Strawberry

Sandi from Embroideroo has a cute strawberry pincushion she is sharing with everybody. A heap of these in a bowl would be so cute.

Teddy

Prim Patterns 'n Handmade has a prim teddy pattern to grab. You don't have to make it prim of course. Looks like a versatile style of teddy to make using all sorts of fabrics. If the link doesn't work I noticed Denise has also another site with the free pattern called The Krazy Kraft Lady.

Stitcheries

Sue has quite a few stitcheries and other freebies she is sharing over at Free Stitchin' Patterns if you want to take a look there are things for Easter, Halloween and Christmas.

Tennessee Ridge Primitives Freebie

Tennessee Ridge Primitives have a new freebie up. She changes these regularly so you have to drop back for new ones. At the moment it is a great prim rabbit.

Moonchilds Primitives Freebie

Moonchilds Primitives have free patterns that she changes often so drop over and grab the current pattern. At the moment it is a nice prim round head butterfly doll.

Bunnies

Raggedy Old Annies has the cutest bunny pattern she is sharing with everybody. I think this is definitely another must do for me.

Prim Bunny

There is a free pattern on Flickr for a prim bunny...of course you don't have to make it prim if you don't wish to.

Trim it Tote

All People Quilt have a nice pattern for a tote called Trim it Tote. A clever way to make a plainer piece of fabric into a more interesting tote.

Cupcakes Mini Quilt

Who doesn't love cupcakes? These are the only cupcakes I will be sinking my mitts into at the moment. No calories in these ones. Grab the free pattern over here.

Whale Sofite

This cute whale pattern can be downloaded over at Sew News. Not sure if I would make it with my selvages but it what a cute softie

Owl Stitchery

You owl lovers have to get over to Stitchy Britches for the cutest owl stitchery.....I love it. This is not the version to download. You need to get over to Stitchy Britches to save it.

Another Fabric Flower Tutorial

Sew Ritzy has a pretty ritzy fabric flower tutorial over on her blog....another flower to add to the list girls.

Messenger/tote bag

This cute Messenger/Tote bag can be used for lots of things. Homespun have a bonus project designed by Kate Hampson and Jo Hercus that you can download.

Luscious Bow Tote Bag

Robert Kaufman have a free pattern called the Luscious Bow Tote. I like this but I myself don't do bows, so would omit the bow.

File Folder

Terrie over at Bits and Pieces has a tutorial to make a File Folder. Looks pretty nifty.

Value Quilt

Willy Nilly has a quilt tutorial called Value Quilts....using light, medium and dark shades of fabric to make up a nifty looking quilt using 6" squares. Great way to use up that stash.

Graphics

Mandie from Life in the Craft Lane has a heap of graphic freebies to grab.

Bluebird Sewing Caddy

Julia has a tutorial for a cute Sewing Caddy on her blog. It has a sweet bluebird stitchery on the front and perfect for your armchair.

Exploding Pineapple Block

Shirley has a tutorial for a cool looking block called the Exploding Pineapple block. Take a look. Not the traditional way to make a patchwork block but how cool....and it looks so easy.

Mushroom Pin Toppers

Krafty Panda has a tutorial to make mushroom pin toppers....looks pretty easy...well I am hoping so as they are cute and I haven't done this before but would like to give them a go.

Rolled Felt Pincushion

Lettie from Polka Dot Pineapple has an easy peasy pincushion to whip up. Take a look.

Stashmania bag

Confessions of a Sewing Addict has a tutorial for a lovely hand bag you can download in PDF form.

Owlivia

Sandy Gervais has got an owl freebie pattern over at the Moda Bakeshop to grab. I love the Frolic range of fabric and of cause this owl has to be a winner.

The Contented Quilter Stitchery

Caroline is having a free Block of the Month Stitchery over at The Contented Quilter.

Disappearing 4 Patch - or - 4 to 9 Patch Block

This is a really cool block. So easy and yet so effective. Thanks to Sew Wonderful for a great idea.

Stacked Coins Baby Quilt

CrazyMomQuilts has a tutorial over at the Moda Bakeshop called Stacked Coins Baby Quilt. I really like this simple effective use of charm squares.

Simple Hearts Tablerunner

Cottage Quilts has a free hearts table runner that is really nice and looks nice and easy to make up.

Sunday Squares Wall Hanging

Moda Bakeshop have a lovely quilt called Sunday Squares that I think is really nice and would love to make up.

