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Occasions

Category: <span>Occasions</span>

When you have a special occasion to celebrate, something you make by hand adds a personal, festive touch. Do you go all out decorating and making gifts for your favorite holidays? Or special keepsakes for important life events?

Whatever or however you celebrate, find ideas and inspiration here. Make each occasion memorable for friends and family with decorations and gifts that you make with your own hands.

ChristmasDIY Valentine IdeasEasterFathers DayFourth of JulyHalloweenMothers DayThanksgivingWeddings

DIY Christmas Ideas

DIY Christmas
Sashiko Ornaments Set 1

How to Make Sashiko Ornaments

Making Sashiko ornaments is a great way to see what the slow-stitch movement is all about. It's slow stitch, to be sure, but the projects are so small you can...

EPP Moravian Star Tree-6

How to Make an EPP Moravian Star Ornament

EPP Moravian Star Ornaments made with diamonds are an adaptation of an 1830's geometry lesson. The first known star, made in a German boys' school had 110 points! This version...

DIY Halloween

DIY Halloween
Crazy Embroidered Pumpkin Glamor Shot

Make a Crazy Quilted Pumpkin

When asked to “decorate an art pumpkin” for a local arts alliance exhibit, what’s a fiber artist to do? Add the personal challenge of using materials already in my studio....

Finished fabric trick or treat bowl

Fabric Trick or Treat Bowl

This Fabric Trick or Treat Bowl is fun to make from clothesline and fabric strips. I joined the coils with a simple zigzag stitch on my sewing machine. My open...

Lucy wearing her new halloween scarf

How to Make a Dog Bandana

I love my dog bandanas! My owner and a I walk every day and people always make comments about my holiday and seasonal bandanas! Here is how to make a...

More Occasions

Mug Cozy finished 9

How to Make a Mug Cozy

Keep your hot beverage warm longer with a simple to make mug cozy. A perfect sewing project for beginners -- a quick and easy sewing project for a small gift.…
DIY Shoe bag finished shoe bag ready for shoes

DIY Shoe Bag

Shoe bags are perfect for travel, keeping dirty shoes away from your clean clothes. DIY shoe bag is a simple sewing project, making a drawstring bag the size to fit…
Cord Keeper Finished 5

DIY Cord Keeper

Do all of your electrical cords get tangles? Does your extra cord drawer look like a big pot of spaghetti? You need some cord keepers! This is a super easy…
oven mitt finished 1

How to Make an Oven Mitt | Free Downloadable Pattern

Make your own oven mitt with this FREE downloadable pattern and step-by-step directions. Perfect gifts for moms, dads and grads - you can make oven mitts in any fabric design.…
Wonky Star all three blocked trimmed 2

Wonky Star Quilt Pattern

The Wonky Star Quilt Pattern is a fun quilt block to make when you just want to have some fun cutting up your fabric and putting it back together again,…
Wine bag finished 4

How to Make a Fabric Wine Bag

Make a custom fabric wine bag to take that bottle of wine to your next event! This is a super easy project and seriously takes 10 minutes or less. Your…
Mom, Ageless

Lessons from Mom: Find Creativity In Every Day

So many of us can thank our mothers for introducing us to activities that seem second nature to us now. Whether it's sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet or embroidery, our moms…
Heart quilt block finished

How to Make a Patchwork Heart Quilt Block

Hearts are very popular in quilting with hundreds of heart quilt patterns from pieced and patchwork to appliqué. This heart quilt block is a simple pattern using only squares and…
Handmade wooden tractors

Handmade Gift Ideas for Babies and Children

Handmade gifts for children and babies recognize each little person's personality, so we gathered some ideas for creative giving. Browse through some of our favorite things that we think the…

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