Pillowcase Dress

What a clever idea Refashion has come up with to whip up an easy dress for a little girl. She has used a pillowcase to make this lovely little dress. Of course you could just use fabric too but there are so many cute pillowcases that are fairly cheap to buy that it would make a nice cheap dress too.

Chicken Pincushion

Quilting Works has a pattern for a chicken pincushion. I know we have probably seen these around before but until I got one similar sent to me by my friend Marilyn I dint realise how cute they really were...take a look at mine here.

Sewing Purse

Living Creatively has this cute little purse to keep your sewing bits and bobs in....I think I would use for money purse though too.

Studio efabrics had got a great range of free patterns....a couple of nice hand bags that I really like, quilts, pincushions and other goodies to try your hand at.

Flower Shower Quilt by Michael Miller

Flower Shower from Michael Miller Fabrics....this is nice and funky. There are a heap of nice ones on the main pattern page here.

13 Owls by Michael Miller Fabrics

Michael Miller have a free owl quilt pattern called 13 Owls for all the owl lovers.

Large Patchwork Bag

All People Quilt have also got a great pattern for a Large Patchwork Bag. Love the fabrics they have used on this bag.

Quilted Tote Bag

All People Quilt have a nice quilted tote bag pattern. I like this one because its a bit different in shape and looks firm and stands nicely on its own.

Moda Bake Shop - Personalised Pillow

The Moda Bake Shop has a cute tutorial to make a personalised pillow. I actually really love this fabric range. It is so sweet.

Cat Toy Plushies♠

Fantastic Toys Blog has a cut tutorial for Cat Toy Plushies....but I myself wouldn't give them to the cat to play with....they are just too cute. A fish, bird and mouse.

Felt Christmas Ornaments

Fantastic Toys blog has a cute pattern for felt Christmas ornaments that would be easy to sew by hand or machine.

Little Bag of Secrets

Penelope Waits has a simple way to make a little drawstring bag she calls her Little Bag of Secrets.

Zig Zag Pillow

Day 4 for the Christmas Blog Hop is with Pat Sloan who has created a lovely Zig Zap Pillow.....I am liking all these ladies creations so far.

Crazy Four Patch and Whirligigs

Allison from Strandz has a quick quilt to whip up called Crazy Four Patch. I think this would be easy enough to get done without too my drama for even me...LOL...she also has another quilt that looks very effective and yet again easy enough for me to whip up called Whirligigs or Wonky Pinwheels....thanks for sharing with us Allison.

Molten Mugs

Day 3 of the Christmas Blog Hop is Terry Atkinson who has a cute tutorial for "Molten Chocolate Cake Mug" which is a gooey chocolate cake that bakes right in the mug! You'll make a super simple bag and fill it with the dry ingredients for the cake. Terry has supplied details for a tag with the baking instructions to put into the mug so your receiver can bake the cake.

Bulb-a-licous table mat

The second day for the Blog Hop brings a really cute table mat by Sandy Gervais over at Pieces From My Heart. I really love her stuff. And when you go over to her blog take a look at the OWL. OMG I need one of those....just gorgeous.

Prim Printables and more

Life in the Craft Lane with Mandie has a terrific selection of free graphics to print tags etc. She also has prim backgrounds, headers and buttons.

Sweet Trimmings

Gudrun has a quilt as you go Christmas Tree wall hanging tutorial up for grabs. I really think this would be nice to whip up for Christmas. Another must do I think. This is the first in a series of daily freebies called 12 Days of Christmas from different blogs. Take a look at Creative Studio.

Oh-Oh the Owl

One Red Robin has a cute Owl to make for that special Owl Lover....and oohhh so cute.

Scrappy Quilt

Scatter Sunshine Scrappy Quilt is a lovely easy scrappy quilt to put together using up all those scraps we seem to keep for that "one day" project. Thanks to Brown Paper Packages blogspot for sharing.

Sweet Sixteen Charm Square Tote Bag

Sweet Sixteen can be found over at Popular Patchwork....it is made from charm squares..you can alter the size of the charm squares to make the bag smaller or larger.

Diaper Bag or in Aussie talk Nappy Bag

CoCoJ Designs has a terrific diaper bag tutorial girls. What a lovely diaper bag this is with a ruffle at the top...makes it look much better than just for diapers...lol... or as us Aussiesjavascript:void(0) call them "nappies".

Simple Sewing Companion

Popular Patchwork has a nice sewing kit called the Simple Sewing Companion.

Primitive Sampler Stitchery

Primitives By The Light of the Moon have primitive sampler stitchery to sew using any of your favourite stitching methods.

Moda Bake Shop has a new bag up that I really like. Its called the Boutique Shopper. Its using the Moda Layer Cakes but you could just cut the blocks 10" square.

