Free Friday: Lovely Heart Bookmark

Happy Friday, everyone?  How has your February been so far?  Mine hasn't been too great.  I had a pretty awful week this week... for no particular reason exactly.  I guess I was just feeling sorry for myself and got myself into a pretty deep funk of a mood, but last night I decided that I can't keep doing that to myself all winter.  I need to take care of myself, keep working toward my goals, and try to enjoy every day as it comes.  There's many things to be grateful for in this life and it's a terrible shame to ignore your blessings.  So what are you grateful for today? 

I have one more Valentine's pattern to share this week!  It's a sweet little bookmark that is easy to whip up and would make such a pretty present for a sweet heart, especially tucked into a good book!

Lovely Heart Bookmark

Skill Level:

Beginner

Size:

5 ½ x 1 ¾

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Overcast edges with Medium Purple yarn.

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Try to stay positive guys!  We'll get through winter yet, and soon it'll be lovely spring :)  Have a great weekend!

Free Friday: Valentine's Coaster

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's groundhog's day today.  Despite the fact that I lived in Pennsylvania for  20 years before moving to NY to be with my hubs, I have never gone to Punxsatawney to see old Phil.  I keep thinking it would be fun, but then I remember that it's February and who want to stand outside in 10 degree weather to see a stupid groundhog?  I'd rather be at home where it's warm, and maybe one of the cats can pretend to be a groundhog.  They're about the same size anyway.

Today's pattern is simple but sweet and just in time to help you decorate your home for Valentine's day! 

Valentine's Coaster

Skill Level:

Beginner

Size:

3 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• Craft felt
• Hot glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Overcast outside edges with Perfect Pink.
3. Using coaster as a template, cut out squares of felt for backing. Trim 1/8 of an inch off around all sides. Use hot glue to attach to back of coaster. ♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  I don't know if the groundhog saw his shadow or not, but I hope spring comes early for all of us!

Swedish Heart Coasters

Happy Monday, everyone!  I hope you all had an excellent weekend and are ready to tackle this bright new week!  I know I sure am.  I have a brand new pattern up in my Etsy shop today, just in time for Valentine's day!

Swedish Heart Coasters Pattern, $4 on Etsy

These little cuties are really easy and fast to make, and would make an adorable gift for any of your sweeties this Valentine's day!

Ok everyone, I have lots of chores I need to get to today.  Have a lovely week!

Free Friday: Lacy Heart Basket

Happy Friday, everyone!  I hope you're doing well.  Can you believe that it's almost been three weeks since the new year started?  Goodness!  Part of me feels like it's been absolutely ages, like maybe two months, but the other part of me feels like we just celebrated Christmas yesterday!  I wonder if I'm the only one who gets those competing feelings. 

Well, Valentine's day is coming up and it'll be here before you know it!  So you'd better start thinking about what you want to make for your sweethearts now.  Today's free pattern would make a really nice gift for someone you love, filled with candy hearts of better yet some really good chocolate! 

Lacy Heart Basket

Skill Level:
Beginner

Size:
2 ¾ x 3 ¾ x 4 inches

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• Hot Glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Overcast edges of handle piece with white yarn.
3. Whipstitch sides and bottom together with white yarn. Leave top edge unfinished.
4. Use hot glue to attach ends of handle piece to the inside of long sides, as shown in picture above. ♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Watermelon Tissue Box Cover

Happy Monday, everyone!  I don't have a lot of time today, so I'll just say that I got my newest pattern posted onto Etsy today!

Watermelon Tissue Box Cover Pattern, $4 on Etsy

Isn't it cute!  Ok, I'll hopefully be able to post again tomorrow once things are a little calmer! 

