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November 20 ~ Rock
| Does someone on your gift list live for music? Make the perfect gifts with today’s Rock features… |  |
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Piano Shoulder Bag Meream from Bored & Crafty shares this nifty Piano Shoulder Bag Tutorial. |
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iPod Case Melissa kicked off a whole series of “Crafting Through the ’80’s” with her iPod Case Tutorial at Crafting with Cat Hair. |
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Rock a Bye Baby Bibs Charity from blueprints shows you two variations of her scrappy Rock a Bye Baby Bibs (acoustic guitar “Baby Unplugged” & stratocaster “Wired for Sound”) with PDF pattern downloads. |
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Arm Band Pouch Rock as you walk or run with Ashley’s Arm Band Pouch from Make It and Love It. You can use it for an iPod, keys, cell phone, debit card, inhaler, etc. |
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Ponytail Scarves Our Ponytail Scarves from Elizabeth make us think of a cute, ’50’s-style rock & roll! |
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Play Microphone Charity from blueprints also shares this great Play Microphone Tutorial (made from an empty serger spool!). Montage image on main page is Charity’s daughter & the mic! |
You might also enjoy these related tutorials from the SMS archives: Music Lovers, iPod/Camera Cozy, Tech Gifts, Artists
Here are just a handful of fabrics we love for some of these projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew! shop:
| Beth’s choice | Amy’s choice | Kristin’s choice | ||
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Touch-Tone iPhone 3G case No.6 from Hine Hine’s Touch-Tone iPhone 3G case No.6 sold but you can cross your fingers for No.7, or perhaps a Camera Case Case is more your style? Hine hand-stitches all of her unique designs. |
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How to Make Lollipops Leela shows you How to Make Lollipops in just 30 minutes (!) at She Simmers. |
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Gnome Paper Toys Tim very generously shares this set of Gnome Paper Toys on his Fantastic Toys blog (gnome bowling pictured here). Tim also recently posted a Felt Christmas Ornament Tutorial on his blog so be sure to browse around. Find more Fantastic Toy work on the Fantastic Toy site, Etsy (check out the Christmas Collection!) and Fantastic Toy blog. |
Win It
Tweet #handmadeholidays anytime this week for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!
Comment in today’s post for a chance to win one of these prizes. The winners will be announced on Friday. Visit our prize list to see some of the other great giveaways this month.
If you fell in love with the “Buy It” from Downstairs Designs in yesterday’s post, but haven’t made your purchase yet, throw your name in the hat to win this generous gift certificate! Jennifer makes beautiful pillows, linen bags, wallets and matching cell phone holders.
By Sarah Neuburger
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From the Publisher:
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More Handmade Holiday Ideas (& don’t miss our Handmade Holidays photo pool!)
19 ~ Organize
18 ~ Write
17 ~ Tote
16 ~ Frame
15 ~ Celebrate
14 ~ Shop
13 ~ Go
12 ~ Clean & Tidy
11 ~ Pamper
10 ~ Craft
9 ~ Play
8 ~ Deck the Halls
7 ~ Exercise
6 ~ Sit Back & Relax
5 ~ Read
4 ~ Go Green
3 ~ Sleep
2 ~ Adorn
1 ~ Wear
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270 Responses to “November 20 ~ Rock”
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My girls and their cousin call themselves the “Little Kid Rock Band”. I’m thinking that piano bag might be perfect for Christmas presents. Thanks!
I love the felt “i love the 80s” ipod case. perfect for all my nostalgic friends!
The gnome paper toys are great for a quick winter project to keep the kids busy when they can’t go outside. Thanks for including these. I especially liked the finger puppets.
What groovy stuff!! