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10 Fast and Easy Handmade Gift Tutorials
You need gifts. What you have is craft supplies. No problem! The internet to the rescue, again! Make your own scented bath salts, courtesy of this Instructible by Belsey. For the brown-bagger in your...
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How to Make a Blythe Hooded Capelet
Once you’ve crossed into the territory of making snuggies for your Blythes, a hooded capelet isn’t that much of a stretch. And it’s not that much more difficult, either. You will need: The Pattern...
View Article5 Useful Things to Make for Babies
Sheesh, babies. Is that all anyone can talk about around here? Alas yes, pretty much. (Today marks 35 weeks. Eeep.) Babies apparently need a tremendous amount of stuff, much of it horrifically...
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5 Crafts to Make With Buttons
Ahhhh, buttons. Currency of the craft drawer. They’re among the most coveted and hoarded of odds and ends, at least around here. When you’re ready to show off a few choice specimens, here’s a few...
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5 Things to Do With Pipe Cleaners
Pipe cleaners? Wait, like those things little kids bend into animals? Yes. Pipe cleaners. It just so happens that I have a TON of them. Some vintage, but mostly leftover from teaching kids’ arts and...
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How to fix a slipping bra strap
Call me a prude, but I really can’t stand it when my bra strap starts to wander, letting the world know just what color and condition said bra is in. (Answer: generally not great.) It drives me nuts. I...
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The most effective baby toy ever – Tutorial!
Behold, the best baby toy ever. At least, that’s what Olive thinks. This little toy has bought me all sorts of quiet time. Dude, she is playing with it right now as I write this post. As someone who...
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Easy toy quilt tutorial
Okay, calling this thing a quilt is a stretch. Or possibly an insult to quilters everywhere. But! It does make a fantastic baby toy. I whipped this up in a hurry one day when I was in need of quiet...
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Miniature Apron Tutorial – For Blythe, Chickenpants, Etc…
***While I get settled in after this ginormous move, I’m reposting some of my favorites from Chickenpants.com. So, uh, there.*** I have an upcoming photo story involving a baker, and I needed an apron....
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How to Make a Miniature Backpack for Blythe or Chickenpants – Tutorial & Pattern
Here’s a quick tutorial to make your own miniature backpack. Because sometimes you need a tiny functional backpack to carry your tiny things. I made this to fit a Chickenpants, naturally, but of...
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Make your own rad rainbow hair clips – free downloadable tutorial!
I had so much fun making these clips, that I decided I must SPREAD THE JOY. So, here for your amusement is a downloadble pdf to show you how to make your own! Every little girl and insane grown up...
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How To Make a Memory Quilt With Family Photos (story & how-to-ish)
For my parents’ 35th anniversary, I wanted to something special. Various reasons such as being about 600 miles from them kept me from doing something in person. So when I saw a quilt at the Northwest...
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Free Pattern: Animal Badges Mini Quilt
As promised, here’s a project to whip up using the Animal Badges pattern. It’s a small wall quilt, perfect for a little one’s room. Instead of having a gigantic blog post, here is a pattern in pdf...
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Tutorial: No-Sew Animal Badges or Hair Clips
This project is so obvious, I can’t believe I didn’t make this one first. Turn the Animal Badge patterns into actual badges. It is SO quick and easy. Best part: no sewing required! (There are a few...
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Make your very own Finn hat for a Chickenpants Baby! Free Downloadable Pattern.
One of the best things about Chickenpants is making accessories for them. Since I recently released the Chickenpants Babies pattern, I thought it would be fun to give you a free accessory pattern just...
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How to Make Improvisational Wonky Mosaic Quilt Blocks – Tutorial
Want to know a simple and super fun way to make unique quilt blocks? Read on… Oh my goodness, do I love wonky lines in quilting. Lines that move, lines with personality, and, dare I say it, lines that...
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How to Make a Miniature Backpack – Tutorial & Pattern
Here’s a quick tutorial to make your own miniature backpack. Because sometimes you need a tiny functional backpack to carry your tiny things. I made this to fit a Chickenpants, naturally, but of...
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