/5" / 4 cm with a centre hole2 pipe cleaners 11 1/5 " / 29 cmSmall ball of yarn (I used Aran weight 100% wool)3/4" / 2 cm width lace3 skeleton leaves3 pieces of cotton fabric cut the same...
Cloth Doll Tutorial Hair, Face & Clothes
Make your very own cloth doll with our easy to follow sewing videos and free sewing patterns. As promised, our two follow on videos to complete your Cloth Doll are now available on our Youtube Channel and right here on our website. Download the...
Cloth Doll Sewing Pattern and Video
Update 23/11/15 Patterns and Videos to finish your Cloth Doll Available Here Download the Cloth Doll Body Pattern Here Video tutorial available below. Our latest sewing video has just gone live on our website. Our plan from now on is to use a...
Up-cycle gloves into a cute Witch & Cat
Witch & Cat Tutorial Finally to make the scarf you can either recycle a cut off from an old jumper or knitted garment, or crochet/knit a small scarf.
Witch Crochet Pattern
Witch Crochet Pattern Update: Our Witch Crochet Pattern is now only available on our new website, right here. It is one of our most downloaded patterns on Craftsy and the second crochet pattern I developed when I started writing patterns. Just...
Crochet Doll Hat and Bag Pattern
Crochet Doll Hat and Bag Pattern Free crochet pattern for Miss Belle's hat & bag. To download the free pattern for the crochet bag click here To download the free pattern for the crochet hat click here The patterns use a chain stitch and...
Softie Making Projects & Patterns
Raindrop baby sewing pattern and tutorial
Make your own cute Raindrop Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. This tutorial is part of the Sew a Softie Tutorial Hop for more details visit SEWASOFTIE Materials: Cotton fat quarter (Fat Quarter I used CLICK HERE) Blue felt square White felt scraps...
Happy Penguin – free sewing pattern
Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie, again this year, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event. Happy Penguin is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together. https://www.sewasoftie.com - A selection of the Sew a Softie...
How to Make a Snuggle Bear
How to Make a Snuggle Bear - step by step hand sewing project to make a cute bear with our free pattern and video tutorial.Materials & Tools required: 22” x 8” / 55.5 cm x 20.5 cm of plain cotton (for the main body) 12.5” x 4” / 32 cm x 10 cm plain cotton (for the...
Ice Cream & Ice Pop Softies Sewing Patterns
Cute summer inspired Ice Cream & Ice Pop softies that can double up as cushions. Easy to sew up and can be made in a variety of materials, in his tutorial I have used felt, but they can also be made in cotton, wool, or maybe upcycle colourful teeshirts. Perfect...
How to Make a Snuggle Puppy
How to Make a Snuggle Puppy - step by step sewing project to make a cute Puppy with our free pattern and video tutorial.Materials & Tools required: 22” x 8” / 55.5 cm x 20.5 cm of plain cotton (for the main body) 12.5” x 4” / 32 cm x 10 cm plain cotton (for the...
How to Make a Snuggle Bunny Video
How to Make a Snuggle Bunny - step by step hand sewing project to make a cute bunny with our free pattern and video tutorial.This is an updated version or my original Snuggle Bunny pattern available CLICK HERE, in this version I have added a full step by step video...
Halloween – Hello Boo Ghost Plushie Free Pattern
Make your own Hello Boo Ghost Plushie with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials: Plush fabric 90 x 35 cm / 35.5" x 14" Pink, white and black felt (see pattern for sizes) Craft filler Hand sewing thread Tools: Scissors Needle Pins Selotape to join the pattern...
Bat Cat Halloween Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween. Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie for Halloween, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event again this year. Bat Cat is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory...
Betty Bunny Sewing Pattern – Sew a Softie 2018
Betty Bunny Sewing Pattern Materials: A4 sheet of wool felt 5 1/2" ribbon & 1 button 5 x 11" piece of patterned cotton Brown embroidery thread/floss Embroidery thread/floss to match the felt Polyester toy stuffing Tools: Pattern [sdm_download id="7805"...
Mr Chatty Sew a Softie 2018
Materials: Red & white Cotton (large scraps will do for this project, check the pattern for sizes) White & navy felt again small scraps will do Red machine thread White & navy embroidery thread / floss Craft filler Mr Chatty Sewing Pattern...
My little Elf – Free pattern
My little Elf - Free patternHappy first of December and to celebrate I decided to create my very own little elf, as inspired by elf on a shelf. I'll just have to find a nice cosy shelf now to sit him on. The finished Elf with his hat on measures 17" from...
Boo Ghost Softie Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween, make your own cute BOO Ghost Softie with my latest free pattern. Quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory for trick or treating :)Tools:ScissorsEmbroidery sewing needlePinsMaterials:2 sheets of A4 white feltScraps...
Owl & the Pussy-cat Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
Owl & the Pussy-cat Pattern & Tutorial Materials: Boat – 2 sheets of A4 felt (colours 2 shades of green) Owl, pussy-cat & guitar see patterns for felt amounts (mix and match colours as you choose) Embroidery thread / floss to match...
Moley Monster Sewing Pattern
Moley Monster Sewing Pattern Tools & Materials: Paper & fabric scissors Fabric marker Printer and A4 paper Embroidery thread/floss (colour to match the main body of the Moley Monster) Embroidery needle 2 sheets of A4 felt Small sections...
