Do you have a playful kitty and a pile of scrap felt? Are you tired of paying for cheap quality cat toys that are torn to shreds a day after you buy them? If you answered yes to these questions, today’s your lucky day! We’ve created a set of three cat toy sewing patterns that we’re making available for free download! These catnip-filled toys will have your cat going crazy (seriously) in no time.

Step 1
Click here to download the PDF.

Step 2
Follow included instructions to create your kitty toys.

Step 3
Watch your cats go crazy over their new toys!

Larissa Holland of mmmcrafts recently finished creating a sewing pattern to create a super cute monkey named Molly, and she’s made it available to download for free! Click here to download the pattern.

If all goes as planned, your Molly Monkey should look something like this:

Be sure to upload your finished monkey pictures to the Molly Monkey Flickr group!

Nienke of Nosey Nest has come up with a super idea for a series of sewing patterns, and she’s sharing that idea with us today! Rather than paraphrase, we’ll let her explain the series:

“Have you ever been afraid of the dark when you were a kid; of critters under your bed, squeaking stairs and shadows on the wall? So frightened you couldn’t fall asleep, woke up at night or didn’t want your parents to leave you before they’d checked under your bed a thousand times?

Did you ever suspect that these so-called scary creatures aren’t that scary after all? That you even could become friends with these monsters?

Nosey Nest introduces the first two in a downloadable pattern series about children’s fears.”

First up is Mini-Monster Manfred:

Second is The Daring Dragon:

Both patterns are downloadable PDFs that are available through the Nosey Nest’s blog.

Have you ever wished you could have the distinguished good looks of an older gentleman? Have you ever wondered what kind of crazy shenanigans you could get away with if only you had the face of an old man? Well today is your lucky day! Rosemary Travale has come up with a quite unique (and super fun) idea that she is kind enough to share with us.

Step 1
Download the Old Man Mask here.

Step 2
Follow instructions included with the download to construct mask.

Step 3
Strap on your mask, head out on a wild escapade, and photograph your old man fun!

Step 4
Upload your photos to the Old Man Mask Adventures Flickr group!

Today’s tutorial is perfect for cleaning up those messy craft desks that some of you us have! Elsie Marley shares with us how to repurpose a tin can by dressing it up to hold pencils, scissors, paintbrushes, wisks — or anything else scattered across your work station. The end result will look like this:

Materials needed:

» 28 oz. tin can*
» linen, or other fabric
» lining fabric
» embroidery floss
» glue (Elsie used rubber cement, but plain white glue should do just fine)
» iron
» template for the embroidered design — CLICK HERE to download the template with 8 different designs to choose from, including the wisk pictured above [PDF]

*If you have a different size can, just measure the height and circumference, add seam allowances, and the rest is the same.

Let’s get started!

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