Pigs on Wheels

Post: pigs on wheels

Main Site:  wee wonderfuls

Artist/Author: hillary lang

Registration Required?: No

Free?: Yes

Via:

Other: other free patterns here

Bunny Pillow Tutorial

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Bunny Pillow Tutorial

Main Site: Crafty Carnival

Artist/Author: missybalance

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: Pencil Toppers!, Tooth Fairy Pillows, Folk Art Mohair Teddy Bear, Free Doll Pattern

Mousey and his bed

 

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Mousey and his bed

Main Site: http://mollychicken.blogs.com/my_weblog/

Artist/Author: http://mollychicken.blogs.com/about.html

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: mollychicken has numerous other way cool tutorials

Food Plush Toys

 

cherrymixdotcom

Tutorial/Pattern Included?  Yes

Post: http://www.cherrymix.com/diy.html

Main Site: http://www.cherrymix.com/

Artist/Author: ?

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

Other: 7 different plushie patterns for ‘japanese’ food

Green Kitchen: Stripe-y Patchwork Cat

Green Kitchen: Stripe-y Patchwork Cat

Tutorial/Pattern Included? yes, pattern and instructions

Post: Stripe-y Patchwork Cat

Main Site: Green Kitchen

Artist/Author:  Michelle

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

Other: Great for the beginner!

Bonjour Bear Free Pattern

According to teddybearsearch.com,

In France, we have an expression when something is easy to do. We say “simple as Bonjour” (easy as pie !).
So, “Bonjour” is the name of this 8.5 inches teddy bear who is really easy to make with our free teddy bear pattern.
French bear artist Laurence Veron of website www.alentours.com created this pattern especially for the beginners.

Free teddy bear pattern

Cashmere Bunnies

Betz White recently gave one of these cashmere bunnies away. Alas, I was not the winner. I still love her, though!

She finds cashmere sweaters at thrift stores to use as fabric.

• instructions with lots of pictures
• downloadable pattern  (pdf)

stuff I really want to learn

I’ve been quilting for a few years, but have never sewn until very recently. Now I have a few bags and pillows under my belt, and I want to learn to do a few more things:

• make lounge pants (I’m especially keen on the wide-leg lounge pants in Amy Butler’s In Stitches. I was eaten alive by mosquitoes last year, and want to keep my legs completely covered in lightweight lounge pants this summer.)
• make skirts
• insert a zipper
• make buttonholes
• make plush toys

Bwains! Bwains! by Heidi Kenney

Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane gives us her current plush in progress, Bwains. I love this!