Free Friday: Pretty Book Mark

Happy Friday, everyone!  How are you all doing this first Friday of 2018?  Have you had a good year so far?  I have to tell you, I'm having trouble getting motivated to do anything.  I can't decide if it's the weather or if I'm just coming down from a huge sugar high from all the holiday cookies and candy!  Ugh, why do relatives always get me candy for Christmas anyway?  I end up with about ten pounds of chocolate and it's just all so tempting!  Does anyone else have that problem, or is it just a special kind of torture I have to go through every year?

This week's free pattern is perfect for this time of year!  What better way to spend a cold and blustery winter day than curled up with a good book?  And of course if you're reading a book, you need a good book mark, am I right?  This is super easy to whip up and also a pretty set of colors to cheer you up when all you can see outside is white!

Pretty Book Mark

Skill Level:
Beginner

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn color #310 – Monet Print
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graph.
2. Overcast unfinished edges with Monet Print yarn. ♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone! 

Free Friday: Winter Coaster

Happy Friday, everyone!  And happy almost New Year too!  I hope you all had wonderful holidays this year.  I had a very busy and chaotic, but wonderful Christmas with my family, but boy, let me tell you, I'm glad the madness is over.  Christmas is good, but it's nice when I can get back to my normal life.

And normal is what I'm trying to achieve with today's free pattern!  I got a mess of free patterns all made up the week before Christmas, because I was too distracted to work on anything big but I also didn't want to sit around twiddling my thumbs for a whole week.  Today's pattern is one of my favorites that I made!  I just love snowflakes and wintry blues, and even though Christmas is over, winter has just begun! 

Winter Coaster

Skill Level:
Beginner

Size:
3 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• Craft felt
• Hot glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Overcast outside edges with Light Periwinkle.
3. Using coaster as a template, cut out squares of felt for backing. Trim 1/8 of an inch off around all sides. Use hot glue to attach to back of coaster. ♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Happy New Year, everyone!  I hope 2018 brings you all happiness and love and amazing new adventures!

Free Friday: Christmas Present Coaster

Happy Friday, everyone!  Yay, I got a free pattern made for you all!  And it's a really cute Christmas pattern, too!  I'm so proud of myself :)  The cool thing about this pattern is that you can make it with any colors you want to match your Christmas decor, or even make them birthday present coasters!

Christmas Present Coasters

Skill Level:

Beginner

Size:

4 ½ x 4 ¾ inches

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Yarn in colors listed in key
• White craft felt
• Glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graph.
2. Overcast edges in colors that match nearby stitches.
3. Cut a 4 ¼ x 3 ¼ rectangle of craft felt for each coaster, and use glue to attach to the back of coasters.♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Ok guys, I have a lot to do today, so I'm going to head off to get some work done.  Have yourself an amazing weekend and hopefully I'll see you next week!

Lovely Lavender Set

Happy Friday, everyone!  I just wanted to let you know I just added a new pattern to my Etsy shop!

Lovely Lavender Set, plastic canvas pattern, $7 on Etsy

Phew!  I worked really hard on this one this week, and I'm glad it's done! 

I realize it's Friday, but I don't yet have a pattern made for Free Friday.  I plan on trying to get one done though!  At least I have an idea, so now I just need to get stitching!  If I don't post again today, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Quilted Tissue Box Cover

Happy Monday, everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  We had a pretty cold one with lots of snow!  But it was perfect weather for snuggling in with the cats and a cup of tea, my favorite winter pastime.

I've been busy with my patterns this past week.  I got a new one all done and up in my shop!  It's a pretty quilt block tissue box cover, which continues a series I hope to built into quite a collection!

Quilted Tissue Box Cover Pattern #2, $4 on Etsy

I can't promise I'll be posting much this week.  I'll try, but hubby and I have two Thanksgivings to attend, and I'm cooking for both of them!  So if you don't hear from me, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Free Friday: Poinsettia Ornament

Happy Friday, everyone!  How are you all doing?  It's a nice quiet day for me today.  It's cold and the sky is mostly clouded over, but it's the perfect day to snuggle down with a cup of tea and a project, which honestly is a very nice way to spend the day! 