Snuggle Bunny Free Sewing Pattern & Instructions
UPDATE - hi, I have just recently added an updated version of my Snuggle Bunny Sewing pattern and have added a step by step hand sewing video tutorial as well, it is available at this link CLICK HERE. Snuggle Bunny Our cute little snuggle bunny sewing pattern is ready...
Cloud Baby Free Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
Make your own cute Cloud Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. Materials: Cotton (various colours) The samples were made from 3 fat quarters with loads left over. Black cotton embroidery thread/floss Small amount of wool felt for the cheeks...
The Picasso Dog – Hand sewing project
Make your own make your own - The Picasso Dog hand sewing project with this free pattern and detailed tutorial. Materials: 2 sheets of A4 felt for the dog’s body (your own colour choice) Scraps of felt for the nose, eye and patch (your own...
How to make a cute colouring book softie
How to make a cute colouring book softie. Materials: Small section of white cotton, this can be recycled cut-offs from sheets or pillowcases). Felt - Colour and size will depend on the colouring book character you choose. Polyester stuffing -...
Up-cycling Projects
Easy DIY Christmas Baubles from a Sweater – Free Patterns
Make your own DIY Star and Ball Christmas Baubles from a Sweater with our free Patterns and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Christmas Jumper (remnant from Christmas Stocking tutorial click here) Craft filler Small jingle bells (4 per star) String (1 20 cm...
Easy DIY Christmas Stocking – Free Pattern
Make your own Easy DIY Christmas Stocking with our Free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Christmas jumper for up-cycling Stretch Plush material 40cm x 16cm Ribbon or jute 20cm Hand sewing thread Scissor Needle Pins Sellotape A4 paper & printer -...
Flower Pincushion & Upcycled Notions Tray Tutorial
Make your own no-sew pincushion & up-cycled notions tray in this tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. Quick and easy to make and a great way to up-cycle left over saucers. Rose - Felt strip 21" x 6 1/2" / 53.5 cm x 16.5 cm Leaves x 4 - Felt...
Handmade Paper Hearts
Updated 16/11/15 handmade paper heart video tutorial. Make your own paper heart decorations in a few easy steps. Firstly all you need is an old book, the one I found was very worn and tattered and the pages were falling out. Then you will need...
Upcycled Sewing Apron
For ages I had wanted an apron specifically for sewing, one that I could pop on and not have to worry about being covered in threads, but more importantly would double up as storage for my sewing notions as I needed them. I wanted a loop to...
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make Materials: Pattern download here Jar with a screw top lid – The jar I used is 3 ½” tall and 2 ¾ “ wide. (7 cm x 9 cm), it also had a removable internal section to the lid. This aspect is not necessary....
Upcycled Glass Jars – Tea Light Holders
Upcycled Glass Jars - Tea Light Holders I’ve wanted to make these cute little tea light jars for absolutely ages :). Eventually I have gotten around to doing it and they are so simple to make… What you need: Glass jars (I have these left over...
Cute Birdy Bunting – How to Make
Cute Birdy Bunting - How to Make Materials: Cute printed-paper (I choose red & white Christmas print as this bunting is going to be part of my Christmas decorations) Paper doilies (in heart and circular shapes) Fabric with printed images...
Vintage Teacup Pincushion Tutorial
Vintage Teacup Pincushion Tutorial Materials: Vintage cup & saucer Felt x 3 colours, in this case blue, white & yellow to match the cup and saucer. Embroidery thread/floss Wadding for stuffing Tools: Scissors Pins Needles Glue gun...
Knitting & Crochet Patterns
Small Crochet Hanging Basket Free Pattern
Make your own Small Crochet Hanging BasketI have a bit of an obsession with plants and I love having them in the studio, but I don’t always have a lot of shelve space, or if I do it’s full of fabric. I found I was always looking for new ways to hang my...
Knitted Bunny Pattern
Make our cute little knitted bunnies from this quick and easy pattern. Each bunny is 9 1/2" tall. What you will need: Aran weight wool, in two different colours Size 5 knitting needles Craft filler Darning needle Scissors Safety eyes - these...
Granny Square Cushion Cover Crochet Pattern
Granny Square Cushion Cover Crochet Pattern Update: Our Granny Square Cushion Cover Crochet Pattern is now only available on our new website, right here. To Download a free copy of the pattern in American Crochet Terminology click here. To...
Retro Knitted Tea Cosy
Even though I like crochet, I always find myself chatting about knitting and saying I don’t knit, which turns into I can’t knit. So after saying this one time too many, and knowing I did knit as a child, I decided to challenge myself to make...
Witch Crochet Pattern
Witch Crochet Pattern Update: Our Witch Crochet Pattern is now only available on our new website, right here. It is one of our most downloaded patterns on Craftsy and the second crochet pattern I developed when I started writing patterns. Just...
Crochet Owl Pattern
Crochet Owl PatternUpdate: Our free crochet Owl Pattern is now only available on our new website, right here. It is our most downloaded pattern on Craftsy and one of the first crochet patterns I developed when I started writing patterns. Just click on the...
Crochet Doll Hat and Bag Pattern
Crochet Doll Hat and Bag Pattern Free crochet pattern for Miss Belle's hat & bag. To download the free pattern for the crochet bag click here To download the free pattern for the crochet hat click here The patterns use a chain stitch and...
