Tag: handmade

  • Minecraft Crochet Pattern: Squid – Speedily Swimming To The water!

    Minecraft Crochet Pattern: Squid – Speedily Swimming To The water!

    The next Minecraft pattern I decided to make was for a squid. This pattern basically consists of just a rectangle and 8 legs so hasn’t got too much to it and doesn’t take too long to make as a result. I am really happy with how it came out, I think it was the eye…

  • Minecraft Crochet Blanket Pattern: Mooshroom Cow

    Minecraft Crochet Blanket Pattern: Mooshroom Cow

    First a sneaky creeper now it’s time for a slightly more friendly Mooshroom cow blanket. I really enjoyed making the Minecraft creeper blanket – despite the massive number of grannies I needed to make to put it together. I was surprised how quickly I got through them all to be honest and they were great…

  • Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Drawstring Bottle Bag

    Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Drawstring Bottle Bag

    Better solution for gifting bottles in this year rather than fighting with a piece of wrapping paper! I always have problems wrapping up bottles as gifts, although to be honest anything that isn’t a square box tends to give me problems! I can never get the paper to look right without it tearing a few…

  • Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Patchwork Stripe And Snowflakes Table Runner

    Sewing Tutorial: Christmas Patchwork Stripe And Snowflakes Table Runner

    I’ve always wanted to make my own table runner, but it has been on the back burner for a few years now as I get so busy around Christmas with gift makes that I just run out of time to make it, and it just doesn’t seem right making a Christmas runner in the summer! I…

  • 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…