Fun Affordable Crafts Heat Transfer Vinyl Craft Ideas

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Heat Transfer Vinyl in Tomato, Gold Crown and Coral Colors

Heat transfer vinyl! These days, it seems like someone has a special vinyl they want to sell you for every single thing you want to apply to! Crafters don't have the money to buy that kind of stock, and they sure as heck don't have room for it either.Heat Transfer Vinyl is an affordable way to craft and help make room without hurting your wallet.
It applies to:

Cotton      Polyester     Cotton/Poly Blends   Spandex   Leather    Performance wear and more!

You can use the same vinyl to apply to a hat, a headband, a hoodie, and a pair of yoga pants! 

Plus, it comes in 18 great colors, including MINT, SEAFOAM, and CORAL!

Learn More about Heat Transfer Vinyls

Find More Ideas on Vinyl Crafts for Walls, Accessories, Baby items, Shirts and more!

How to Iron On Heat Transfer Vinyl

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Beautiful Pillow Patterns to Crochet for Any Room

Crochet ePattern Painted Desert Pillows

This crochet pillow cover is inspired by desert colors.

It's suggested that you use a worsted weight yarn. Pillows are a great way to spruce up a room.  You can even take old, out of date pillows and crochet a new pillow cover for them or use a new pillow form to crochet around.

Add a touch of the Southwest to your home with these beautiful painted desert-themed pillows. Created from easy one and two-color crocheted squares and joined together with simple slip stitches, they are quick to make using medium weight yarn and a size I (5.50 mm) hook.

Number of Designs: 5 pillows Size: God's Eye 12" square, Navajo Rug 12" x 18", Wild Geese 15" square, Thunderbird 15" square, and Blazing Star 15" square

Download the Painted Desert Pillow Patterns

ePattern Granny Square Pillows

ePattern Quick Q-Hook Pillow

ePattern Pillow Dolls

13 Bright and Beautiful Quilt Patterns for Warm Summer Days

Beautiful Summer Quilt Patterns for Warm Summer Days

Get ahead start on your summer quilting projects with 13 different patterns for your warm summer days. Quilting isn't just a craft to do in the winter or fall. With all of the beautiful patterns available in the Summer Quilting Pattern Download you can easily find bright bold quilts and more to make for summer.  From stitching flowers on a bed to creating a beautiful tote bag or a quilt for baby there are several projects to choose from. Plus, if you are looking for the perfect fabric that is lightweight and just the right color for summer you can find them online with free shipping and free returns. 

Jump-start your summer quilting with all 13 bright, colorful quilts perfect for warmer days! You'll stitch gorgeous flowers onto a bed quilt, cute motifs into a table runner or tote, or pretty blocks into a baby quilt! Don't miss the next installment of our Quilting on Your Machine with Debby Brown series, where you'll take your machine-quilting knowledge to the next level. With a wide variety of fascinating techniques to try, every quilter will find something to love in this overflowing summer issue! Get your copy 

Download the Summer Quilt Patterns

Find the Right Fabric for Your Quilt Patterns

Easy to Sew Free Bed Pillow Pattern for Kids

How to Sew a Floor Pillow for a Child  - A Free Sewing Pattern

These soft and cozy bed pillows are just the thing for sleepovers and grandma and grandpa's house.  If your grandkids fall asleep on the floor while watching television or just need a place to nap or sleep when they come over. These easy to sew floor pillows with comfy cuddly fleece fabric are perfect for children!

You can make them using your favorite fleece fabric in whatever theme you want.  The free pattern show is for a dog kids floor pillow, a bunny themed floor pillow, and a frog themed floor pillow.

The pattern calls for using 2 pillows and polyester fiberfill but another option would be to use floor pillows, a long bed pillow, or even dog bed pillow which are typically larger and machine washable.  

Once you have decided on what to use for your pillow insert check out the style of Fleece Fabrics that you want to use to sew your project.  Some of the best selections of fabric can be found at Fabric.com because their warehouse stocks more than half a million yards of fabric that we offer at up to 40% below retail price, they have free shipping on orders over $49 and free return shipping. 


Fleece Fabrics
Find the right pillow (bed pillows, dog pillows, etc) and Polyester Fiberfill to stuff your floor bed pillow with. 

