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Adorable Sewing Patterns

Miniature Hooded Cape Sewing Pattern

I'm so excited about how well our Miniature Hooded Cape sewing pattern will work for the Peter Rabbit project that I've been working on. There are officially 40 days until Easter, and I'm really hoping my health will hold out so I can finish this adorable project in time! I wanted to find an easy way to convert our Mini Bunny Family pattern into the Peter Rabbit family. There are a lot of ... View Post

Miniature Felt Radish Tutorial – FREE Pattern

Next up for our Peter Rabbit Play Set is a miniature felt radish tutorial- perfect to fill Mr McGregor's garden. (You can also find a tutorial for a mini carrot here.) My goal is to create a play veggie garden where you can 'plant' and 'pick' the veggies over and over again. When I picture Peter in the garden, chomping on treats I always envision a some lettuce and a raddish, so I knew I'd ... View Post

Best Way to Match Seams

I've long been wondering the best way to match seams in my sewing projects. It's an especially tricky business when sewing small items like stuffed toys. (In the video I was making some of our Mini Animal Family patterns, and it was especially helpful for that.) There are several seams that have contrasting colors and I want to make sure I get them right on. I recently learned about forked ... View Post

How to Make a Miniature Felt Carrot

As soon as I decided I wanted to make a Peter Rabbit playset, I knew I'd need to learn how to make a miniature felt carrot. There are lots of miniature food tutorials out there. Most of them that are small enough for our little dolls are made out of clay. The felt play food that I could find was all way too big for a dollhouse. For some reason I just had my heart set on wool for this project. ... View Post

How To Transfer Images Onto Wood

I got this crazy idea to make a North Pole Shipping Crate for Christmas morning, and it sent me into a deep dive to learn how to transfer images onto wood. I wanted our Christmas Box to be made of wood (my husband does wood working, so he helped me make one from a pallet we had sitting around) and I knew I wanted it to look like it had been 'stamped' with shipping info as it left the north ... View Post

Adorable Christmas Elf Ideas

The last of our Elf on the Shelf inspired posts, today let's talk about some adorable Christmas Elf ideas to do with our Mini Elf Family Sewing Pattern. As I've mentioned before, I like to use our Christmas Elves a little differently than the traditional Elf on the Shelf. Instead of just getting into mischief, our elves bring a combination of fun books and games and meaningful ... View Post