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Halloween printables

Tricia-Rennea has some cute Halloween themed printables to download. I love her colouring pages but I would use them for stitcheries...very cute...take a look.

Simple Circle Quilt

Make It has a simple Circle Quilt tutorial to create a really effective quilt. I always avoid patchwork circles but this is easy and effective.

Seven Shirts and Seven Steps Quilt

Nancy-Rose has a tutorial showing us how to make a scrappy quilt with snowball blocks and nine patch blocks to use up all those old shirts you have or find at the op shop. What a nifty idea Nancy-Rose. Thanks for the great tutorial.

Tote and Mini Coin Quilt

Moda Bakeshop has a really cute tote with pockets all the way around it and a cute little coin quilt to go with it. I love this tote though.

Lucille Picnic Bag

You will find a different style of picnic bag over at SewTakeAHike. I really like this idea for a completely different style of carry bag for all your picnic goodies.

Button Ornaments

Some more cute ways to use up those odd buttons can be found over at Martha Stewarts.

Buttons Wreath Christmas Ornament

This button wreath is another cute way to use up all those odd buttons and something the kids can make.

Fingertip Oven Mitts

Shirley from Bits and Pieces has a nice easy tutorial to make some fingertip oven mitts. Go take a look. I like this idea...not too big and bulky for me.

Pussycat Stitchery

Warm Heat has a cute stitchery called Pussycat Pussycat Where Have You Been to grab. How cute!!

Button Bracelets

What a cute idea for the girls to make bracelets with all those hundreds of buttons I seem to be accumulating. I can never find a pair out of them....so this is a great idea that Indigo Blue has. I know its nothing new and I have seen them before, but I needed reminding.

Roses for an Angel pincushion and needlecase

The Quilted Crow Girls has a lovely felt pincushion and needlecase that opens out into the shape of a butterfly.

Blog Backgrounds

Gosh I spent ages looking for a Birthday background....how hard could it be? Very hard it seems...lol...truly, I didn't think I would find one. But, finally I found one. Yes just one at Scrap E-Blog.

Bunny Bag

Amy over at During Quiet Time also has a cute Bunny Bag pattern to whip up. Thanks Amy for sharing your patterns with us.

Crayon Apron

Now this has to be a must for your budding artist. Amy from During Quite Time has instructions on how to make this. This crayon apron would be a terrific gift for your little girl who loves to draw.

Scrappy Armrest Tutoral

Amy from During Quiet Time has a great tutorial using selvages edges to make a scrappy armrest for us sewers/crafters....ohhh boy I can't wait to try this one. I have been saving my selvage edges for something and I think this is it.

Pegasus

Sharon has an amazing freebie over at House of Pugish.....a brilliant Unicorn pattern. You have to snap this one up if you are into this kind of thing. Please don't forget to leave a comment and say thank you to the people who share their patterns with us.

Stitchery - Seasons Greetings

Cheryl Goss has given us a lovely stitchery wall hanging called Seasons Greetings. Thanks for sharing with us all Cheryl.

Christmas Clipart

Karen's Whimsy has some really lovely Christmas clipart along with a lot of other clipart to use for your projects.

Make your own Victorian Ornament

Print off these cute Victorian Lady Ornaments and then dress the in your favourite laces, ribbons and trims to suit your tastes.

Christmas Gift Tags

You can print off some vintage Christmas tags here for all those lovely pressies that are going to be wrapped and left under the Christmas tree.....or hey, why leave them under the tree, just send them to me....lol



There are some other style of Christmas tags to print off here, here, and here too.

Stocking

The cutest little knitted Christmas stocking pattern can be found over at Little Cotton Rabbits....she has a lot more over there too so take a look around.

Bag pattern

Elizabeth Carroll has a bag pattern called Diana Hobo Bag to download. Another definite to try out.

Purse Organiser

The Giving Flower has a down-loadable tutorial for a purse organiser. Now when you want to change handbags you just need to pull your organiser out and all your goodies will just pop into the new handbag....wahhh laahhh...what a great idea.

Bag

Kara has a gingham purse/hand bag tutorial to share. This would be a great carry all for all our sewing projects too I think.

Amigurumi

Free Amigurumi Pattern Blog is all about just that....Jane is on the hunt for free amigurumi patterns so go have a look at what she has found.

Cutest little owl to crochet

Coats and Clark have the cutest little owl pattern to crochet....just sooooo hooty cute.

Prim Patterns

The Chocolate Crow Trader is an Aussie site with many sellers coming together to sell their wares. But on top of that they have lots of free patterns. Some terrific prim patterns I just love. Stitchery, dolls, Halloween, Christmas...all sorts.

Homemade Natural Cleaning Recipes

Junie Moon has a small book with natural cleaning recipes that is available to download. So for all you out there that like to use natural recipes or always wanted to try natural cleaning recipes for cleaning, now is a great chance to grab it.