Crafting Projects
Bunny Paper Doll & Accessories Free Printable
Easter Crafts - Make your own dress up bunny paper doll, Easter eggs and houses with our free printable download.Materials & Tools: Cardboard (I used cereal packaging in this project) Craft glue Paper Scissor Pencil Ruler Small blade (optional, used to cut in the...
Make a Paper Moley Monster
Make a Paper Moley Monster Tools & Materials: Craft glue Stick for applying the craft glue Markers Paper scissors Cardboard inner tube from a roll of toilet roll (Per Moley Monster) Print out of the A6 Moley Monster Colour in sheet (Per...
Flower Pincushion & Upcycled Notions Tray Tutorial
Make your own no-sew pincushion & up-cycled notions tray in this tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. Quick and easy to make and a great way to up-cycle left over saucers. Rose - Felt strip 21" x 6 1/2" / 53.5 cm x 16.5 cm Leaves x 4 - Felt...
Little Penguin No Sew Tutorial
Make your own cute no sew Penguin. They make great Christmas decorations or just cute decorations in general. They also make excellent presents for all those Penguin lovers out there. Materials: 1 black sock (the one used in this tutorial is a...
No Sew Fairy Tutorial
Make your own cute fairy with this no sew tutorial.Materials:1 Wooden ball 1 1/5" / 4 cm with a centre hole2 pipe cleaners 11 1/5 " / 29 cmSmall ball of yarn (I used Aran weight 100% wool)3/4" / 2 cm width lace3 skeleton leaves3 pieces of cotton fabric cut the same...
Clay Toadstools Tutorial
Make your own Toadstools with our latest video tutorial. Follow our easy step by step tutorial to make toadstools from air dried clay. They can be used as little Christmas ornaments or included in a fairy village scene with our cute no sew...
Handmade Paper Hearts
Updated 16/11/15 handmade paper heart video tutorial. Make your own paper heart decorations in a few easy steps. Firstly all you need is an old book, the one I found was very worn and tattered and the pages were falling out. Then you will need...
Fairy Houses – Air Dried Clay Tutorial
After seeing some of the lovely ceramic fish, tiles and wall art ceramic houses on a recent trip to Portugal I was really inspired to try some for myself. But not having access to a kiln and actually pottery making equipment, I decided to try...
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make Materials: Pattern download here Jar with a screw top lid – The jar I used is 3 ½” tall and 2 ¾ “ wide. (7 cm x 9 cm), it also had a removable internal section to the lid. This aspect is not necessary....
Organic Muslin tea & infusion bags – how to make
Organic Muslin tea & infusion bags – how to make Materials per bag: 2 squares of 4" x 4"/10 cm x 10 cm organic muslin material. (click here for an online shop stocking organic muslin & thread) Organic cotton machine thread Twine Card...
Upcycled Glass Jars – Tea Light Holders
Upcycled Glass Jars - Tea Light Holders I’ve wanted to make these cute little tea light jars for absolutely ages :). Eventually I have gotten around to doing it and they are so simple to make… What you need: Glass jars (I have these left over...
Cute Birdy Bunting – How to Make
Cute Birdy Bunting - How to Make Materials: Cute printed-paper (I choose red & white Christmas print as this bunting is going to be part of my Christmas decorations) Paper doilies (in heart and circular shapes) Fabric with printed images...
Christmas Owl Decoration No Sew Tutorial
Christmas Owl Decoration No Sew Tutorial Upcycle a tea towel with this cute, no sew decoration idea from Miss Daisy Patterns. To make this sweet little owl decoration for your christmas tree you will need: Red Felt (the quanity depends on how many owls you want to...
Sew a Softie Projects
Raindrop baby sewing pattern and tutorial
Make your own cute Raindrop Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. This tutorial is part of the Sew a Softie Tutorial Hop for more details visit SEWASOFTIE Materials: Cotton fat quarter (Fat Quarter I used CLICK HERE) Blue felt square White felt scraps...
Handmade Santa Decoration
Make your own handmade Santa decoration with our free Pattern & Tutorial.Materials: Black, white & red felt (see the pattern for the sizes) Fleece for hat and boot trim Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss (black, red, white) Tools: Paper & fabric Scissors...
Happy Penguin – free sewing pattern
Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie, again this year, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event. Happy Penguin is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together. https://www.sewasoftie.com - A selection of the Sew a Softie...
Twilight Bear Sewing Pattern & Story Time
Materials: Yellow felt (moon)Brown felt (bear)Cream felt (bear nose)Blue felt (bear trousers & stars)Yellow, blue, black & brown embroidery thread/floss Craft filler Tools: Printer to print out the pattern on A4 size paper Scissors, paper &...
Bat Cat Halloween Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween. Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie for Halloween, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event again this year. Bat Cat is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory...
Betty Bunny Sewing Pattern – Sew a Softie 2018
Betty Bunny Sewing Pattern Materials: A4 sheet of wool felt 5 1/2" ribbon & 1 button 5 x 11" piece of patterned cotton Brown embroidery thread/floss Embroidery thread/floss to match the felt Polyester toy stuffing Tools: Pattern [sdm_download id="7805"...
Mr Chatty Sew a Softie 2018
Materials: Red & white Cotton (large scraps will do for this project, check the pattern for sizes) White & navy felt again small scraps will do Red machine thread White & navy embroidery thread / floss Craft filler Mr Chatty Sewing Pattern...
