Holiday Princess Flower Crowns : :

I took some time this week to design a pretty new Holiday Flower Crown to offer a limited amount of in one last special sale here and on Instagram this weekend! These colors are some of my very favorites -- sweet peachy pink, garnet, dusty rose, teal, blues and buttery yellows to name a few!



Slightly different than the made-to-order personalized themed crowns you can find year-round in my Etsy shop, I've created a limited amount of this style that can be customized with a full name or initial of your choosing!



All crowns ordered today will ship next Friday, December 15th. They are $26 a piece plus shipping. International friends are welcome to these crowns, as well, shipping price will be $10 for a first class international envelope. You can visit me on my Instagram, email me at maureencracknell@hotmail.com or order right here by leaving a comment with your Paypal email address to claim, along with the name or the initial you'd like added to the crown. These crowns are such a wonderful handmade, personalized/custom, special gift/stocking stuffer for the little princesses in your life!! They are very adjustable and fit ages newborn to 9/10 years old so they can be worn year after year for dress-up play and birthdays. If you have any questions please feel free to leave me a comment!



♥ Maureen

Soulful + Boho + Nightfall Zipper Bags : :

I've enjoyed making zip pouches so much these past few weeks that I decided to order more zippers to keep on making! In the future I plan to make more of the Love Story & Indie Folk bags that I shared last week, I love that fabric combo so much, but this week I decided to switch up fabrics to include the custom bundle I had put together a few months back, choosing a pretty combination of prints from Soulful, Nightfall & Boho Fusions!



For these bags I'm quilting fabrics to a layer of batting using my herringbone qayg on one side, a fussy cut owl with patchwork on the reverse side, and a colorful zipper with a handmade felt and Soulful fabric zipper pull. I spend hours making these flowers for my Soulful Qult Market booth and I'm so happy to have found the perfect use for them!





I love the scrappy style of these bags and I hope you do, too!



Each one measure a little bigger than 8" x 8" finished and have a boxy bottom making them perfect for makeup, travel, art supplies, knitting & epp project, and more!






I offered these new bags yesterday on my Instagram as my last Holiday Bag Sale of this season and I still have a few left am SOLD OUT! Hooray! A BIG thanks to everyone who has purchased from me during my sale, I appreciate it so, so much!!

Up next, I plan to share a special sale for the personalized crowns that make and sell in my Etsy shop! If you have a little girl in your life who would love a pretty crown to wear, be sure to stop back!  

xo Maureen

Quilted Patchwork Stockings!

These stockings are right up there with my favorite things to have EVER made! I LOVE patchwork and unique, dreamy, homey décor with a bohemian feel is without a doubt my favorite style!

Yesterday I shared a little peek of the fabric & felt flowers I spent the last couple of days making to dress up my first ever stockings-for-sale, and today I'm so excited to share this new handmade holiday item with all of you!





I started my own stocking assembly line by tracing one of my favorite extra-large sized stockings,  purchased several years ago before I had learned to sew, to use as my template. I picked out a collection of fabrics with a "wintry theme" in mind -- low volumes, shimmery solids, with some traditional holiday jewel tone prints mixed in.



I added my patchwork using my Quick Quilt As you Go method to create these double-sided stockings that can be hung whichever direction you choose!



Each stocking is lined with a Fleet & Flourish knit and the hanging loops are made with AGF denim!



With each stocking comes a beautiful fabric & felt flower cluster with recycled sari silk fringe. I had so much fun making these and love how they turned out! Each is finished with a vintage ricrac loop so they can be easily removed to double as a pretty ornament, as well!





You can find these new quilted patchwork holiday stockings and my other handmade gift items in my Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/maureencracknell

I hope you love them as much as I do!!  XO Maureen

Holiday Fox Pillow Making : :

In between making Etsy crown orders, I've been busy working on new little fox pillow design with pretty holiday flower crowns to offer in a special sale!

I loved making these Flower Crown Fox pillows last Spring and thought a holiday batch would be something fun to try!



Doesn't she look sweet?



I didn't go too crazy with the holiday theme so these can be enjoyed all year, as a pillow cover or mini quilt!



I'm making a batch of ten in my most-loved color combination of felt choices -- dusty pink, minty aqua blues, teal, buttery yellow, mustard, smoky blue, dark berry, peach and coral!



For the pillow backs I'm using different Wild & Free fabric prints, and for the bindings, just leftover bits from all my quilt projects. I love how this first one turned out!



I'm hoping to finish up the others soon, using a different background color for each, and plan to have a pop-up sale right here or on Instagram soon! If you're interested in one, please feel free to let me know in advance either in the comments or via email. The special holiday sale price will be $38!



Happy sewing!  ♡ Maureen   

A Summer Princess Crown Sale : :

I took some time on Monday to design a pretty new Summer crown to offer a limited amount of in a special Instagram sale today at noon EST. These colors are some of my very favorites -- sweet peachy pink, dusty rose, smoky blue, and buttery yellow to name a few!



