Sewing Needle Book Tutorial

needle book tutorial, a photo by Gingermelon dolls on Flickr.

This is a super cute and easy tutorial for a sewing needle book! Thanks to Shelly via Gingermelon Dolls. She even has templates for you to download and a full how to! I am sure you'll love it! Now give her a visit and start stitching! http://gingermelondolls.blogspot.com/2011/08/needle-book-tutorial.html

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Birthday Book and Felt Gifts

Hello Dear Readers, Just a quick post today of some little gifts I have been sewing for my three year old granddaughter Audrey. This is a felt and fabric with ribbon necklace and a wrist cuff out of felt.  I attached the cuff to the necklace and added the little cupie doll gift tag.

This is the cover of the birthday book in felt with papers and lace.

This is the first page I added the little deer, she doesn't read yet and loves animals. The birthday book was inspired from the previous post. I  made it quickly with scraps of felt, paper and lace. It was very easy.

In this strip of photos you can see some of the other pages. I created a painted page and scanned and cut out the cupcake image and heart with flowers. On the last image I left a spot to write a little note to my dear little one. I also included a photograph of her in her gym class. She will be three. Hard to believe Audrey and my daughter Sammie are only six years apart. It makes for much fun when we all get together!

Sammie has a science fair tonight and I have been busy with other things. Today I shared some photography on my other blog. You are welcome to see it and use it according to the terms posted on my blog. Just pop over to MsartistTheresaHuse.blogspot if you'd like. I also have some color inspiration I shared there today!

What crafting have you been doing lately?

Cloth & Felt Birthday Lovin

Hello Dear Readers, I have to admit it almost feels like I am all over the place with inspiration. "sigh"
What can I say. If I see something I think might interest you I share it. I never get bored looking at inspiration and the last few weeks I have gotten caught up on just that! I promise to share some of my own goodies soon! But in the mean time this is a project an Italian blogger made. A little house of felt and a birthday card from fabric and felt.

Creative Cafe

Covered fabric buttons, fabric and felt birthday card, pure goodness all wrapped up and given to some lucky girl! No tutorial for this just inspiration, but she does have tutorials on her blog. The link is shared above.

Now I still have a little girl at home and a lovely grand baby by my second youngest daughter and I am really wanting to make them cloth birthday cards and a felt something to go with their gifts. Luckily I have until April for Audrey and May for my Sammie! Shh h, don't let the cat out of the bag!
Have you ever made a cloth birthday card? Is this something you would want to try? If I make one of my own designs would you like a tutorial? or pattern? Do tell~

Wool Felt Baby Hair Accessories

make it and love it

 Hello there crafters! As you know I mentioned I have a lot of baby showers to attend and I love throwing in some heart felt gifts made just for the baby and mom. When I came across this tutorial *for personal use only on make it and love it I thought I would share it with you. Simple, uses up wool felt scraps and makes a great gift!

Oh, so sweet 

 

Just look how sweet that baby is! Only thing is I have another friend having a boy too, so I will be on the search for a great project or tutorial to make a baby shower gift for him. 

 

 

Soon I will share with you  a quick grab diaper and wipe holder for when you just need a few items on the run. Just a quick post today! You can see why I am so busy by popping by my other blog if you like!  I hope you are having a great week! Now to see the tutorial and the pattern to down load for free just hop on over to make it and love it! What are you up to these days? Crafting? Sewing? Don't be shy I would love to know! Do you have a favorite hand crafted baby shower gift to give?

Valentines Hearts

I crafted several different hearts. Ones with felt and paper, ribbon and lace. Ones with burlap, paper, felt and little bits of this and that. Then I made felt ones where I embroidered with the sewing machine and added ribbon and these cute little scrap book angels I found. I making a few cards and I promise to share those with you. I am not the best at paper crafts but I love them still the same! It can be so much fun.
No super bowl Sunday for me! Just a girly day full of pedicures and then crafting. Yes, you have to love the spring air that is upon us our toes bursting to toss the tennis shoes for flip flops. Sammie picked this mermaid blue and we had to match. I love when she lets me pamper her sometimes. She isn't the most girly, girl I have raised. But, she is starting to love learning to cook and bake.  Or....Hm mm, could it be the end results?

Any how. What are you crafting these days? Do you have any special plans for Valentine's Day? Or do you just plan a nice dinner at home with something sweet after? Like me. I would love to know~

Valentines Heart "Felt Gift Card Holder"

I thought I would share with you one of the first of a few Valentine's Hearts gift card holders I am making. I used felt material for these but any material could work. I have left the top open to add a gift card in. These are super simple to make. You could even sew these by hand if you wish. No pattern is necessary.
Just cut your hearts to the size you would like. First cut out one of the heart, then a second one was cut out slightly bigger with pinking sheers I sewed the two together using an embroidery heart stitch. It also would be cute in a zig zag stitch. I decided to put a bow and a button on this one. I have a couple more to share in the next few days. Hope you enjoyed a little gift card inspiration for your Valentine's Day~
If you would like a template with instructions, I can make one for you. Just leave me a comment and I will create it and let you know when its done.  * make sure you leave a way to connect via email or your name is linked to your email
Do you like creating little gifts or cards for Valentine's Day?

Felt Crafting

 Theresa Huse 2011 felt design

Well hello again, yes I am still smitten with felt. This pic is from my phone, so the quality might just be so so, but it is a little design I am working on. Any way I had to share a felt artist and crafter I just found. Oh no you say not another link but really bare with me Melissa has a wonderful felt tutorial for Valentines Day!* featured on SewMamaSew Melissa is so inspiring with her felt know how and designs. I know three young ladies having babies and her Getting Girly post on her site is just what any mom to be would want to hang on her babies room wall. So if you feel like some more felt inspiration hop on over and visit her! But don't forget to tell me what you loved about her creations and her blog!! Here is one of Melissa's goodies from her Etsy shop.

Melissa's Etsy shop Little Pink House
Just in case you don't have time to create something of your own you can always visit her shop~
What will you be crafting with felt? What crafts are you currently working on?