My little Elf – Free pattern
My little Elf - Free patternHappy first of December and to celebrate I decided to create my very own little elf, as inspired by elf on a shelf. I'll just have to find a nice cosy shelf now to sit him on. The finished Elf with his hat on measures 17" from...
Boo Ghost Softie Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween, make your own cute BOO Ghost Softie with my latest free pattern. Quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory for trick or treating :)Tools:ScissorsEmbroidery sewing needlePinsMaterials:2 sheets of A4 white feltScraps...
Owl & the Pussy-cat Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
Owl & the Pussy-cat Pattern & Tutorial Materials: Boat – 2 sheets of A4 felt (colours 2 shades of green) Owl, pussy-cat & guitar see patterns for felt amounts (mix and match colours as you choose) Embroidery thread / floss to match...
Moley Monster Sewing Pattern
Moley Monster Sewing Pattern Tools & Materials: Paper & fabric scissors Fabric marker Printer and A4 paper Embroidery thread/floss (colour to match the main body of the Moley Monster) Embroidery needle 2 sheets of A4 felt Small sections...
Machine Sewing Projects
Reusable cloth face mask pattern
reusable cloth face mask patternTools: Scissors (paper & material) Sewing needle Pins A4 Paper & printer for the pattern (see the link below) Sewing machine Iron and ironing board Materials: Patterned cotton Plain cotton 1/2 cm width elastic x 26 cm per mask...
Ice Cream & Ice Pop Softies Sewing Patterns
Cute summer inspired Ice Cream & Ice Pop softies that can double up as cushions. Easy to sew up and can be made in a variety of materials, in his tutorial I have used felt, but they can also be made in cotton, wool, or maybe upcycle colourful teeshirts. Perfect...
How to Make a Snuggle Puppy
How to Make a Snuggle Puppy - step by step sewing project to make a cute Puppy with our free pattern and video tutorial.Materials & Tools required: 22” x 8” / 55.5 cm x 20.5 cm of plain cotton (for the main body) 12.5” x 4” / 32 cm x 10 cm plain cotton (for the...
Fabric Layered Christmas Tree
Fabric Layered Christmas Tree - I reworked my Felt DIY Christmas Tree to create a fabric one, same pattern with slightly different materials and instructions. The sewing pattern for complimentary textile mushrooms in the image above is available...
How to Make a Drawstring Bag
For the past few weeks we have been in the North of Spain and I keep seeing really cute drawstring bags everywhere, I was also looking for a project to do with my new printed fabric, bird song, so putting the two together I have just finished a new free...
Apple Shaped Pin Cushion Free Pattern
Materials: Cotton, felt, polyester stuffing, strong quilting thread, machine sewing thread to match cotton.Tools:Sewing machine, scissors, printer for the pdf pattern, A4 paper, doll sculpting needle, chopstick.Pattern:To...
Mr Chatty Sew a Softie 2018
Materials: Red & white Cotton (large scraps will do for this project, check the pattern for sizes) White & navy felt again small scraps will do Red machine thread White & navy embroidery thread / floss Craft filler Mr Chatty Sewing Pattern...
Small Christmas Stocking Sewing Pattern
I made these cute little christmas stocking for my puppies' Christmas morning treats. Once I saw the cute pet inspired material over on Sew Crafty's online shop I knew immediately what I was going to make with it. I have attached the Small Christmas...
Village Christmas Tree Free Pattern & Tutorial
Village Christmas Tree Free Pattern & TutorialMake your own cute Christmas Tree with this easy to follow pattern and tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. This project is part of the Sew Crafty Design Team. The finished village Christmas tree measures 15...
Betty Rag Doll Sewing Pattern
Free Betty Rag Doll Sewing PatternThe Betty Rag Doll Sewing Pattern is my first pattern release as part of the Sew Crafty Design Team. She is inspired by 1920's bisque dolls, one of which I had when I was a kid. She is quite tall measuring 28" in total and...
Book Bag Tote – DIY
Book Bag Tote - DIY Make your own book bag, for trips to the library, spring / summer picnics or beach holidays. Follow our step by step instructions right here. Materials: Outside bag - Calico 11" x 12" x 2 Bag lining - Cotton 11" x 12" x 2...
Chicken Easter Egg Cosy Free Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
How to make a cute scrap busting chicken egg cosy. This little egg cosy will cover one or two Kinder eggs, perfect for hiding the little eggs away for the big Easter hunt or as table decoration. It can then double up as an egg cosy for the rest...
Snuggle Bunny Free Sewing Pattern & Instructions
UPDATE - hi, I have just recently added an updated version of my Snuggle Bunny Sewing pattern and have added a step by step hand sewing video tutorial as well, it is available at this link CLICK HERE. Snuggle Bunny Our cute little snuggle bunny sewing pattern is ready...
Fabric Easter Egg with Bow Free Pattern & Tutorial
Fabric Easter Egg with large bow, free pattern and tutorial for this cute decoration/ gift idea. The little Snuggle Bunny was made using our free pattern available Here. This particular bunny was made with cotton and has an embroidered face....
Love Hearts – Tic Tac Toe
Make your very own love heart Tic Tac Toe game set complete with a cute drawstring pouch with our latest free pattern and tutorial. Materials: Check red & white cotton 17" x 17" Complimentary cotton 17" x 17" Red felt (see pattern for...
