• Mollie Makes magazine
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    Felt Dandy Lion {a weekend sewing project}

    August 20, 2019 - 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. Issue 109 came with a sweet felt craft kit to make a lion – perfect! I’m a bit behind. Issue 107 contained a crochet kit which I donated to a friend as I can’t crochet. Issue 108 contained a paper flower wall hanging…

  • wool felt fox from the Winter Craftpod box
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    Mistletoe embroidery and a felt winter fox

    January 20, 2019 - By 

    I try to make time to craft but I have to be honest, working outside of the home leaves me with little energy for it at the moment. I’ve been enjoying the quarterly Craftpod subscription though and always seem to make time to craft the contents. I ordered the Winter Craftpod box as a little treat to myself. It arrived just before Christmas so I packed it to take away with us over Christmas. This was a colourful winter-themed box with two crafts – a soft sculpture of a woodland fox and a mistletoe embroidery hoop. There were extras too,…

  • Miniature Felt Party Bear from Mollie Makes magazine
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    Miniature Felt Party Bear

    January 11, 2019 - By 

    I was lucky to find time for some crafting over Christmas and New Year. I took a little pile of projects away with me which meant I had plenty to keep me busy in the evenings once the children had gone to bed. Regular readers will know that each 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. Issue 100…

  • Mollie Makes Toucan Keyring Kit
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    Mollie Makes Toucan Keyring Kit

    July 6, 2018 - 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. Mollie Makes Toucan Keyring Kit The Toucan Keyring Kit from Issue 94 was pretty cute and I knew I would make it. I love working with felt! Designed by Manuela Trani from nuvolinahandmade.etsy.com the kit contained a variety of felt, matching embroidery thread, gold…

  • felt London Routemaster bus
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    Felt London bus

    January 13, 2018 - By 

    This year is all about making some of the things in my craft stash. I love working with felt and a few years ago asked for a cute London bus pin cushion kit by crafty nana for Christmas. I’m not sure why I never made it. Everything was pre-cut so it was pretty simple to stitch together. For some reason I thought it should be the first WIP I finished in 2018. London bus pin cushion kit by crafty nana This was a lovely craft kit containing pre-cut felt pieces, a needle, thread and stuffing. It was actually a really lovely…

  • Mollie Makes Reindeer Tree Decoration
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    Mollie Makes Reindeer Tree Decoration

    November 14, 2017 - 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. Mollie Makes Reindeer Tree Decoration The Reindeer Tree Decoration in Mollie Makes Issue 86 was designed by Jenny Blair and contained felt, thread, pom pom trim, stuffing and a needle. I cut out the templates from the magazine and got cutting. I love making things…

  • Sew Your Own Felt Nativity Set
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    Win a Sew Your Own Felt Nativity Set

    November 10, 2017 - By 

    Over the last few weeks I have been getting ready for Advent. For me Advent is the start of Christmas and we celebrate it with Advent calendars, counting down the days until Christmas Day. I recently spotted this lovely Sew Your Own Felt Nativity Set in Hobbycraft and thought it looked so much fun if you like being crafty at Christmas time. Sew Your Own Felt Nativity Set This Sew Your Own Felt Nativity Set is the perfect way to handcraft your own Christmas decorations and create a stunning centrepiece. With all the materials included in the kit, along with a general…

  • Five minute felt superhero masks
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    Five minute felt superhero masks

    July 27, 2017 - By 

    My 5 year old loves playing super heroes. A few weeks ago her friends came over and it was funny watching them all dress up in whatever we had – which mainly consisted of a Captain America shield and helmet, Iron Man hands and lots of Star Wars lightsabers…. I really wanted to have a go at making simple felt superhero masks so whipped some up using different coloured felt. I used the template from the Duck Tape masks I made a while ago. Five minute felt superhero masks I used paper mask template sheets of coloured felt elastic basic…

  • felt flower wreath kit
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    Mollie Makes Felt Florals Wreath Kit

    July 10, 2017 - By 

    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. I skipped last month’s cover gift (issue 79) as it was a set of buttons and a booklet of ideas. I didn’t find them particularly inspiring and couldn’t come up with a way of using them so they’ve been added to my button stash. Issue 80 contained a…