Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Happy Halloween! Here's one more no-sew project before November arrives tomorrow! Picture curling up with a good book under a soft fleece throw, with satin ribbon woven all the way around the edge and tied in a bow at the corner. The Fleece Ribbon Throw looks so much fancier than it is! The no-sew version starts with a ready-made fleece throw and about 7 yards of 1 inch ribbon. Love your sewing machine? There's a sewn version...
5 days ago • 3 min read
Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Picture Halloween night with a little bowl by the front door, and sitting right on top are two tiny felt friends. One is a smiling candy corn. The other is a happy little ghost, and neither one will melt into a sticky mess in anybody's pocket! These softies make a sweet alternative to candy, especially for kids with allergies. The free pattern comes as an SVG for your Cricut, plus a PDF if you'd rather cut the felt by hand....
11 days ago • 2 min read
Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio // Video Tutorials Hello Maker, Picture your tree in December with a whole little gingerbread family hanging from the branches, plus a cozy gingerbread house right beside them! Halloween is still a week away, I know. Ornaments have a sneaky way of creeping up, though, so this is a happy little head start. Both of these are no-sew felt projects with free PDF patterns, put together with glue and a few iron-on details. No...
11 days ago • 3 min read
Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Some costume pieces are the star of the show, and some are the thing that quietly makes everything else work. The Kooky Witch Skirt is the second kind. It's layered and a little wild, and it's endlessly forgiving of imperfect stitches. I love projects like this because they don't demand precision. A slightly uneven hem just adds to the charm. That's the kind of sewing I want more of in my own life, honestly. Show me the witch...
13 days ago • 2 min read
Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio I know cute Halloween decor sounds like a contradiction, but this bat garland pulls it off. There's something about a little row of felt bats strung across a doorway that reads more whimsical than spooky, which is exactly the vibe I go for every year. It's a fast Cricut project if you have one, and just as doable by hand if you don't. Either way, you'll have it strung up before your drink's cold. Show me the bat garland You...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Twenty minutes sounds like a stretch until you try this cloak. Picture a costume request landing the night before the party, and you still finish it before bedtime! If you've got a last-minute costume request on your hands (and October always seems to bring at least one), this is the pattern I'd reach for first. Show me the 20-minute cloak You might also love: How to Make a Witch Hat (free pattern Child and adult Sizes) Fall...
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Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Store-bought trick-or-treat bags rip. This one won't. It's built to survive a full night of candy hauling and several Halloweens after that. It's also just a genuinely fun sew. Simple shapes, a satisfying reveal when you turn it right-side out, and a project small enough to finish in one sitting. Show me the trick-or-treat bag You might also love: Halloween Lunch Box Printables (Free) Kawaii DIY Candy Corn and Ghost Softie...
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Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Hello Maker, There's a slight chill in the air. My kids are starting to wear jackets to school in the morning. There is the slightest hint of yellow forming on the tips of the leaves on the trees. There are other signs of the change of season - canned pumpkin appears in my pantry and my husband is getting that wild gleam in his eye - because it's the beginning of his favorite time of year. He refers to it as "pumpkin season"....
26 days ago • 3 min read
Free Patterns Master Index // Handmade Gift Ideas // Maker's Studio Every year around this time I get messages from readers whose kids have declared, with full confidence, that they are going to be a wizard for Halloween. I love it every single time — and I love this robe pattern even more, because it turns that declaration into something you can actually hand them. The hood is the detail that sells the whole costume, and it's simpler to construct than it looks. Once you've got the shape...
27 days ago • 3 min read