Cloth Doll Sewing Pattern and Video
Update 23/11/15 Patterns and Videos to finish your Cloth Doll Available Here Download the Cloth Doll Body Pattern Here Video tutorial available below. Our latest sewing video has just gone live on our website. Our plan from now on is to use a...
Cloud Baby Free Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
Make your own cute Cloud Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. Materials: Cotton (various colours) The samples were made from 3 fat quarters with loads left over. Black cotton embroidery thread/floss Small amount of wool felt for the cheeks...
Caravan Appliqué Free Pattern and Tutorial
I love appliqués in embroidery hoops hanging on a wall. Earlier this year I framed some of my found embroidery pieces and I wanted to make a few applique pieces to compliment them. This is the first applique pattern I have developed, and I have...
Upcycled Sewing Apron
For ages I had wanted an apron specifically for sewing, one that I could pop on and not have to worry about being covered in threads, but more importantly would double up as storage for my sewing notions as I needed them. I wanted a loop to...
Organic Muslin tea & infusion bags – how to make
Organic Muslin tea & infusion bags – how to make Materials per bag: 2 squares of 4" x 4"/10 cm x 10 cm organic muslin material. (click here for an online shop stocking organic muslin & thread) Organic cotton machine thread Twine Card...
Cute Birdy Bunting – How to Make
Cute Birdy Bunting - How to Make Materials: Cute printed-paper (I choose red & white Christmas print as this bunting is going to be part of my Christmas decorations) Paper doilies (in heart and circular shapes) Fabric with printed images...
Valentine Heart Free Sewing Pattern
Valentine Heart Sewing Pattern Make these cute felt hearts to go with our sewing pattern Arthur the Bear. Free pattern for the hearts can be downloaded from here. They are so simple to make, just download the pattern from the link above and...
How to make a cute colouring book softie
How to make a cute colouring book softie. Materials: Small section of white cotton, this can be recycled cut-offs from sheets or pillowcases). Felt - Colour and size will depend on the colouring book character you choose. Polyester stuffing -...
Crafty Christmas tree decoration
Crafty Christmas tree decoration Materials: Small pieces of cotton fabric (See the pattern for sizes required) Small pieces of A4 green felt (See the pattern for sizes required) Polyester stuffing Cinnamon sticks Winter essential oil Small...
Hand Sewing Projects
Raindrop baby sewing pattern and tutorial
Make your own cute Raindrop Baby with this free sewing pattern and tutorial. This tutorial is part of the Sew a Softie Tutorial Hop for more details visit SEWASOFTIE Materials: Cotton fat quarter (Fat Quarter I used CLICK HERE) Blue felt square White felt scraps...
Cara the Rag Doll – Claddagh Inspired Irish Cailín
Make your own cute Irish Cailín Rag Doll with our free pattern and tutorial.Materials: Body of the doll - 2 cotton rectangles 9” x 7” (23cm x17.75cm) Top - 1 Cotton/linen 5” x 6.5” (12.5cm x 16.5cm) Under skirt - 1 felt rectangle 3” x 10” (7.5cm x 25.4cm) Apron - 1...
Handmade Santa Decoration
Make your own handmade Santa decoration with our free Pattern & Tutorial.Materials: Black, white & red felt (see the pattern for the sizes) Fleece for hat and boot trim Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss (black, red, white) Tools: Paper & fabric Scissors...
Happy Penguin – free sewing pattern
Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie, again this year, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event. Happy Penguin is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together. https://www.sewasoftie.com - A selection of the Sew a Softie...
How to Make a Snuggle Bunny Video
How to Make a Snuggle Bunny - step by step hand sewing project to make a cute bunny with our free pattern and video tutorial.This is an updated version or my original Snuggle Bunny pattern available CLICK HERE, in this version I have added a full step by step video...
Snuggle Blankey Doll Hand Sewing Pattern
Materials & Tools required to make the Snuggle Blankey Doll: Selection of felt pieces see pattern for the size (in the video I am using wool felt but polyester felt will work as well) Embroidery thread - colour to match the main felt and contrasting colours for...
Nordic Star Decoration Free Pattern
Materials: Red embroidery thread/floss White cotton (2 squares 15.5cm x 15.5cm) Craft filler Red ribbon (13.5cm x 1cm) Tools: Scissors (paper & fabric) Needle Pins Tailor chalk pencil Printer & A4 paper (print the pattern at 100% on A4 paper) [sdm_download...
DIY Sock Snowman – Carol Singing Family
Make your own DIY Sock Snowman - Carol Singing Family with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Fabric - red felt, black felt, orange felt & fleece blanket with blanket stitch trim. For details on fabric amounts see each snowman section...
DIY Layered Christmas Tree – Free pattern
Make your own DIY Layered Christmas Tree with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Red & white felt (see pattern for amount, colours optional) Medium jug of rice Craft Filler Embroidery thread/floss to match the felt (white & red)...
Easy DIY Christmas Baubles from a Sweater – Free Patterns
Make your own DIY Star and Ball Christmas Baubles from a Sweater with our free Patterns and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Christmas Jumper (remnant from Christmas Stocking tutorial click here) Craft filler Small jingle bells (4 per star) String (1 20 cm...
