These felt flower coasters are so easy to stitch. They’re a great way to showcase your favourite fabric prints and treasured scraps. And they make a lovely gift. They’re also an ideal quick sewing project to add to a parcel for a crafty friend. Let’s get started! You Will Need Two x 5 1/2″ (14cm) squares […]
Sewing For Easter – 5 Fun and Easy Projects
Sewing for Easter is one of my most favourite holiday pastimes! And with Easter falling at the end of our Autumn school holidays this year, I feel like I’ll have even more time to make some really special gifts. Easter, for us, is all about bunnies. There’s just something about them. I’ve always loved them. But ever […]
Make Felt Donuts
How delicious do these cute felt donuts look? And they’re so quick to make. I’m so happy to bring you this simple tutorial to sew these donuts for fun food play or unique Christmas decorations. All you need is some felt, floss, filling and a hot glue gun. Easy! You will need When gathering your […]
Make Nautical Felt Anchor Coasters, Ornaments and More
I’m so excited to share this nautical felt anchor project with you. I’ve always had a thing for anything related to the sea. It must be the ‘pisces’ in me. And I love this little anchor project, because it’s so simple but it looks so effective made in such striking nautical colours. To create this […]
Make Felt Flower Hair Clips with Sizzix
In case you missed it, I’m now a ‘Creative Blogger’ for Sizzix! Each month I’m creating tutorials showing you how to make pretty pieces in fabric and felt using the Sizzix Big Shot Plus cutting machine and the Sizzix templates. This month I’m creating beautiful (but also quick and easy) felt flower hair clips! If […]
How To Sew A Felt Teddy Bear With Sizzix
Would you like to hand sew a felt teddy bear? Head to the Sizzix Blog to find out more about making her! I recently started as a creative blogger for Sizzix. And I’ve written a tutorial for making this adorable bear softee using their Big Shot Plus cutting machine. Have you seen it? It’s so handy. […]
Christmas in July Sewing Patterns
There’s something special about celebrating Christmas in July in Australia. We finally get to really enjoy a roast dinner with all the trimmings, some mulled wine and a warm plum pudding, without sweltering in the summer sun! And if I’m going to go to all the trouble of celebrating Christmas dinner twice a year, then […]
Pretty Projects for April and May
Earlier this year I brought you a round up of pretty projects I had sewn in February and March. And I also shared a wrap up of January’s making too. I love the idea of being able to share what’s been happening in my sewing space. So here’s a little preview into a few of […]
Introducing the Bitty Bunnies PDF Pattern
Time to share my love for the Bitty Bunnies! In our rush to go on our annual Easter holiday, I forgot to share my latest pattern release with you all. So here’s a quick introduction to these adorable miniature bunnies in their sweet carrot sleeping bags. BUY THE BITTY BUNNIES PATTERN HERE The Bitty Bunnies […]
Saint Patrick’s Day Crafts
I have always had a thing for Saint Patrick’s Day. It must be my Irish heritage, and love of all things magical. And who wouldn’t want to surround themselves with lucky charms? This year, I stitched up a fresh version of my Lucky pin cushion. You can make your own with the full tutorial HERE. I’m […]
Sew a Felt Koala Bookmark
Would you like to learn to hand stitch this very sweet felt koala bookmark? Australia Day is just around the corner! So I’ve been busy creating koala patterns and tutorials. Read on for more details! You may remember the felt koala hair clip tutorial from last year? Well our little koala bookmark uses exactly the […]
Stitch a Fifi Fox Needle Book
With the Fifi Fox pin cushion pattern just being released, I wanted to share a FREE TUTORIAL for adapting the PDF pattern to create a fox needle book too! Why have only one fox adorning your sewing space, when you can have two? PICK UP THE PATTERN IN THE STORE SEW A FOX NEEDLE BOOK […]
Make a Christmas Felt Elf
Make a Christmas Felt Elf using this simple FREE TUTORIAL that I contributed to the FLEECE FUN BLOG. You can find all the step by step instructions over HERE. Are you like me and find that this time of year is just so inspiring and exciting? I am so in love with Christmas, and have been since I […]
Introducing the ‘Festive Felties’ Pattern for One Thimble
Working on new pattern designs is one of my favourite things to do. So when Jen from One Thimble asked if I’d be interested in creating a felt pattern for her second birthday Christmas edition, I jumped at the chance. After lots of brainstorming, preliminary sketching, prototypes, and playing around, the ‘Festive Felties’ were born. The […]
Crafting for Christmas
While the blog has been a little quiet, I’ve been super busy behind the scenes at Molly and Mama. And I have to say, that at this time of year, it’s ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! This is just a sneak peek but there’ll be more details coming soon, with lots of ideas for crafting for Christmas. […]
Stitch A Felt Christmas Ornament
This amazing glitter felt made it’s way to my studio this week, and I have been desperate to stitch something with it! So I designed a simple Christmas ornament that would really showcase this stunning felt. The great thing is though, you can make this decoration out of any felt you like. I can even picture it […]
Cactus Hexie Wall Art Pattern Review from Hugs Are Fun
The current issue of the One Thimble Sewing E-Zine* has a gorgeous ‘desert in bloom’ kind of theme. And I love the way all of the PDF patterns in the current issue really showcase it. I designed the Coco Flower Crown pattern for this issue, and I really had a lot of fun stitching up little […]
Sew A Felt Flamingo Pin Cushion
I love it when you see a call out for a tutorial or blog post and it gets you really inspired to create something new! That’s what happened when I was introduced to the &Stitches blog. They host a Summer Bloggin’ Series each year to share summer themed and inspired sewing projects. Because it was winter […]
Make a Potted Succulent with the Coco Flower Crown Pattern
Would you like to learn how to create a potted succulent or cactus? This is a great pattern hack for the Coco Flower Crown PDF pattern found in the current issue of One Thimble Sewing E-Zine (issue 8). The Coco Flower Crown pattern contains all the pattern pieces needed to create five felt flowers and seven types […]
Who else has made the Coco Flower Crown?
I have to confess that the ‘Coco Flower Crown‘ is my favourite Molly and Mama pattern to date! And it has been such a thrill seeing all of the Coco Crowns popping up in the online world! I wanted to share a few of these gorgeous flower crowns with you. But just in case you […]