Tutorial with Free Pattern: Felt Salad Leaves / Felt Lettuce

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We are going to make yummy salad leaves from felt today. For this tutorial I mainly followed the instructions given by Katherine from One Inch World, so all the credit goes to her. Just check out her super adorable felt armchairs or wooden twig chairs. S-O-O-O C-U-U-U-T-E! Similarly, I fell in love with her felt salad leaves the first time I saw them. Here, I just slightly modified the ribs. As is true for my sliced cheese, salad leaves are perfect for sandwiches and easy peasy to make. This project is great for any felt food newbie, because it requires only one sewing step that is best done by hand. The tutorial Continue reading

Tutorial with Free Pattern: Felt Cheese Slices

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We are going to make yummy cheese slices from felt today. Sliced cheese is perfect for felt sandwiches and easy peasy to make. It is actually THE IDEAL project for any felt food newbie, because it does not require a single sewing step. The tutorial comes in 8 steps, and 2 slices of cheese can be done in a single 15-minute crafting session. As I said, super fast but still super cute! Continue reading

Yummy Felt Food – Tutorials with Free Patterns Coming Soon!

Several yummy felt food tutorials are soon to come!

Several yummy felt food tutorials are soon to come!

In the next couple of weeks, I will show you how easy and gratifying it is to make felt food. As you can see in the picture, felt food looks very realistic and, on top of that, is safe, colourful, soft, and long-lasting. These cute toys promote the imagination of our little ones and guarantee endless hours of joy of playing. It is so much fun to make and definitely a perfect project for any sewbie. Continue reading

How to Recover a Lampshade

HowToUpholsterALampshade2Today I am going to present my first tutorial about how to recover or upholster a lampshade. I did this project last winter shortly after we had moved to Canada. Back in Germany, my son’s room was more or less the second half of our home office, which is why it never turned out as cozy and comfortable as I always imagined it to be. Therefore, last year I put a special portion of love and energy into the decoration of his room: the lampshade being one part of the whole ensemble. He has chosen the fabric (Happy Zoo) himself and now loves loves loves his lamp. I guess he noticed that it is something special. Let’s hope Continue reading