Easy DIY Christmas Stocking – Free Pattern
Make your own Easy DIY Christmas Stocking with our Free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: Christmas jumper for up-cycling Stretch Plush material 40cm x 16cm Ribbon or jute 20cm Hand sewing thread Scissor Needle Pins Sellotape A4 paper & printer -...
Halloween – Day of the Dead Top Hat DIY
Make your own Day of the Dead Top Hat with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials: Top Hat Black felt (see the pattern for the sizes) headband Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss (black) Top Hat decoration Strip of red felt (to make rose) 2.5 cm x 30.5cm / 1"...
Halloween – Cactula the Vampire Cactus Free Pattern
Make your own Vampire Cactus with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials & Tools: 2 sheets of green A4 felt or 1 sheet of A3 1 sheet of black A4 felt Scraps of white and black felt Craft filler Embroidery thread/floss black and various shades of green...
Halloween – Hello Boo Ghost Plushie Free Pattern
Make your own Hello Boo Ghost Plushie with our free Pattern and Video Tutorial.Materials: Plush fabric 90 x 35 cm / 35.5" x 14" Pink, white and black felt (see pattern for sizes) Craft filler Hand sewing thread Tools: Scissors Needle Pins Selotape to join the pattern...
How to Make a Sock Dog
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Dog: 1 Stripy sock Embroidery thread/floss (colour to match the felt nose) Sewing thread to match the sock Craft filler Pieces of grey, white & red felt (see pattern) Needle Doll sculpting needle (3 ½” / 89mm)...
How to Make a Sock Llama
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Llama: 1 Dotty sock (Ladies sock size 5 – 8 UK) Black embroidery thread/floss Sewing thread, white Craft filler Small pieces of white & black felt for nose, ears and eyes (see pattern download) Yarn Pom pom trim 22cm...
How to Make a Sock Unicorn
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Unicorn: 1 white sock (optional any colour you have available) 1 pink sock (optional any colour you have available) Light blue embroidery thread/floss Light pink embroidery thread/floss Sewing thread, to match the...
How to Make a Sleepy Sock Bunny
Materials & Tools required to make the Sleepy Sock Bunny: 1 plain sock 1 stripy sock Hand sewing thread Black Embroidery thread/floss Craft filler Small piece of felt Small felt flowers (optional) Needle Scissors Marker Chopstick Printer & paper (for the face...
How to Make a Swaddled Sock Bunny
How to Make a Swaddled Sock Bunny By now you probably have guessed I love making sock animals and dolls. I came up with this particular idea because I always had left over sections from the other sock animals and I wanted to use as much of the socks as I could. This...
How to Make a Sock Cat
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Cat: 1 white & grey stripped sock 1 blue sock Black embroidery thread/floss (Optional: & white) Note: this project uses 2 strands of embroidery thread/floss Sewing thread, white or grey Craft filler Small piece...
How to Make a Sock Lion
Materials & Tools required to make the Sock Lion: 1 sock stripped fluffy (size 39 – 46) Acrylic yarn (Chunky) Small piece of brown felt Small piece of white felt Craft filler Sewing thread Black embroidery thread/floss (Note: this project uses 2 strands of...
Twilight Bear Sewing Pattern & Story Time
Materials: Yellow felt (moon)Brown felt (bear)Cream felt (bear nose)Blue felt (bear trousers & stars)Yellow, blue, black & brown embroidery thread/floss Craft filler Tools: Printer to print out the pattern on A4 size paper Scissors, paper &...
Bat Cat Halloween Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween. Yeah, so happy to be involved with Sew a Softie for Halloween, a big thank you to Trixi for organising the event again this year. Bat Cat is my latest free Softie Pattern, quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory...
Betty Bunny Sewing Pattern – Sew a Softie 2018
Betty Bunny Sewing Pattern Materials: A4 sheet of wool felt 5 1/2" ribbon & 1 button 5 x 11" piece of patterned cotton Brown embroidery thread/floss Embroidery thread/floss to match the felt Polyester toy stuffing Tools: Pattern [sdm_download id="7805"...
My little Elf – Free pattern
My little Elf - Free patternHappy first of December and to celebrate I decided to create my very own little elf, as inspired by elf on a shelf. I'll just have to find a nice cosy shelf now to sit him on. The finished Elf with his hat on measures 17" from...
Boo Ghost Softie Sewing Pattern
Happy Halloween, make your own cute BOO Ghost Softie with my latest free pattern. Quick and easy to hand sew together, the perfect scary accessory for trick or treating :)Tools:ScissorsEmbroidery sewing needlePinsMaterials:2 sheets of A4 white feltScraps...
Daydreams Nursery Mobile Sewing Pattern
Make your own Daydreams Nursery Mobile with our free sewing pattern. This cute felt mobile is our 2nd pattern release as part of the Sew Crafty Design Team. After working on our cloud baby mobile I wanted to extend our pattern collection for nursery...
Owl & the Pussy-cat Sewing Pattern & Tutorial
Owl & the Pussy-cat Pattern & Tutorial Materials: Boat – 2 sheets of A4 felt (colours 2 shades of green) Owl, pussy-cat & guitar see patterns for felt amounts (mix and match colours as you choose) Embroidery thread / floss to match...
Moley Monster Sewing Pattern
Moley Monster Sewing Pattern Tools & Materials: Paper & fabric scissors Fabric marker Printer and A4 paper Embroidery thread/floss (colour to match the main body of the Moley Monster) Embroidery needle 2 sheets of A4 felt Small sections...
