ipod holder

Better Homes and Gardens have a pattern to make an ipod holder/case. It has a loop on the back you can attach a metal dog clip to hang it off your bag, belt or pocket.

Chickens in the Coop

Better Homes and Gardens have a cute chicken quilt called Chickens in the Coop....could use it on the table or as a wall hanging.

Owl Pencil Holder

A quick easy way to decorate a plain pencil holder...and what better way then with an owl. Better Homes and Garden have the pattern here.

Fleece Toys

Better Homes and Gardens have some cute fleece soft toy patterns to grab here.

Charm Square Drawstring Bag

Chimera Threads is sharing a patchwork bag pattern. She uses charm squares to make this up.

Recycled Crayons

Mama's Little Monkeys has a nifty idea to recycle crayons. Great idea for all those little bits of left over crayons.

Going Batty

OMG how cute is this sock bat over at Heather Bailey's....why didn't I find this sooner for Halloween....but hey, its too cute just for Halloween anyway.

Playing with Colours using Crayons

Mrs Moen has a tutorial showing how she uses crayons to colour in your stitcheries.

Paper Pieced Santa Ornament

Pinwheel Ponders had a great paper pieced Santa ornie to share with us. Gosh there are so many things around blogland I will never ever have enough years in my life time to do them all...but once again, this is another on my list....lol....drop over to my Sew Prim Khris blog and have a look at ones I whipped up...they really are easy and fun to make.

Crazy Christmas Quilt

Piece N Quilt have a tutorial for a simple charm square Crazy Christmas quilt I really like.....gosh, I really need to make another quilt...one day. There are a heap of other tutorials over there I like too...like the Figgy Christmas quilt....very nice indeed.

Christmas Tree Napkins

Christmas tree napkins are a great idea to decorate your table for Christmas this year. Drop over to Craft Sanity and check these out.

Elf Softie

Make Baby Stuff has a tutorial for a cute little Elf softie. I think this is a real cutie for the babies and kids.

Folder Star Patchwork

Jennifer from Bronze Wombat has an amazing folded star patchwork tutorial. You could use this as a trivet, pot holder, coaster or centre piece. Something I will have to try at some stage.

Hexagon patterns

Kiwi Quilts has some great ideas using hexagons. I really like the hexagon star ornament, but take a look and see the other great freebies she has.

Fabric bowl

Poppy Lane has a very easy fabric bowl to make. Would be cute in Christmas colours with some candy bonbons in it.

Scrap Ribbon Wallet

Lil Blue Boo has a cute tutorial for a Scrap Ribbon Wallet...you can use up all those left over ribbons that are too small for much else.

Whoo's Sleepy Travel Pillow

Robert Kaufmann have the cutest pillow with what else but an owl on it....so cute!!!

Sewing Box

Nicole from Nickels Pickles has a fabric sewing box tutorial to take a look at. It is in German but she has an English PDF to download for us non German speaking people. Thanks Nicole!

Village Tablerunner

Mrs Moen has a tutorial to make a lovely village table-runner. I really like this and love the effect of the black fabric with white spots she has used to get a snowy look.

Oilcloth Lunchbag

Martha Stewart has a free pattern to make an oilcloth lunch bag. This is what I am planning on making very soon.

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.