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The Scrappy Bee Pattern Now Available For Free

April 5, 2020 by Jessica 3 Comments

I have noticed that there has been quite a bit more activity over here on the blog than normal due to everyone doing their part and staying at home during this time. I decided I would release The Scrappy Bee Pattern for free to download and print to add to your sewing possibilities right now. I created it about ten years ago (crazy, right?), but I still think it’s really cute. In fact, my girls still have the bees I made them. They don’t get played with anymore but you can tell how they are worn a bit with all the loving they received over the years.

I also thought that these cute bees would be adorable in an Easter basket (and Easter is next Sunday!). They are a fairly simple sewing project and you can be so creative them. You can use different materials in so many ways to create a one of a kind whimsical bee. If you go all the way back to this original post, you can see some of the original bees in action along with pattern testers bees. All the information you need is in the two links below. The first includes the instructions and the second is the pattern pieces. If you have any problems with these, send me a message with your email and I can email it to you.

You can click here to view/save/print The Scrappy Bee Instructions.

You can click here to view/save/print The Scrappy Bee Pattern Pieces.

As always, I would love to see what you make! Tag me on social media or use #happytogetherbyjess to share your scrappy bee with me and others. Happy sewing! -jess

Free Heart Animals Pattern

February 12, 2016 by Jessica 3 Comments

Free Heart Animals Pattern | happy together
Here is a free heart animals pattern for you to use in honor of Valentines Day, which is so close! Of course, these heart animals are for any time of the year really, but are inspired by this love filled holiday.

Free Heart Animals Pattern | happy together
I picked some of my children’s favorite animals to create: a fox, cat, lamb, owl, and deer. They are an easy sew and if you have scrap fabrics these are a great project to use them on. To create your own heart animals, you will need the following:

  • Fabric (scraps or a fat quarter for each)
  • Felt or Other None Fraying Fabrics (like leather/faux leather, fleece, iron on vinyl, etc) for faces, noses, and ears.
  • Safety Eyes (or use felt circles or embroidery if these are for younger children)
  • Glue, Felt Scraps, Seam Ripper, and Marker (if using safety eyes)
  • Embroidery Thread and Needle
  • Stuffing
  • Sewing Machine
  • Coordinating Thread
  • Iron
  • Hand Sewing Needle
  • Scissors
  • Pins
  • Free Heart Animals Pattern PDF Download

Free Heart Animals Pattern | happy together
Start by cutting out your pattern and using that to cut out the pieces from your chosen materials. The pattern pieces have how many of each you will need to cut. As you can see I used all kinds of stuff I had on hand. I use mostly cottons for the body but did use a linen fabric on the owl. I used acrylic felt mostly for faces and ears, but also used wool felt, fleece, faux leather from a purse I had cut up, and iron on vinyl.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Iron your main heart fabric. If you need to iron felt, I suggest placing fabric on top of it before pressing. Then place the heart face on top middle of a heart body piece and sew in place.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
If you are using iron on vinyl, you can iron that on now.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Sew on the nose.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
If your animal has ears, place them where you would like them.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Then fold them down and pin in place. Sew very close to the edge just to keep them in place.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Note: If you are making a deer, you will need to pinch the rounded bottom and sew in place.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Now place your eyes on. You can sew on felt circles or embroider eyes if this is for a little one. Other wise, add the safety eyes. Mark where they are to go.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Use a seam ripper to cut just enough of an opening for the eyes to go through. On the back, add some glue around the opening.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Cut a small piece of felt and cut a slit in the middle. Place the eye piece through the felt and let the glue dry this in place. Add the plastic eye backing. Note: I have used safety eyes a lot and find adding the glue and felt helps keep it even more secure.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Next embroider on any features you would like to add such as a mouth, eye lashes, whiskers, etc.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Take the face……

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together and place the heart back on top, right sides facing, and pin in place. I suggest doing it with the eyes up as it’s easier to sew and remove pins this way.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Sew all around the heart (1/4″ seam allowance, which is included in pattern) except to leave a small opening big enough to turn the heart right side out.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Trim notches around the curves of the heart shape.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Turn right side out and push at seams to make sure it is all out.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Fill the heart animal with stuffing until desired size is achieved.

Free Pattern: Heart Animals | happy together
Hand sew the opening shut.

Free Heart Animals Pattern | happy together
Now you have a cute little heart animal! I hope you enjoy this free heart animals pattern. Share pics on the Happy Together facebook page or use #happytogetherbyjess on social media to share your creation.

-jess

 

My Projects in “Sew Sweet Creatures”

November 17, 2015 by Jessica Leave a Comment

New Book Release: Sew Sweet Creatures | happy together
I had the privilege to work with Lark Crafts again and have three of my projects that you can now make published in one of their newest books Sew Sweet Creatures. To my surprise, one of my projects (the party fox) even made the front cover!!! That made my day ๐Ÿ™‚ I had a lot of fun creating these creatures, what theme they would have, and the props that go with them.

Sew Sweet Creatures - Party Fox pattern | happy together
I based this little gal on the ever so popular photo booths that we see at parties. There are instructions to make the props that go with her too along with an idea to create her very own photo booth (see pic further below for that).