These yummy colors and floral motifs were inspired by garden flowers in bloom, pink lemonade, and Summer journaling!



Slightly diffferent than the made-to-order personalized crowns you can find year-round in my Etsy shop, I've created a limited amount of this style that can be customized with an initial of your choosing!





All crowns ordered today will ship next Wednesday, June 24th. They are $25 a piece plus shipping. International friends are welcome to these crowns, as well, shipping price will be for a flat rate envelope so the package is track-able. Join me on my Instagram at noon EST today to order by leaving a comment with your Paypal email address to claim, along with the initial you'd like added to the crown. The first twenty to do so will receive a pretty custom Summer crown for their little princess!! If you have any questions please feel free to leave me a comment. If you don't have Instagram and would love to order a crown, leave me a comment including the initial and your paypal email right here!



♥ Maureen

A Felt SALE : :

This time every year I get the itch for handwork, projects that can easily be taken on the go for those longer road trips or just to have to work on while outdoors enjoying the beautiful weather. In the past for me that's either meant a simple knitting project or some kind of embroidery hoop work that I never seem to finish. Well, this year I'm planning ahead and I'm putting together a portable basket of my wool blend felt and embroidery floss with supplies for making all the beautiful felt flowers!



I recently restocked my Etsy shop with my favorite wool blend felt colors, adding a few new options to the mix that I'm really excited about! So today I thought I'd share a sale with those of you who might be looking for something new, portable, and fun to do, as well!!





Now through the end of May use Coupon Code: SUMMERLOVE for 20% OFF any Wool Blend Felt order in my Maureen Cracknell Handmade shop! I went ahead and added a few easy felt flower tutorials to my "Just For Felt" Pinterest Board to help you get started!

Thanks in advance to those of who support my little shop, I really appreciate you! Happy hand-working!!

♡ Maureen

A Flower Crown Fox Pillow : :

While finishing up a batch of Etsy crown orders Saturday morning, dreaming of spring, I got the idea to give my little fox pillow design a pretty crown of flowers. So many of my very favorite projects begin with a plan to simply merge two separate patterns, and this newest one makes me so happy!



Doesn't she look sweet?



Her flowers are made in my most loved color combination of felt choices -- dusty pink, minty aqua, buttery yellow, smoky blue, dark berry, with leafy, sage greens!



For the pillow back I quilted up two pieces of scrappy Wanderer and Wild & Free patchwork for an envelope style closure!



The bindings are leftover from my Endless Summer quilt in Meadow and my Autumn Sun quilt in Sweet as Honey. I always make extra large rolls of quilt binding to have on hand to add to my pillows. It adds such a nice, neat, & special finish!



Today I'm finishing up three more, using a different background colors for each, and plan to pop them in my Etsy shop soon!



Happy Monday!  ♡ Maureen   

Luminous Field Flowers : :

Today on my table is fun project idea I have for my Quilt Market booth using my GO! Baby fabric cutter, an assortment of Accuquilt's amazing flower dies, and a collection of my wool felt in colors inspired by my Wild & Free Luminous Field print!




I love making felt flowers, and during these busy Quilt Market prep days where I'm behind my sewing machine for hours on end, it's so nice to disrupt the routine with a handcrafted project!



I hope to create several wildflower felt crowns & floral arrangements to have in my booth. For a little bit of picture taking fun & because of the obvious, no watering needed!! Love that! Since felt flowers do last forever, in addition to some of the Wild & Free quilts and pillows I've created, these will make one more perfect keepsake for me to have to remember this first fabric collection experience! 









Since I'm such a fan of my GO! Baby Fabric Cutter, my friends at Accuquilt asked me to share their current sweepstakes! Prizes include their brand new GO! Big Electric Fabric Cutter and FIVE GO! Big dies!!

Enter by simply clicking on the image above and filling out the entry form, which includes just your name and email address, before midnight CST on Sunday October 5, 2014. There is no cost to register or enter. The winner will be drawn at random and announced on Monday October 13, 2014!

Good luck & happy sewing! ♥  Maureen

Crowns of Flowers : :

Making all of these hand-rolled and cut flowers is definitely my new favorite non-quilty thing to do! It was a pretty rough week last week, all three of my kiddos had the flu and I've been having a tough time with some health issues of my own. Making these was the perfect curl up under a quilt on the couch project to keep me still feeling productive! Aren't they so pretty?!







It's been a lot of fun, but my supplies have run out. I only have enough of the beautiful, recycled silk twine that I've been using as my tiebacks to make just two more. Any type of ribbon will work just as well, but I had professed from the beginning that once I ran out, I would be done with these for now!

If you would like to make some of your own, I'm a having a felt sale for 20% off with coupon code: FELT20OFF in my etsy shop! Many of you have asked for me to share a tutorial for the flowers I've been making, I wish I could but I just don't have the time right now. If you follow this link to Pinterest you can find so many already available!



Have a great day!  ♥  Maureen