Fairy Snuggle Bug
Fairy Snuggle Bug Materials: Green & white felt pieces large enough for each pattern piece White, pink & light green embroidery thread/floss Polyester craft filler Tools: Paper & fabric scissors Pins Sewing needle Pencil or tailor...
Small Fairy House Free Pattern
Small Fairy House Free Pattern and Tutorial Materials: Complimentary felt pieces large enough for each pattern piece Small buttons various sizes, samples in this project 2 flower buttons, 1 rabbit button & 1 pink button Complimentary...
Felt Toadstool – Free Pattern & Tutorial
Make your own fairy toadstool with this quick and easy to follow free pattern & tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. Materials & Tools: Red & cream felt Mint green embroidery thread / floss Paper & material scissors Pins &...
Sock Bunnies – DIY
Make your own cute wee sock bunnies with this free pattern and tutorial from Tina at Miss Daisy Patterns. The bunnies can be made with different coloured felt, creating different characters, add accessories such as buttons and bows to...
Love Hearts – Tic Tac Toe
Make your very own love heart Tic Tac Toe game set complete with a cute drawstring pouch with our latest free pattern and tutorial. Materials: Check red & white cotton 17" x 17" Complimentary cotton 17" x 17" Red felt (see pattern for...
Appliqué Heart Notebook Cover A5 – Free Pattern
This project would make a great Valentine's gift. It is all hand sewn, alongside being practical, functional and very darn cute. Materials: Cotton material in any colour of your choosing (fat quarter) Felt in a colour to compliment the material...
Cute Doll Made from Socks
As a follow on to our No sew Sock Penguin we have this cute as a button Sock Doll. She is also completely made from socks. Our Sock Doll does require some hand sewing, making it is a great project to move on to after our Penguin. Materials: 1...
Cloud Baby Mobile Free Pattern & Tutorial
Make this really cute Cloud Baby Mobile to hang in a Nursery or Playroom. The Cloud Babies can be made in various colours and materials. This particular Cloud Baby Mobile is created using wool felt in muted and pastel shades. The Cloud Baby Mobile in this...
Cloth Doll Tutorial Hair, Face & Clothes
Make your very own cloth doll with our easy to follow sewing videos and free sewing patterns. As promised, our two follow on videos to complete your Cloth Doll are now available on our Youtube Channel and right here on our website. Download the...
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make Materials: Pattern download here Jar with a screw top lid – The jar I used is 3 ½” tall and 2 ¾ “ wide. (7 cm x 9 cm), it also had a removable internal section to the lid. This aspect is not necessary....
The Picasso Dog – Hand sewing project
Make your own make your own - The Picasso Dog hand sewing project with this free pattern and detailed tutorial. Materials: 2 sheets of A4 felt for the dog’s body (your own colour choice) Scraps of felt for the nose, eye and patch (your own...
Christmas tree bunting pattern and instructions
Christmas Tree Bunting Pattern and Instructions Materials: 6 small white buttons Scraps of red felt for the b ows 2 sheets of A4 green felt ½ sheet of A4 white felt A length of ribbon Green embroidery thread/floss White sewing thread Tools:...
Make your own folk design inspired glass case
Make your own folk design inspired glass case. Materials: Felt (left over pieces will work for this case, print out the pattern to see sizes required) Buttons Embroidery cotton/floss Extras - small felt die-cut felt flowers Tools: Pattern -...
Up-cycle gloves into a cute Witch & Cat
Witch & Cat Tutorial Finally to make the scarf you can either recycle a cut off from an old jumper or knitted garment, or crochet/knit a small scarf.
Vintage Teacup Pincushion Tutorial
Vintage Teacup Pincushion Tutorial Materials: Vintage cup & saucer Felt x 3 colours, in this case blue, white & yellow to match the cup and saucer. Embroidery thread/floss Wadding for stuffing Tools: Scissors Pins Needles Glue gun...
Sewing Kit Projects
Apple Shaped Pin Cushion Free Pattern
Materials: Cotton, felt, polyester stuffing, strong quilting thread, machine sewing thread to match cotton.Tools:Sewing machine, scissors, printer for the pdf pattern, A4 paper, doll sculpting needle, chopstick.Pattern:To...
Flower Pincushion & Upcycled Notions Tray Tutorial
Make your own no-sew pincushion & up-cycled notions tray in this tutorial from Miss Daisy Patterns. Quick and easy to make and a great way to up-cycle left over saucers. Rose - Felt strip 21" x 6 1/2" / 53.5 cm x 16.5 cm Leaves x 4 - Felt...
Make your own Needle Case Tutorial
I made the first one of these needle cases years ago and I still use it today. They are actually quite simple to make and are completely hand sewn.Materials:Needle case cover5 x 7 inch cotton rectangle (127 x 179 mm)5 x 7 inch piece of felt (127 x 179 mm)5...
Upcycled Sewing Apron
For ages I had wanted an apron specifically for sewing, one that I could pop on and not have to worry about being covered in threads, but more importantly would double up as storage for my sewing notions as I needed them. I wanted a loop to...
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make
Sewing Jar with Pin Cushion – How to Make Materials: Pattern download here Jar with a screw top lid – The jar I used is 3 ½” tall and 2 ¾ “ wide. (7 cm x 9 cm), it also had a removable internal section to the lid. This aspect is not necessary....
