Sew Felt Spring Flower Brooches With My Primroses Pattern!

Do you know what the absolute best part of my job is? It's seeing things people have made from my patterns!

This fabulous photo Daniela, aka ivyarch, shared of the brooches she's been making from my Primroses & Auriculas pattern has brought me such joy this week:

I love the bright colours Daniela has chosen and I adore how the brooches look when worn together like that.

Want to sew your own version of these brooches? My Primroses and Auriculas pattern is available as a printable PDF from my Etsy shop as an instant download.

The tutorial includes templates and step by step instructions for sewing primroses and auriculas, floral trios and single flowers (with or without leaves), and lots of ideas for different colour combos.

As well as using it to make brooches (perfect for adorning your jackets and cardigans this spring) you could also use these patterns to make spring flowers for decorating anything you fancy. Hair clips! Floral crowns! Purses! Pincushions! Even cushions!

For even more spring flowers, check out my tutorial archive for loads of free floral projects and sign up to my pattern newsletter - the next free project I'll be sharing is two little daffodil / narcissi embroidery patterns! Here's a sneak peek of one of them...

... I'm just waiting for a delivery of 4 inch embroidery hoops so I can frame both designs and take some decent photos of them, then I'll be sending out the newsletter asap.

Show & Tell #12

Long time readers will know that I used to write the occasional "Show and Tell" post, sharing some of the awesome things my customers made with the felt and other craft supplies they bought from me (back when I sold that sort of thing). Getting to see what people have been making with things they've bought from you was definitely one of the best things about selling supplies!

It's been over a year since I last wrote a Show & Tell post, and I miss them! So, today I am sharing...

a) some lovely things people made from my supplies many moons ago (photos of which have been sitting gathering dust in a file on my computer for a while - apologies everyone!)

and b) some stuff people have been making using the patterns from my books and tutorials :)

First up, people making things from my supplies...

Katy at Threadmark made some charming felt flowers:

Rodoula used some of my mini embroidery hoops to make fun Christmas ornaments:

Bigbluebed made these pretty felt flowers:

Serena at Capello A Bombetta made a gorgeous cushion:

Over at Medlar House Mice some pastel felt became some very cute mice:

And at Mad's Monster Emporium, some purple felt became wings for Phylisss:

N.B. I no longer sell felt or other craft supplies. If you're looking for some felt suppliers, check out my post about where to buy felt in the UK and if you're looking for mini embroidery hoops you can find some links here.


And now, people making things from my patterns...

Muriel at Mumu Boutique used the commercial-use version of my felt bauble pattern to make iron-on appliques, which you can buy in her shop:

Kejtiss used my gingerbread house pattern from Fa La La La Felt to make lots of ornaments...

... and used the bat ornament from my book, Super-Cute Felt, as part of a halloween mobile:

Rosie used the same bat pattern to make this glitter-y garland for Halloween:

Paula made a gadget case using the hedgehog phone cosy pattern from Super-Cute Felt, and combined two patterns from the book (a sewing-themed brooch and a needlecase) to make a sewing-themed needlecase:

 

Her daughter Lily also used some of my free tutorials to make felt jammy biscuits, iced biscuits and a lavender teabag: 

Kim from Kimbercrafts used my felt owl tutorial to make this fella:

Rebecca at Hugs are Fun made lucky underpants using my free tutorial...

... and made a whale brooch when she reviewed my new book, Super-Cute Felt Animals:

Last but by no means least Sarah used my Felt Angel Ornaments tutorial to make a whole choir of personalised angels to give as Christmas gifts. 

Thanks to everyone who shared their photos It is awesome to see what you've been making xxx

You can see see all the previous show and tell posts here. If you want to share what you've been making from my patterns (or from supplies you bought from me) please do get in touch. You can leave a comment and link here on this post, send me a message via my contact form or share a photo over on my Facebook page.

Show and Tell #11

I've got some more of my customers' great projects to share with you today. Yay! These are all things made (in part) with felt squares and other craft supplies bought from my shops.


Val from W. M. Cards and Crafts  used felt to make some cute owl ornaments and some flower hairclips:

Sarah used a mini embroidery hoop to make this "Give Peas A Chance" decoration:

Lauren used lots of felt (and the felt owl pattern from my shop) to make a whole parliament of owls:

Nellianna from Studio Snowpuppe used giant buttons to make cool wall fixtures for her handmade lampshades.

Gemma used felt to decorate this card:

And Jessica, of Jessica Kathryn, used felt when making these cute dolls!

You can see more great stuff made by my talented customers by checking out all the show and tell posts here. Want to show off what you've been making from my supplies or patterns? Get in touch!

P.S. please respect the work of my customers as you do mine, and don't copy their designs :)

Show and Tell #10

It's time for a show and tell post, sharing some of the lovely things my customers have been making with supplies they buy from me. I love doing these posts, it's always so great to see what everyone has been using their supplies for!

First up, Gemma used felt to embellish some cute owls:

Annamaria of tuliManna used felt to make balls to decorate colourful cushions:

Heather of In Love With Threads used felt to make a handmade teacosy match her new teapot:

Caroline from Beautiful Thinking UK used felt to make some Jubilee owls:

Linda from ndandut used felt to make a sweet brooch:

Jane from Craft Hippy used felt to make some textile art greetings cards:

Sara from Little Lili May used an embroidery thread storage box to organise her ribbon stash:

And Laura from LauraFallulah shared pics of her embroidery thread stash - before and after buying a storage box from my shop...

 ... what a difference! The stork embroidery scissors are from my shop too - don't they fit in the box perfectly? I love it when stuff works out like that.

You can see more great stuff made by my talented customers by checking out all the show and tell posts here. Want to show off what you've been making from my supplies? Get in touch!

 P.S. please respect the work of my customers as you do mine, and don't copy their designs :)

Show and Tell #9

I've got some more of my customers' projects to share with you today. Hurrah!

Sonia of Dandelyne has been using my felt to decorate teeny embroidery hoop necklaces and to make colourful little pouches to protect the necklaces during shipping.

Sian of Polly Chrome Crafts used the felt to sew decorations for children's rooms:

 

Emma of All Needles Great and Small stitched a sweet heart cushion:

Caroline of Beautiful Thinking made some fun personalised felt bunting:

Sarah of Nordicbeads Supplies used a die cutter to create lovely felt bird, leaf and flower shapes for use in sewing projects.

Lisa of Martha Loves used my felt to sew a pansy brooch and a pear needlebook from the patterns in my book, Super-Cute Felt:

Claire of Eidelweiss used some of my mini embroidery hoops to make quirky crochet Christmas decorations:

And Jessi & Joni used my felt to make an awesome flower belt (check out the tutorial here if you want to make your own)

You can see more great stuff made by my talented customers by checking out all the show and tell posts here. Want to show off what you've been making from my supplies? Get in touch!

P.S. please respect the work of my customers as you do mine, and don't copy their designs :)