So I thought it would be nice to give away some sort of free pattern here on my blog. Since it’s resurrection I haven’t had any of those. And what better time than this season of holidays and gift-giving? I wanted to make something not too christmassy but sort of […]
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A few years ago already now I made the pattern for this little owl. For some reason it became sort of forgotten, until recently when I used it during a wonderful babyshower and I started liking it all over again. I made so many of them over recent years, even […]
A couple of days ago I posted this on Instagram: Playing 🙂 #homeinthestudio #thecreativeprocess #buttons #buttoncrafts #creativelifehappylife #fromdawandawithlove @dawanda_en Een foto die is geplaatst door Audrey B. / Studio Paars (@audrey_studiopaars) op 21 Mei 2015 om 7:55 PDT Here is what I made that day: Button necklaces! They are really […]
One of the workshops I am offering for my new business is “Crochet a Granny Square”. So in order to refresh my skills and have an example at hand I made this phone cozy. It is super easy to make: all it takes is one single Granny Square! Here is […]
(click here for more DIY tutorials) After the fun I had making earrings I decided to finish some spiral bracelets I had started ages ago. I used some leftover chip beads that hadn’t made it to the store and only a little of a roll of bracelet memory wire. These […]
Lately I have been making lots more of my little embroidered patchwork pincushion (pictured below) and had a lot of fun with them, in choosing the prints, embroidery and buttons for each one. So I thought maybe it would be nice to make a tutorial for them. They’re not hard […]
I have been thinking for a while about a way to organise my earrings; I have a ton of these tiny studs that I wear a lot and they look something like this: And today the solution just hit me! (While sorting out the mess that keeps accumulating in our […]
A while ago I showed these toadstools with a promise to explain how I made them. So even though it’s been a while; here is the tutorial 🙂 Note: these aro not toys. I let my boys play with them gently, and the toadstools are ok with that, but they […]
Pattern for simple wristwarmers (check here to see the full post with lots of pics) Yarn used is half a skein of Malabrigo Worsted on 6mm needles. My wrists are quite wide, but the size isn’t very precise. If your wrists are very small you might have to cast on […]
This garland carries a child’s name in felt letters, and also an exchangeble number made of felt, which can be replaced for every birthday. All you need to do is cut out a new felt number for the child’s age. What you’ll need: fabric for the flags bias tape or […]