Bargain Craft Books + a Sample Sale

My parents' copy of the Book People catalogue popped through their door this morning...

... and look what's inside!

The new edition of my first book, Super-Cute Felt, is currently available from The Book People at the totally bargainous price of just £4.99.

I make very little money from these kinds of discount sales but I always think it's important to share them with you guys when I spot them, because... well, who doesn't love a bargain craft book?

At this price you could totally buy a copy for all your friends and relations this Christmas, haha. 

Super-Cute Felt is of course also available from Amazon UK or Amazon USA, from the Book Depository (where you can get free worldwide delivery), or via your local bookshop, or direct from my publisher.

Psst - those Amazon and Book Depository links are affiliate links, which means if you click on the links and buy something I'll get a small percentage for the referral.

In other news: over at the Village Haberdashery they're having a sample sale of lots of items made for their blog tutorials, classes and shop displays... including a whole bunch of wreaths and other bits and bobs made by me!

Click here to view everything currently available in the sample sale.

Make Felt Chicken & Egg Ornaments for Easter

Sew some cute felt chicken and egg ornaments for Easter or Spring with my latest tutorial for the Village Haberdashery!

 
These fun felt ornaments are easy to sew and would look lovely hung on an Easter tree, or elsewhere in your home this Spring. You could also use the templates to make fun felt chicken brooches.

 

I stitched my ornaments in classic Easter pastels, using wool blend felt from the Village Haberdashery's range. Switch up the colours to match your decor, or add extra embellishments with embroidery thread, sequins or seed beads. 

 

Click here for the free templates and step by step tutorial.

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DIY Felt Butterfly Hairclips Tutorial

Update: this tutorial can now be found here on my blog! Make some felt butterfly hair clips, using the templates from my June butterfly wreath tutorial.

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My latest tutorial for The Village Haberdashery's blog is all about felt butterflies!

Use the free patterns and step-by-step tutorial to make some pretty felt butterfly hairclips:

 
This tutorial is part of a spin-off series, showing ways you can reuse some of the patterns from my A Year of Wreaths project. I originally designed the felt butterflies for June's butterfly wreath.

 

Click here for the butterfly hairclips tutorial!

You'll find the butterfly wreath tutorial here and you can explore all the wreaths in the series here.

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DIY Felt Daffodil Headband Tutorial

One of my favourite things about felt crafting is how, with a bit of imagination, you can use one tutorial to make lots of different things. You can switch up colours, enlarge pattern pieces, add decorative details, turn a brooch into an ornament or sew it as a patch, recreate a design using coloured paper or card... there are always so many possibilities!

My new series of tutorials for The Village Haberdashery's blog springs from this idea, as I'm sharing some fun new ways to re-use the templates from my A Year of Wreaths projects.

First up: a felt daffodil headband!

This design is perfect for spring parties, or for adding a bit of floral fun to any outfit.

Click here for the step by step daffodil headband tutorial.

And click here to make the felt daffodils wreath or here to find links to all 12 wreaths in the series.

P.S. Want even more spring craft ideas? Check out this post for butterflies, bunnies and more!

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Tutorial: Embroidered Felt Plant Lady Brooches

UPDATE: My plant lady brooch tutorials can now be found here on my blog!

Sew a Plant Lady, Cactus, or Monstera Leaf brooch.

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If your home is full of plants (or you wish that it was) then you'll love my latest tutorial for The Village Haberdashery!

 Stitch an embroidered "Plant Lady" brooch...

... sew a little felt cactus...

... or make a monstera leaf!

Click here for the free templates and step-by-step tutorials.

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Tutorial: Felt Hearts & Kisses Tic Tac Toe Set

Instead of playing Noughts and Crosses, let's play Hearts and Kisses!

My latest tutorial for The Village Haberdashery's blog is for sewing this cute Tic Tac Toe set from felt.

The game board and pieces are really easy to sew and they'd be a great project to make with your kids this Valentine's Day.

Click here for the free template sheet and step by step tutorial.

12 DIY Pun-tastic Valentine's Cards

I had lots of fun cutting and sticking last week, making 12 cute and totally pun-tastic Valentine's Day cards.