The project I've been working on today is this pretty Christmas ornament.  You could also make it a magnet or a pretty topper for a present, but I thought an ornament was a lovely way to display it. 

Poinsettia Ornament

Skill Level:

Beginner

Size:

3 x 3 inches

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• Gold craft cord
• Hot glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Using picture above as a guide, glue pieces together with hot glue.
3. Use hot glue to attach an eight inch piece of gold cord to the back of the ornament, forming a loop. ♥ 

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

I'm going to start making lots of pretty Christmas patterns for Free Fridays, so keep an eye out for them!  If you have any requests, please feel free to comment!  Have a great weekend!

Christmas Boxes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I hope all is well with you.  I'm well, but this dreary weather is making me so lazy today!  Don't you hate that?  It always seems to happen when I have so much I want to do too!

It was a struggle, but I finally managed to get my Christmas pattern all finished and uploaded today, yay! 

Christmas Boxes plastic canvas pattern, $4 on Etsy

I'm going to get started right away on some new patterns.  I really want to get back into the swing of creating patterns more frequently!  Only posting one a month is a little sad.  I already have several ideas for new patterns!

Have a great rest of the day, everyone!

Free Friday: Poinsettia Basket

Happy Friday, everyone!  I find  myself once again making my pattern at the last minute, before I need to leave for the evening, so I'm going to keep this short and sweet!

Poinsettia Basket

Skill Level:

Beginner

Size:
2 ¼ x 2 ¼ x 4 ½

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• Hot Glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs. For side pieces, fill in blue area with white continental stitches.
2. Using Hunter Green yarn, whipstitch sides and bottom together. Overcast top edge with Hunter Green.
3. Overcast around handle piece with Hunter Green.
4. Using hot glue, attach handle to inside of basket as shown in picture above. ♥ 

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Free Friday: Grape Bunch Magnet

Happy Friday, everyone!  Did you all have a good week?  Mine was odd, to say the least.  I still have vertigo, maybe a little worse today than previously.  I'm not sure what to do about it other than rest and let my body heal.  The good news is that since I've been having to spend time on the couch this week, I've gotten a lot of stitching done!  And this pattern is what I got done yesterday!

This week's pattern is a really pretty grape bunch magnet.  I think grapes are super pretty.  I may be biased since we live in a very grapey area.  Would you believe that the area I live in, western New York, is the top producer of concord grapes in the world?  So when you drink your Welch's grape juice, you're drinking something that came from my neighborhood! 

Grape Bunch Magnet

Skill Level:
Beginner

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• Magnetic tape
• Craft glue
• Hot glue
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graph.
2. Overcast edges of grapes with Medium Purple, overcast back piece with Dark Orchid, and overcast edges of leaves with Medium Thyme.
3. Attach grapes to back piece with hot glue, then attach the leaves to the back of the grape bunch (use picture above as a guide).
4. Cut several pieces of magnetic tape to fit on the back of bat magnet. Remove paper from magnets and apply craft glue to sticky side before attaching to grape bunch. This may seem like overkill, but it makes for a very secure bond. ♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Free Friday: Apple Coaster

Happy Friday, everyone!  I hope you all had a pretty good week.  Mine has been busy, but I'm getting stuff done and that always feels good, right?  I just have a few more things to do and I'll be all done with my fall clean up.  I also need to go over and help my mom with her clean up, too, but that should be pretty quick and easy.  Then I can start focusing on my designs and getting ready for Christmas!

So today's pattern is one I've been promising for about a month now, lol.  It's a pretty little apple coaster that looks good all year long, but is especially appropriate this time of year!  You can also make it in green and yellow and make your table look really festive.

