Tag: handmade

  • Crochet Storage Basket Series: Bobble Texture Crochet Storage Baskets Pattern

    Crochet Storage Basket Series: Bobble Texture Crochet Storage Baskets Pattern

    These storage baskets are made with my current favourite stitch – a bobble stitch, I love the textured effect you get when using a bobble effect among other flat stitches. The colours in these are my favourites to use in winter time, I always seem to drift towards using them when the weather starts to…

  • 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…

  • Minecraft Steve Corner To Corner Storage Case Pattern

    I’ve had a few Minecraft storage cases on my list since my Creeper and Ghast cases (a few is an understatement to be honest!).  The first is a Steve, this is slightly smaller than the Creeper and Ghast as the pattern worked out better in a smaller size and I wanted a smaller size for…

  • Crochet Tumbling Blocks Effect Heart Cushion: Part 1

    Crochet Tumbling Blocks Effect Heart Cushion: Part 1

    Since making my tumbling blocks pineapple blanket and pineapple cushion I have had a few more tumbling projects in the works and the first out is this heart cushion.  I added some textures to the heart blocks with some bobbles to make them really stand out from the background and give a textured feel and…

  • Crochet Christmas Can/Bottle Covers Pattern

    Crochet Christmas Can/Bottle Covers Pattern

    I can’t believe how quickly this year seems to be going, doesn’t seem to minutes ago I was getting ready for Easter and now the focus is on Christmas. After making my Halloween bottle/can covers I made a note to make some for Christmas too and I have finally got round to getting some made.…

  • Crochet Tumbling Blocks Effect Pineapples Blanket Pattern

    Crochet Tumbling Blocks Effect Pineapples Blanket Pattern

    Time for some crochet pineapples! Following on from my fabric tumbling blocks Bambi quilt I decided I wanted to try something similar with crochet and combined this with an idea I had for doing a blanket with pineapples on. It took me a little while to get the pattern layout as I wanted but after…