 

I made all these cards with paper and card from this fab, colourful paper pad. It includes some gorgeously bright colours and was a real joy to craft with in dark, depressing January!

 
Visit The Village Haberdashery's blog for the free tutorial and printable template sheets.

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Felt Weather Mobile Tutorial

Learn how to sew a cute felt weather mobile!

 

 

I designed this mobile as a workshop project for The Village Haberdashery last year. Sadly the class didn't go ahead but happily I've turned it into a free tutorial for their blog instead (yay!).

 

 
As well as making a full mobile, you could also use this tutorial for making individual felt rainbows, rain clouds and smiling suns. They'd make fab felt brooches or ornaments, or you could use them to decorate other projects - a felt rainbow would look awesome wherever you decide to stitch it.

 

Click here to find the templates and step by step tutorial over on The Village Haberdashery's blog. 

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Geometric Faux Leather Necklace Tutorial

The final faux leather tutorial I designed for The Village Haberdashery is now up on their blog: how to make a geometric necklace!

I loved working with the sheets of faux leather, especially the metallic gold - doesn't it look fab with the turquoise blue?

Click here for the step-by-step necklace tutorial.

And here are some handy links to the faux leather tutorials I wrote earlier: a star headband, a mini notebook,and a lightning bolt brooch. The headband, necklace and lightning bolt would also be fab made with felt!

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A Year of Wreaths: 12 Free Seasonal Wreath Tutorials

Now that my year of wreath tutorials for The Village Haberdashery has come to an end, I thought it would be good to do a quick round-up post with links to all the projects...

This is a nice excuse for me to look back at them all, and will be a handy way for you guys to easily find the wreath tutorials you want to make - just bookmark this page!


January: Felt Rainbow Wreath.

February: Valentine's Heart Wreath.

March: Daffodils & Narcissi Wreath.

April: Felt Flowers Wreath.

May: Felt Foxgloves Wreath.

June: Felt Butterflies Wreath.

July: Felt Pinwheels Wreath.

August: OMG Ice Cream Wreath.

September: Embroidered Oak Leaves Wreath.

October: Cosy Cat Wreath.

November: Felt Holly Wreath.

December: Embroidered Snowflakes Wreath.

Which one's your favourite?

Follow the links to find all the free step by step tutorials and template sheets!

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Embroidered Snowflakes Wreath Tutorial

Time for the final tutorial in my Year of Wreaths series: a sparkly snowflake wreath!

This one's a bit late (sorry!) but snowflakes are definitely for the whole of winter and not just Christmas, right?? I hope you'll agree it was worth the wait because I love how this final project turned out.

The wreath is decorated with navy blue yarn, metallic silver thread, sparkly beads and sequins, and five embroidered snowflakes.

You could also use the snowflake embroidery patterns to make felt snowflake brooches or ornaments, or to add some snowy charm to other sewing projects.

You'll find the free step by step snowflake wreath tutorial and the snowflake embroidery patterns over on The Village Haberdashery's blog.

Click here to buy the snowflake wreath kit, or follow the links in the tutorial to find all the individual supplies you'll need in The Village Haberdashery shop.

Click here to find all 12 wreath tutorials in the series.

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Faux Leather Lightning Bolt Brooch Tutorial

Last year I designed a few fun and easy tutorials for The Village Haberdashery's blog using a pack of super cool faux leather.

The first project was a stylish star headband, the second a cute mini notebook... and the third is a lightning bolt brooch:

 

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DIY Christmas Card Ideas

My latest tutorials for the Village Haberdashery's blog are all about making your own Christmas cards!

I used some gorgeous patterned paper, washi tape and rubber stamps from the Village Haberdashery's shop to make a whole bunch of festive cards. The cards were so much fun to make,and I totally fell in love with the supplies I used - especially that washi tape, isn't it lovely?

 

 

In part one you'll find how-tos for:

Simple washi tape cards:

Getting creative with layers and geometric shapes.

And using crafty scraps to decorate your cards.
 

Then in part two, you'll find instructions and templates for making cards decorated with...

Lettering:

Christmas trees:

 

 
And baubles:

You'll find part one and part two over on the Village Haberdashery's blog, and all the materials you'll need to make the cards in their online shop.

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