Felt Fox Brooch Tutorial

I've just sent out this month's freebie for my pattern newsletter subscribers - a tutorial for sewing a felt fox brooch.

This is another old design that I used to sell in my shop which I'm now sharing as a pattern. I'm really enjoying revisiting these old projects and I hope you guys are enjoying sewing them!

There's still time to get this tutorial for free, just sign up to my newsletter before the end of the month (July 2019).

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If you sign up to my monthly pattern newsletter you'll recieve a free project from me in your inbox once a month, and you can also sign up to hear about what's new on my blog and in my shop.

Click here to visit my tutorial archive for lots more free patterns and project ideas.

Felt Badger Brooch Tutorial

This month's freebie for my pattern newsletter subscribers will be a tutorial for sewing a cute felt badger brooch!

 

I stitched lots of these badgers for my online shops a decade ago (how time flies, huh?!) and am really looking forward to revisiting this pattern to share it with you guys.

I've always loved badgers but have had a particular fondness for them in recent years after getting to see lots in real life, visiting my parents' garden for some peanut snacks. You can see a few video clips of them over on my Instagram, if you're interested, just follow the links: one, two, three, and four. 

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I'll be sending out the badger brooch tutorial later this month (June 2019), and you'll also receive last month's project: a felt barn owl mask tutorial.

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Felt Barn Owl Brooch Tutorial

The next free project for my pattern newsletter subscribers is gonna be...

... a little felt barn owl!

I made this fella a couple of years ago as part of my (rapidly abandoned) 100 Day Project. I thought it was high time I turned him into a pattern and I'm really looking forward to sharing it with you guys.

I'm still running a bit behind with my "monthly" patterns but I'll hopefully catch up soon. The emails might land in your inbox at slightly unexpected times but you'll still get a free project for each month this year.

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Daffodils and Narcissi: Spring Flower Embroidery Patterns

February's free project for my pattern newsletter subscribers? A pair of little floral embroidery patterns!

These sweet, easy-to-stitch little flowers are designed to be framed in 4 inch embroidery hoops but they'd also be great for embellishing all kinds of spring projects.

There's a large, solo daffodil...

 

 

... and a trio of narcissi (or daffs, I guess, if you stitched them with yellow thread instead of white!)

 

 

Stitch your fave, or embroider them both as a pair! They'd make lovely gifts for Mother's Day or Easter.

I'm running a little behind with my newsletter freebies at the mo, as you may have noticed, but I'm gradually getting caught up! The emails might land in your inbox at slightly unexpected times but you'll still get a free project for each month this year.

I'll be sending out these two patterns to subscribers later today, but don't worry if you're not already subscribed: you'll immediately get sent the current project when you sign up, and I always include a link to the previous project when I send out a new newsletter. There'll be lots more crafty goodness on the way soon, too!

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Click here to visit my tutorial archive for lots more free patterns, including more embroidery patterns and lots of ideas for spring craft projects.

Floral Wreath Hoop Art Pattern

January's free project for my monthly pattern newsletter subcribers is a floral wreath inspired by my dreams of spring:

I've included two versions of this project: you can use the templates to create the felt version (above), or use the embroidery pattern to stitch the whole design (below).

The pattern is designed to be displayed in a 7 inch embroidery hoop, but it would also look lovely as part of bigger projects - e.g. embellishing a bag, or as the central panel in a quilted cushion cover.

As you can see, I've also included two text options for the space inside the wreath: Go Outside and Get Inspired, and Stay Inside and Make Stuff. You could make both versions to display as a pair, or just choose your fave!

The wreath would also look fab on its own, I think, or you could add your own text. This would also be a great design to personalise to celebrate a new baby, a wedding, an anniversary, etc. And course you could also use the felt flowers and leaves in smaller groupings to decorate other projects. Sooo many crafty possibilities!

I'm running a little behind with my pattern newsletter projects at the moment but please bear with me: you'll still recieve a free project for every month this year and there'll be a bonus project at some point this year, too! I have some really fun makes planned for you guys and I hope you'll consider them worth the wait.

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Make Felt Fondant Fancies!

Every month this year I'm sharing a free pattern with my newsletter subscribers, and April's project is all about cake!

April's tutorial will show you how to sew a felt fondant fancy to use as pincushion, display with your favourite vintage china, or give as a quirky gift to a friend with a sweet tooth.

I send out my free email newsletter about once a week, with updates of what I've been making and doing lately and links to my latest blog posts and tutorials and lots of creative and colourful things to inspire you.

Every email I send in April will include a link to download the step-by-step felt fancies pattern.

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UPDATE: My newsletter has moved! Click here to sign up and see this month's free pattern.


P.S. Want some more teatime-inspired tutorials? Click here to make felt jammy biscuit brooches, and click here to make felt iced biscuit brooches. 

Make a Felt Bird Mask

This month's free pattern for my newsletter subscribers is... a felt bird mask!

 

I used to sell these bird masks in my shop, they're really fun to make and even more fun to wear.

This year I'm sending out an email newsletter about once a week, with an update of what I've been making and doing lately, plus links to my latest blog posts and tutorials and lots of creative and colourful things to inspire you.

It's free to sign up, and each month this year you'll get access to a free crafty pattern that I won't be sharing here on my blog.

I had to take some time off in February due to illness and took a little break from sending my weekly newsletter, but I don't want people to have missed out on February's mallard duck pattern. So if you sign up this month (March 2018) you'll get access to February's duck AND March's bird mask... then if you stay subscribed, you'll get a new free pattern each month as the year progresses.

 

 

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UPDATE: My newsletter has moved! Click here to sign up and see this month's free pattern.

Make a Felt Duck Brooch

This month's free pattern for my newsletter subscribers is... a tutorial for making a felt duck brooch!

I send out an email newsletter about once a week, with an update of what I've been making and doing lately, plus links to my latest blog posts and tutorials and lots of creative and colourful things to inspire you.

It's free to sign up, and each month this year you'll get access to a free crafty pattern that I won't be sharing here on my blog.

Each newsletter I send out in February will include the link to download the printable felt mallard duck tutorial... then in March, I'll be sharing a new pattern, and so on through the year.

If you fancy making your own felt duck, click here to subscribe to my newsletter.
 
UPDATE: My newsletter has moved! Click here to sign up and see this month's free pattern. 

New: Monthly Free Tutorials for Newsletter Subscribers

UPDATE: my sunflowers tutorial is now part of a set of printable PDF flower patterns, available from my shop.

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Happy New Year!

I'm starting something new this year: free tutorials just for my newsletter subscribers! (Yay!)

My weekly(ish) newsletter is a chatty email from me, with my latest news (what I've been making, doing, blogging, etc) and a whole bunch of links to crafty, creative, colourful and generally interesting things I've loved lately and want to share with you guys.

I've been really enjoying writing the newsletter each week but I wanted to make it something extra special, like a fun crafty club. So, there'll be a new crafty tutorial (or embroidery pattern) to download each month... starting with a tutorial for making these sunflower brooches:

(I know sunflowers aren't exactly in season right now, but I thought these gloomy January days could do with a burst of yellow!).

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My first newsletter of 2018 goes out on Wednesday (Jan 3rd), and the link to the sunflowers tutorial will be included in all the newsletters I send out this month.

UPDATE: My newsletter has moved! Click here to sign up and see this month's free pattern.