Vintage Teacup Pincushion Tutorial
Vintage Teacup Pincushion Tutorial Materials: Vintage cup & saucer Felt x 3 colours, in this case blue, white & yellow to match the cup and saucer. Embroidery thread/floss Wadding for stuffing Tools: Scissors Pins Needles Glue gun...
Bag Patterns & Tutorials
How to Make a Drawstring Bag
For the past few weeks we have been in the North of Spain and I keep seeing really cute drawstring bags everywhere, I was also looking for a project to do with my new printed fabric, bird song, so putting the two together I have just finished a new free...
Book Bag Tote – DIY
Book Bag Tote - DIY Make your own book bag, for trips to the library, spring / summer picnics or beach holidays. Follow our step by step instructions right here. Materials: Outside bag - Calico 11" x 12" x 2 Bag lining - Cotton 11" x 12" x 2...
Sewing Machine Tutorials
How to Make a Snuggle Bear
How to Make a Snuggle Bear - step by step hand sewing project to make a cute bear with our free pattern and video tutorial.Materials & Tools required: 22” x 8” / 55.5 cm x 20.5 cm of plain cotton (for the main body) 12.5” x 4” / 32 cm x 10 cm plain cotton (for the...
Free Motion Machine Embroidery Tutorial
Free motion machine embroidery basically means that you can move the material in any direction while sewing it on your machine. This creates a sketching effect on the material which can be seen in the image to the left. You will need black...
My Sewing Machine
This week I have been working on my Doris Daisy Sewing Pattern, and as I was working through it I thought it would be nice to take a detailed look at the sewing machine I use for most of my projects. I upgraded to my latest sewing machine last...
Craft Book Reviews
Sew Toys Rona Kemp – Retro Craft Book
Retro Craft Books in my Library Over the past number of years I have been collecting books about various types of sewing and crafting, with a large focus on how to sew dolls and softies, so I thought I would pull out a few that I really liked,...
The Belle & Boo Book of Crafts Book Review
The Belle & Boo Book of Crafts is an absolute must have book for your craft library. As it says itself it has twenty five enchanting projects to make for children, the projects span from aprons to headdresses, softies to mobiles and they...
Sew Sunny Homestyle by Tone Finnanger
Now spring has arrived, my thoughts turn to hopefully warm summers and definitely longer days. At this time of the year I start on our garden, even if the showery days make summer seem very far away. One of my favourite books I love to look up for cute...
Making Dolls and Creatures by Ruth Sleigh-Johnson
Book Review If you are at all into making dolls and soft creatures then Ruth Sleigh-Johnson's book is well worth spending some time looking through. It is a perfect beginners introduction into handmade softies, with oodles of projects for every...
Tilda’s Christmas Ideas by Tone Finnanger
Three years ago, at a local craft fair, someone happened to mention to me, “oh you like Tilda dolls too”, I had no idea, who or what the Tilda doll was, but apparently one of my handmade dolls looked a bit like one of them. So off I went to...
Chloe tells you How to Sew by Chloe Owens
Chloe Tells You How To Sew is the second book by author Chloe Owens. A self professed modern day hippie, Chloe has combined her love of vintage fabrics and 1960s children's comics to bring us a jam packed sewing and craft annual. Featuring over 30 projects...
Sew Together Grow Together by Trixi Symonds
I recently downloaded Sew Together Grow Together by Trixi Symonds from her Etsy Shop after connecting with Trixi on Instagram. It is really great how images can connect people from across the world.Trixi has a great website Coloured Buttons , full...
Embroidered Treasures by Claire Garland
Embroidered Treasures by Claire Garland - Book Review Embroidered Treasures by Claire Garland is a charming project book filled with sewing ideas for babies and children. Claire is quite a prolific writer with predominately kitting and crochet...
Sewlicious by Kate Haxell
My crafty read for this week is Sewlicious by Kate Haxell. Even though I have a library full of craft books, I just couldn't resist this one, the cover is stunning and just popped out at me when it was sitting on the shelf. Kate is an experienced craft...
Crafty Dolls by Jane Bull
I just recently picked up a copy of Crafty Dolls by Jane Bull in The Works Bookshop, Belfast and was immediately taken with all of the dolls designs she has created. Each of the patterns have straight forward instructions, easy to follow...
Papier Mâché by Suzanne Haines
I stumbled across Papier Mâché by Suzanne Haines in Bell, Book and Candle Bookshop, Galway on one of my trips, back "West" as they say. I had initially made a Papier Mâché doll the year previous, see the doll here, and I preferred making...
Irish Countrywomen’s Association Book of Crafts
The Irish Countrywomen’s Association Book of Crafts is published by Mercier Press. In November I received a copy of this book from the publisher and I have been working my way through the different projects since then. This book is jam packed...
Restoring Teddy Bears and Stuffed Animals
Meet Teddy Bear, this cute little fellow is made from a vintage wool blanket, it is actually remnants left over from my Blanket Coat Project (see our sister website Missy Bonkers) Usually I develop my own patterns but for this bear, I actually...
The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes by Sasha Duerr
Earlier in the year I stumbled across The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes by Sasha Duerr.I immediately ordered it and all I can say is it is just brilliant, after years spent piecing together bits of natural dyeing information from various sources and...