• Felt Easter Egg decorations kit
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    {Pretty Fabrics & Trims} Floral Felt Easter Egg decorations kit

    April 12, 2025 - By 

    For my birthday I received the very pretty Floral Felt Easter Egg decorations kit from Pretty Fabrics & Trims. They make the nicest embroidery kits, everything is included so the kits are perfect if you want to make something and don’t want to worry about sourcing all the supplies. My birthday was last month so I knew I had to get these made (rather than leaving the kit in the cupboard for another year!). Floral Felt Easter Egg decorations kit The Easter Egg kit contained all the felt and embroidery threads to make four decorated Easter Eggs. I love the…

  • Embroidered Christmas jumper felt kit
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    Embroidered Christmas jumper felt kit

    November 29, 2024 - By 

    I’ve been on a bit of a roll lately and am happy to show you another finished make today. As you know I’ve been enjoying the Love Embroidery cover gifts.  Issue 59 of Love Embroidery came with an Embroidered Christmas Jumper felt kit. I’ve always enjoyed working with felt so had to stitch it. The Embroidered Christmas Jumper felt kit included the pre-cut felt shapes, baker’s twice and 3 thread shades. I transferred the pattern from the magazine onto baking parchment and pinned it to the felt shapes. I started stitching but soon realised I was going to have the…

  • Love Embroidery Nancy Nicholson felt bauble
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    Love Embroidery felt bauble kit

    November 12, 2024 - By 

    When I was tidying my craft space I came across the Love Embroidery felt bauble kit from issue 32 (published in 2022). The kit was designed by Nancy Nicholson and included 7 pre cut felt pieces, embroidery and sewing thread and ribbon. All you need to provide is a needle, scissors, tracing paper and a thin piece of card to go between the felt layers to add stiffness. The kit had been sitting in a drawer for a while so I took the pieces out and gave the piece of ribbon a quick iron to remove the crease. Then I…

  • how to make Halloween felt ghosts
    Crafts for adults - Crafts for kids - Crafts for teens - Crafts for tweens - Halloween crafts

    Halloween felt ghost tutorial

    September 21, 2024 - By 

    I’ve always enjoyed working with felt. It’s easy to cut and you can make so many items with it. I can’t resist adding some super cute Halloween felt ghosts to our decorations this year. I’m sharing a fun tutorial for making your own felt ghosts, with a list of the supplies you will need and a template for all the parts. Gather your supplies and get making these sweet and spooky Halloween felt ghosts. List of supplies: Sheets of felt (black, white, yellow, purple, green and orange) Needle Matching thread Fabric glue Cotton Pencil A pair of scissors Ghost Template…

  • Easy felt heart corner bookmark for teens
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    Easy felt heart corner bookmarks for teens

    February 8, 2024 - By 

    I enjoy the splash of colour which Valentine’s Day brings. The kids have been busy making handmade Valentine’s Day gifts and this year came up with a felt heart corner bookmark. These are so much fun to make and give to a friend. List of supplies: Felt Matching embroidery threads Needle Pencil or fabric marker A pair of scissors How to make felt heart corner bookmarks: Prepare the template patterns by printing the free heart template sheet, and cutting them out. Select at least 2 different coloured pieces of felt. Trace the patterns on the selected felt fabrics and then…

  • Large cross stitch Christmas tree
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    Large cross stitch Christmas tree

    January 12, 2024 - By 

    I love to add a couple of handmade decorations each year. This year I stitched some felt initial hoops for our family stockings, and thought I would add some cross stitched Christmas trees too. I used a simple template I designed and 3D printed. I’ll share the file in case you want to print and make one too. Supplies: Wooden embroidery hoop Heat erasable pen Felt Wool Needle Scissors 3D printed cross stitch template How to make a felt cross stitched Christmas tree I designed the plastic template in Autodesk Fusion 360  and 3D printed the cross stitch template on…

  • colourful embroidery floss
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    Starry night owl embroidery {Winter Craftpod}

    March 4, 2022 - By 

    I look forward to receiving happy mail – craft subscription boxes, craft books and magazines are all welcome to land on my door mat. I’ve subscribed to the Craftpod subscription box for a while. I love the mix of embroidery projects and seasonal projects. The Winter Craftpod box arrived just before Christmas. Starry night owl embroidery The Winter Craftpod contained three projects – the Starry Night Owl embroidery, Owl scissors case and a paper garland. The first project I made was the felt Owl scissors case. I always enjoy working with felt and this was a sweet project to stitch.…

  • Simple felt winter wreath banner
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    Simple felt winter wreath banner

    July 2, 2020 - By 

    Regular readers will know that every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new. Winter wreath banner The cute little Winter wreath kit came with Issue 113 and I’m not sure why I didn’t make it. I love sewing with felt but this little kit got tucked away and forgotten about. With the Summer sunshine gone away for…

  • felt dino pincushion kit
    Crafts for adults - Mollie Makes crafts

    My hands making: Felt dinosaur pincushion

    April 12, 2020 - By 

    Regular readers will know that every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something new. Felt dinosaur pincushion Back in Feb I made the cute Kitty Keyring from Issue 115. Issue 116 came with Jenny Blair’s dino pincushion kit. The kit included felt, embroidery thread, a needle, and toy stuffing. Working with felt is fun and I enjoyed making…