Farmer Hare in Sew Sweet Creatures | happy together
The Farmer Hare was inspired by my farm loving daughters. The accessories that are shared with this guy are a simple basket to hold his yummy food he grows and clay carrots to go in it.

Adventure Bear Pattern in Sew Sweet Creatures | happy together
And the Adventure Bear was inspired by our love to explore. His accessories are a map, book bag, and camera.

Party Fox in Sew Sweet Creatures | happy together
Party Fox in Box | happy together
You can see below that the book is full of many other fun and cute projects to sew up as well.

Projects to sew in Sew Sweet Creatures | happy together
List of Creatures to Sew | happy together
Book: Sew Sweet Creatures | happy together
If you are interested in buying a copy, you can support Happy Together by using the affiliate link below. You can also find this book in local book stores. Happy sewing!!! -jess

Designed and Made by J: Monkey & Sheep

March 4, 2014 by Jessica 4 Comments

It’s been a while since miss J has wanted to sew up something. But, when I told her she could design and create something for her two baby cousin’s birthdays she jumped at the opportunity. She made her drawing (below) and picked out the fabrics from my stash. It’s a good thing I have a lot of fleece and felt for all her projects!

I ended up doing most of the sewing but she did help stuff them. She was so excited to send them off to her cousins! Oh that her little heart will continue to grow big, full of love, spilling over into the lives of others!
-Jess

See more of the Designed and Made by J series here.

Sewing Tales to Stitch and Love Book Blog Hop

November 4, 2013 by Jessica 6 Comments

Kerry Goulder has a new book out called “Sewing Tales to Stitch and Love” (currently available on Amazon, Amazon UK, and Barnes and Nobles) and it is absolutely darling! I’m so happy to be one of the twenty participating in the book tour.

 The book is full of 18 different toy patterns and wow is there a variety! Each toy was  created with a story along with the encouragement to write your own story about the things that you make. I let my oldest pick what I should make first and she picked the Mouse Pals: Sherbert and Pistachio.

Kerry shares a beautiful story about how these mice are the gnomes helpers, gathering firewood and berries. But, they never pass up a chance to play before work! As I was making these, I thought of the stories my girls would create themselves. And sure enough, after they awoke from nap time what sweet stories I heard and saw come to life!
Miss J awoke first and decided they would be called Gazelle and Philipe. They were married and best friends. She made them a home from her blocks and dialogued their conversations. Then when miss E came out and Philipe became hers. Her little mouse was soon finding a bed in a shoe that looks like a cat and being lovingly called a bear. They played and played with their mice and even brought them with us when we went out later.

The pattern was incredibly easy to sew up, although I was a bit intimidated by the small size at first. But since I had a quick turn tool c/o Dritz, it made the process a breeze! The directions were also so clear with great pictures to help. I let the girls choose their favorite prints from the ones that we were sent (The Lottie Da Collection by Heather Bailey c/o Free Spirit…ps Heather Bailey wrote the forward to the book so you know it’s good!). I learned a few new techniques as well, my favorite new one being how make embroidered eyes like this. I can’t wait to dive into some more projects now! The girls already have picked out quite a few they want me to make them. Below are a few I really like and look forward to making:

Not only did I get to receive a very wonderful book, but I also received all kinds of goodies to make it possible to make every project in this book! So let me share some love because these products rock and will make creating toys a lot easier. Trust me. I know. Where have these been my whole sewing life? Or more like, why haven’t I bought these yet? ha!

Fiskars
1. RazorEdge Fabric Shears (9โ€) 2. Easy Action MicroTip Scissors
Fiskars on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/fiskars
Fiskars on Twitter – https://twitter.com/fiskars_hq

Dritz1. Quick Turn Tools
2. Bodkin
3. Seam Ripper
4. Doll Needles
5. Craft Needles
6. Straight Ball Pins
7. Fabric Marking Pen
8. Bamboo Point Turner

Dritz on Twitter – https://twitter.com/dritzsewing/
Dritz on Pinterest – http://www.pinterest.com/dritzsewing/Dritz on Instagram – http://followgram.me/dritz_sewing/

Fairfield

1 Bag of Poly-Fil (not pictured)

Fairfield on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/FairfieldWorld
Fairfield on Twitter – https://twitter.com/fairfieldworld
Bosal Foam
1. Yard Create-A-Pattern paper
They are not on any social media sites (Used to be on FB – but not anymore). They are from my town and will be at both QM and CHA shows! Bob and Roberto are awesome – if you attend either show, please stop by and say hello, or email them. They would love that!
Free Spirit
1. 4 Fat Quarters of Heather Bailey’s new Lottie Da fabric

Heather Bailey’s blog: http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/
Heather’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/_HeatherBailey
Heather’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatherbaileyllc
Heather’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/heatherbailey
Heather’s Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/_heatherbailey/
F+W Media
The book
F+W Media on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/fwmedia
F+W Media on Twitter – https://twitter.com/fwmedia
 
You can find out more about Kerry and her book here: Blog, Etsy, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. 
Grab your copy and happy sewing!
-Jess
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