Tag: gifts

  • Crochet Mini Halloween Gifts: Pumpkin, Mummy, Eyeball Decorations/Stress/Juggling Balls Pattern

    Crochet Mini Halloween Gifts: Pumpkin, Mummy, Eyeball Decorations/Stress/Juggling Balls Pattern

    Halloween crochet gift ideas… The Halloween crochet makes are continuing here at the moment – I’ve still got a few more I want to try and fit in before I run out of time too!. Next up are some mini crochet Halloween decorations/stress balls/jugggling balls – these are perfect for putting up as decorations for…

  • Crochet Storage Basket Series: Crochet Christmas Elf Storage Baskets Pattern

    Crochet Storage Basket Series: Crochet Christmas Elf Storage Baskets Pattern

    Add a bit of a Christmas theme to your storage with these Elf storage baskets. These Elf baskets came from an idea I had for gifting this year as I thought they would be perfect for putting a gift inside such as sweets or any other loose items – rather than a basket hamper you…

  • Sewing How To: Finishing A Completed Embroidery Hoop Project – Backing And Hoop Decorating.  Perfect Scrap Busting Project

    Sewing How To: Finishing A Completed Embroidery Hoop Project – Backing And Hoop Decorating. Perfect Scrap Busting Project

    Wrapping an embroidery hoop: A perfect way to finish off completed embroidery/sewing makes when displaying them in an embroidery hoop So you’ve got your embroidery hoop design competed it’s now time to get it in its display hoop and show it off. I often just leave the embroidery hoop plain or paint them to add…

  • Fabric Yo Yo Project: Embroidery Hoop Hot Air Balloon Tutorial

    Fabric Yo Yo Project: Embroidery Hoop Hot Air Balloon Tutorial

    I love using fabric yo yos on a project, they are great fun to make, add texture to a design and are perfect for using up scrap fabrics. I have put together a little how to make fabric yo yo tutorial so you can see how to make lots of yo yos for this and…

  • Crochet Christmas Ideas: Drawstring bag Pattern – Santa

    Crochet Christmas Ideas: Drawstring bag Pattern – Santa

    Just had to make one more Santa themed make! I’ve really enjoyed making all my Santa themed items over the last few weeks (storage baskets with beards and without beards), so I decided to do just one more (for now..!) and here it is – a Santa drawstring bag. This is perfect for gifting things…

  • Sewing Tutorial: Quick Christmas Mini Stockings

    Sewing Tutorial: Quick Christmas Mini Stockings

    Continuing on from my Christmas Tree makes are these mini stockings, these are great  for putting little presents into and they can easily by personalised by sewing a name onto them.  Added bonus with these is they are quick to make – perfect for any last minute gifts.   I made these using Christmas Birdhouse fabric…