Apple Coaster

Skill Level:

Beginner

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart Super Saver yarn in colors listed in key
• Craft felt
• Craft glue

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Overcast edges using colors of nearby stitches (use the picture above as a guide).
3. Using coasters as a template, cut out one piece of felt for each coaster. Trim off 1/8th of an inch. Glue to wrong side of coasters using craft or hot glue.♥

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Well that's all for this week.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Fall Boxes

Good Monday morning, everyone!  I hope you all had a lovely weekend!  Mine was busy but fun.  Hubby's brother came to visit from Atlanta for the weekend, so we spent a lot of time out eating and laughing and having lots of fun.  It's nice to have family visit, but you know what's even better?  Getting back to normal life!

And that's what I did this morning!  I finally got around to finishing my Fall Boxes pattern!

Fall boxes pattern, $4 on Etsy

I like these boxes!  They're really cute and also functional.  They would make pretty gifts, filled with shelled nuts or candy.  My next project is to make some Christmas boxes!

Ok, I guess I'd better get going on my housework.  Have a great day, everyone!

Free Friday: Gravestone Magnet

Happy Friday, everyone!  Are you all having a good week?  Mine has been kind of chill.  I'm feeling really lazy lately and I'm not quite sure why.  My mom always told me it was the change in weather that made people sleepy in October, but it's been in the high 70s all week!  So I can't use that as an excuse.

Are you getting ready for Halloween yet?  I just LOVE Halloween!  I have all of my decorations out already and we have our candy bought and ready for when the trick-or-treaters come.  Oh I'm so excited!

So in honor of the ghoulish season, I decided to post one of my gravestone magnet patterns!  If you like this one, there is a full set in my Etsy shop selling for $3!  Check them out!

Gravestone Magnet

Skill Level:

Beginner

Materials:

• One sheet 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarns in key
• ½ inch Flexible magnetic tape
• Craft glue

Instructions:

1. Cut plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. Use graphs as a guide to stitch gravestones using Red Heart yarn in colors indicated on graph.
3. Overcast each gravestone in Putty yarn.
4. Cut several pieces of magnetic tape to fit on the back of gravestones. Remove paper from magnets and apply glue to sticky side before attaching to gravestones. This may seem like overkill, but it makes for a very secure bond.

 
Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Have a great weekend everyone!  I'll be out biking while the weather is still nice!

Free Friday: Boo! Blocks

Happy Friday, everyone!  Are you having a good week?  I'm trying to get this post done quickly because it's my 10th wedding anniversary!  My hubs is home from work early and we plan on doing something nice together tonight, so I'll get right to the pattern!

Boo! Blocks

Skill Level:

Beginner

Size:

2x2x2 inches

Materials:

• 7-count plastic canvas
• Red Heart yarn in colors listed in key
• #16 plastic canvas needle

Instructions:

1. Cut and stitch plastic canvas according to graphs.
2. For block one, whipstitch together side 1 and five side 5's with Spring Green yarn.
3. For block two, whipstitch together side 2 and five side 6's with Dark Orchid yarn.
4. For block three, whipstitch together side 3 and five side 5's with Spring Green yarn.
5. For block four, whipstitch together side 4 and five side 6's with Dark Orchid yarn. ♥

 

Click the image above to see it larger.  You may share this pattern however you please as long as you don't alter it or claim it as your own.  Please link back if you share this pattern.  You may sell items made from this pattern.  However, you may not sell this pattern.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Turkey TBC

Happy Monday, everyone!  I'm back to work today after a fun and relaxing birthday weekend.  I worked my butt off this morning to get this cute TBC finished, but it was worth it!

Turkey TBC pattern, $4 on Etsy

I hope you all had an awesome weekend too! 

My Happy Place

Happy Monday, everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  If you live in Florida, I pray you're all safe!

This lovely Monday morning, I finally managed to finish my Happy Place wall hanging!  I love this design.  It's just so pretty and scrappy and it'll look awesome up on the wall near my sewing machines.

My Happy Place Wall hanging pattern, $4 on Etsy

Now it's time to go get some cleaning done.  Hope you all have a great Monday!