GIVE-AWAY WINNERS

It was so lovely getting such lovely comments from 220 lovely readers. There were a couple of late comments that I couldn't include...sorry...but they came in after midnight South Australian time. Anyway, on to the winners.......yes winners....I decided because we actually hit the 100,000 visitors I would also give away another 2 fat quarters as well as hitting 550 followers I thought why not give 3 lucky winners a little surprise. Then I must have felt good about giving so I decided to give a 4th prize to a lucky reader.

Winner 1 is Elyte - 4 fat quarters from my Oztion shop and an extra surprise
Winner 2 is Mai - 2 fat quarters from my Oztion shop
Winner 3 is Viki - 2 fat quarters from my Oztion shop
Winner 4 Sue aka SuziQ - 2 fat quarters from my Oztion shop


I will send an email to you girls. Please contact me with your mailing address and let me know what fat quarters you would like me to send you.

I would really love to say a big thank you again to all the lovely readers who left such terrific comments. It means a lot to me and to know the work I put in here is appreciated.

500 Followers and a Give Away

WOW - today Freebies For Crafters hit the big 500. This is amazing for the short time we have been collecting all these great free patterns and tutorials. Thank you to all the readers out there for your support and also to all of the wonderful people out there that are willing to share their knowledge and ideas with us all.

To celebrate 500 Followers I am giving away 4 fat quarters and a little extra surprise. You will get to choose which 4 fat quarters you win from my Oztion shop. Please leave a comment on this post only. This giveaway will stay open til the midnight South Australian time on 1st of March and is open to everybody. I will draw the winner on the 2nd of March.

p.s. while this give-away was on we also hit 100,000 site hits...woohooooo....well done bloggers...you all rock!!!

Snappy Bags

Nancy from Tattered Garden has a tutorial on how to make snappy bags using an old metal measuring tape.

Reversable Tote Bag

Tea Rose Home has a tutorial for a reversible tote bag that looks nice and easy to whip up.

Fabric Scrap Baskets

The Sometimes Crafter has a tutorial to make a square fabric basket. She is using it for her scraps but you could use it for so many things.

Crafters Apron Pattern

The Magic Bean  has this great free crafters apron pattern to download - its made to double as a tool wrap.  She also has the wee pencil topper as a free pattern to download as well. 

 

  

 

Prim Bunny

Prim Patterns 'n Handmade has a free prim bunny pattern to share with us. Come on you gotta love these prim dolls.

Edible Crayons

Gourmet Mom on-the-Go has some cool ideas. Take a look around. Look at these cool edible crayons. What a great idea for the kids. Look that these cute penguins. Now I am owl crazy at the moment but my friend Judy loves penguins which have been growing on me too because I when I see them I think of Judy but I now have to be careful I don't get hooked on another collection to grow...lol

Heart Zippered Purses

Purl Bee is sharing a tutorial to make a cute heart zipper purse..not sure if I am game to try making them though...lol...let me know if you do and if they were easy...maybe I am just being a chicken.

Scalloped Rag Quilt

This is a lovely raggy quilt with a difference. The scalloped edges just give it something extra.

Wristlet

Sew4Home has a lot of different free tutorials/patterns to look at. Another cute one is the wristlet.

Groovy Hostess Apron

Sew4Home has a free pattern for a Groovy Hostess Apron. They also have a lot of other ideas over there too. Place-mats, chair cushions,table mats and more.

Origami Pocket Pouch

My Little Mochi has an Origami Pocket Pouch tutorial she is sharing.

Nesting Dolls Card

Zakka Like has the oh so cutest nesting doll card tutorial she is sharing. What little girl or big girl for that matter, wouldn't love getting this card.

Flowers blooming

You can find a tutorial for the Back-to-Back Ornament Project from Kanzashi in Bloom by Diane Gilleland over at Scribd.

Easy Zig Zag Quilt

For those of us who don't like piecing triangles together this is the easy way of making a nice Zig Zag Quilt. Bee Square blog hosts guest Crazy Mom Quilts tutorial to show us how to make lovely quilt.

Flower Hair Pins

Lettie has a quick easy Flower Hair Pin tutorial. You could easily whip up a heap of these for the girls. She also has a cute Scrappy Patchwork Flower. Flower power is sweeping the blogs by the look of it...lol....and look at her Folded Hexagons. They will surprise you.