Author: hookstitchsew

  • Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Patchwork Penguin Fabric Stocking

    Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Patchwork Penguin Fabric Stocking

    I’m flying ahead with my Christmas makes so far this year, although I have made sure I have started nice and early as last year I ran out of time. This stocking is the companion to another patchwork stripes stocking over on The Craft Cotton Company blog made to replace my rather thread bare stockings…

  • Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Fabric Drawstring Gift Bag With Patchwork  Dresden Star Detail

    Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Fabric Drawstring Gift Bag With Patchwork Dresden Star Detail

    Perfect for making your Christmas presents stand out from all the other gift bags this year  Instead of putting my gifts into paper gift bags this year I have decided to do something a bit different, and make some fabric gift bags, what I like about these is the recipient can also use them after…

  • Crochet Granny Square Minecraft Creeper Blanket 

    Crochet Granny Square Minecraft Creeper Blanket 

    100 granny squares later and it’s finally finished – the grannies have successfully morphed into a pixelated Minecraft creeper blanket I have been plodding along making granny squares for what seems like an age now – it’s my fault it’s taken me so long really though because I have only been making the squares in…

  • Crochet Mini Witches Hats Pattern – Perfect For Halloween Decorations

    Crochet Mini Witches Hats Pattern – Perfect For Halloween Decorations

    Crochet Halloween witches hats Halloween wouldn’t be complete without some cackling witches lurking about, so I thought of doing these witches hat decorations, it should keep people on their toes – you never know when the witch might come cackling back to get it! You could do these as big or as small as you…

  • Crochet Mini Bat Pattern: Perfect For Halloween Decorations

    Crochet Mini Bat Pattern: Perfect For Halloween Decorations

    Flapping in to join the spiders is Benjamin the crochet Halloween bat! Following on from my Halloween Patchwork spiders and crochet mini witches hats I’m continuing on my Halloween item making spree with Benjamin the crochet bat. I already have one bat I made a few months ago from Edwards Menagerie but wanted a few…

  • Large Halloween Patchwork Spider Tutorial: Part 2 – English Paper Pieced Spider

    Large Halloween Patchwork Spider Tutorial: Part 2 – English Paper Pieced Spider

    You can never have too many spiders at Halloween – only fabric ones that is!  I was so pleased with my quilted patchwork spider I decided to make another fabric spider for Halloween. I wanted this to be a bit different to the previous spider so decided to make the body out of patchwork hexagons…