You will also need matching thread, basic sewing supplies and batting for this project. Use your sewing machine and whip up a few of these for all the kids to enjoy!  Once you get the hang of the pattern they are really easy to sew and you can make several different designs.

VIEW PRINT DOWNLOAD the FREE SEWING PATTERN for the BED PILLOW for KIDS

Sew a Sleeping Bag Instructions Class

Directions on How to Make a Snuggie Blanket

Snuggie is popular item for those cold winter days and nights.... -

Make A Snuggie Blanket

Whether you call it a snuggie, slanket, cuddle wrap, blanket with sleeves, it's all the same a big fleece blanket with sleeves. They are very popular due to the fact you can stay warm and use them while reading, on the computer, drinking tea, or watching tv. If you would rather make your own you can purchase fleece rather inexpensively at fabric stores. Here are a couple of patterns..

Welmoed’s Sewing Room has created a PDF how-to for sewing your own fleece blanket from 3 yards of polar fleece.

Here's another idea...

Get a blanket, or two blankets (depending on the size of the person - you'll need the right amount of fabric). You don't want this thing to drag on the ground, not for a kid at least. So start by measuring from their shoulder to the ground. For example, let's say that's 4 feet, or 48 inches. Also measure her arm span - fingertip to fingertip with arms outstretched. Let's say that's 4 feet 6 inches, or 54".

A twin blanket would work well for this, they are usually 66x90 inches. If you fold it in half across the long side, you will have a double layer of fabric that is 66 inches wide by 45 inches tall (not quite 48, but close enough in this case. A taller kid might require two blankets; if you need to do that, then sew the two blankets together along their top edges to make a really long rectangle)

Fold the blanket (or two blankets) with the wrong sides outwards (if there is a wrong side). Draw on it with a crayola or a fabric marker; draw a thick T-shape, like a t-shirt but longer - basically, you are making a one-piece dress out of blanket fabric. The arms of the T will form the sleeves, and the long base will go around your kid's body. Be generous with the sizing, because it's probably nicer if it's a bit loose.

Seam along the lines of the T, leaving the bottom, and the ends of the sleeves open. Cut a hole in the top for her head to go through, hem it if you like, or leave it if the blanket is the kind of fabric that won't fray. All the other sides should already be hemmed since you don't have to cut the blanket anywhere else.

If your kid has different measurements, just figure out how big your rectangle needs to be to fit their arms and body.

Father's Day Scrapbook Ideas and Themes

My Minds Eye - Hey Mister Collection - 12 x 12 Paper and Accessories Kit
 This Father's Day...
Why not give your Dad, or the Father of your children a handmade, straight from the heart gift... to show him how much you truly appreciate him!?!!?
I had a FUN time searching through the Superstore to find ideas/products that would be great for Father's Day!
P.S. Remember that the E-Cuts are great for letting your children help! You download them once, and print them forever...so it's okay if their little hands mess up... just print again and start over!

- I hope my finds will inspire you -
!ENJOY!

• Make a Book About Your Favorite Trip - You can enhance your scrapbook with photos from magazines, clip art, etc.
• Is dad a fisherman, golfer, outdoor cook? - Grab some ideas from books, drawings, write some ideas from an adventure with dad. Add fishing lures, golf balls, or if he's a cook gather some recipes and grilling tips.
• Capture photos of dad from the beginning of the day, pictures of breakfast, outings with the kids, dad at work, and embellish the scrapbook with dad's favorite things.
• Include hand prints and footprints in your scrapbook for dad.
• Write something special for your father in his scrapbook.
• Add generations of photos to your father's day scrapbook including his dad, grandfather, etc.
• Clip newspaper articles of events that are interesting to him. Museums, festivals, concerts, postcards of interesting past times that dad enjoys.
• Add ideas from his favorite hobby. Collecting stamps, Muscle car enthusiast, handyman, Wood crafts, or just relaxing and reading!
• Add photos of the family trips to the zoo, favorite pet photos and let your imagination run wild with your creative ideas for dad!
  
