American Girl / Our Generation mini doll dress – Free pattern and tutorial

December 31, 2017Leave a comment

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018! – Free mini doll dress pattern

I want to start the New Year as I mean to go on. That means not neglecting my website. It’s not easy finding the time – not only to make new things but to turn them into patterns to share, as I work full time and have a lovely family. But I didn’t want to give up and lose the work I’ve put in so far. So having had some time off over the holidays, here’s a free pattern and tutorial for a doll dress. It will fit a mini American Girl doll or Our Generation doll (around 6″). I made a small Waldolf doll (about 8″ high) which it also fits. The fabric in the pictures is a gorgeous Liberty fabric from one of my lovely local shops, Clothkits.

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Pokemon Deck Holder – 15 minute sewing project

February 21, 2017February 22, 2017Leave a comment

My son has just got into Pokemon trading cards in a big way and as I’m always sewing things for my daughter I thought this time I’d make him something. As he’s always carrying around his Pokemon cards I decided he needed something to put them in! I found some red, black and white felt and made this deck case. He now wants me to make lots more so he can trade them with his friends to get some good cards. Here’s what to do…

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Sew an ‘Instamatic’ Tote Bag – free tutorial

June 28, 2016February 18, 2017Leave a comment

I am slightly obsessed with bags and I love being able to design and make a bag that does just the job I want it to do. This easy to sew Tote bag is the perfect size for a lunch box, water bottle, journal (or ipad) and an umbrella for those frequent rainy days! You can play around and make it with your favourite fabrics – I fell for the cute Instamatic cameras on this fabric, hence the name of the bag!

What you need:

1m fabric for lining and side panels
1 fat quarter fabric for main panels
1m interfacing (if you want a stiffer bag use a thicker interfacing)
140 cm coordinating bias binding

What to do:

Print out Tote Pattern 1 and Tote Pattern 2 (make sure the 1″ square is the right size when you print it out) and join the pattern pieces where the dots indicate.

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Free Sloth cuddly toy sewing pattern

March 20, 2016Leave a comment

Download the PDF pattern to make Suzy

Sleepy toddler? Use this sewing pattern to make them a suitably sleepy friend.

There’s something rather cute about Sloths and they make a change from teddy bears! I’ve designed Suzy the Snoozy Sloth to be very soft, floppy and cuddly, the ideal companion for any little one to snuggle up with. It’s a fairly simple pattern to make, although sewing with plush fabric takes a little bit of getting used to – it’s worth it for the extra cute cuddly softness though! Enjoy using your free sewing pattern to make your very own cuddly sloth toy!

The instructions are here: Suzy Sloth Sewing Instructions and the pattern pieces are here: Sloth sewing pattern

Suzy Sloth Snoozing

Sock Alien Tutorial

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016Leave a comment

It’s all about ‘Space’ at the moment – at my daughter’s school anyway. It wasn’t part of the homework but my daughter, Amelie, decided to design a sock Alien to take into school and to write about. She even offered to make it herself – if I could help with the sewing machine bit (I still haven’t made the ‘plague’ rat she designed for the last topic!). So I made the one that features below and she made her own one, which she didn’t want to feature on my blog in case everyone copied it! The Alien does need legs because it can fly, obviously…

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