  Photo Play Paper - This Guy Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Pack

Simple Stories - Dad Collection - 12 x 12 Collection Kit

How to Knit for Your Pets - Knitting Patterns for Pets

Leisure Arts Knits For Pets Book

Knitting Patterns for Pets

Our pets are part of our family and as knitters we want to be able to share and create comfortable toys, sweaters, and beds for them. Cats and Dogs will enjoy the soft feel of yarn on their skin or to play with as one of their favorite toys. There are many ideas out there for knitting for our pets including pet beds to knit, sweaters to knit for dogs, and all sorts of toys to knit for dogs and cats.
Learn how to knit a dog sweater from taking the right measurements for the dog to finding items that you can easily knit for your cat. Learn the joy of knitting for your pets. 
With all sorts of pets in your home, whether you have cats or dogs they will love knitted toys.

12 Fun Designs in Knit for Pets

Knitted Toys for Pets

When considering knitting toys for pets, safety is a big concern. While cats and dogs love to play with toys, they will tear them apart some toys.  It's probably okay for cats to play with knitted toys like the ones you find in the book Knit for Pets.  But if you want to be safer you can use felt to create toys for your pets. One way to create safe knitted toys is to use a tight stitch and make sure there are no loose yarn pieces. 

Knitting Patterns for Pets - Knitting Pet Beds

Do you notice that whenever you leave your yarn or knitting projects laying around that you discover your pet curled up in them? This goes for both cats and dogs who seem to enjoy the warmth of coziness of the yarn. When choosing a yarn to knit a pet bed look for a soft yarn that is durable. You can use a Red Heart or Bernat yarn and add a mat to the bottom of the bed to knit around.  Just be sure to wash the yarn to and add fabric softener to the wash to make it less scratchy for your pets. A simple garter stitch works great for knitting a pet bed.  There are lots of pet beds that you can knit including ones that you can find in Knits for Pets and online at places like Raverly and other pattern sites. 

Knit for Pets Paperback

Knit for Pets eBook

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Dog Sweater Knitting Patterns

Dogs come in many sizes so before you begin knitting your sweater for your pet you will need to measure them in order to get the right fit.  Measure your dog accordingly in order to custom fit your dog for the sweater pattern. You dog may not enjoy being measure so be sure to have a few treats on hand to get the to cooperate. Here are the five key measurements that you will need in order to get the proper fit for your pooch.

Photo from Dogs in Knits by Judith L Swartz

1. Length: Measure down the center back of your dog, from just below the collar to just above the base of the tail. Sweaters can be shorter than this length, depending on style, but never longer.
2. Neck Circumference: Measure around your dog’s neck, just below the collar. Add about one inch (2.5 cm) for ease. The next two measurements will help determine correct placement of leg openings.
3. 
   Width Between Front Legs: Measure between the front legs at the tops of the legs (where the front legs meet the body). No additional ease is necessary with this measurement.
4. Length from Neck to Leg Openings: Measure at center front, straight down from neck to top of front legs. No additional ease is necessary with this measurement.
5. Chest Circumference: Measure around the widest part, generally just behind the front legs. Depending on the desired fit of the sweater (close fitting, loose fitting, or oversized) add from one to five inches of ease.

—Excerpted from Judith L. Swartz, Dogs in Knits.

Recommend Pet Knitting Patterns:

Knits for Pets:    Indulge your dogs and cats with soft knits for snuggling, playing, or looking cute. Choose from 12 fun designs in Knits for Pets from Leisure Arts. Projects include Cat Cave (15-inch high Shark with 18-inch diameter cushion), Dog’s Toy Ball (in small, medium, and large sizes), Cat’s Toy Fish, Stocking Stuffer (Santa coat), Trendy Turtleneck, A Walk in the Park, White Wrap, Blanket (in three sizes), and Bandana (in three sizes, for necks 8 to 24 inches). Designed by Sarah J. Green and Shelle Hendrix, the projects are knitted using Beginner to Easy skill levels and a variety of yarn weights, from medium to super bulky. All garment instructions are given in four sizes, for chests 12 to 24 inches.

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Dog Gone Cute Sweaters Knitting Patterns

Keep your canine companions warm this winter in their very own wardrobes of knit coats! Special instructions are included on sizing each jacket or sweater to fit dogs measuring 10 to 30 in the chest.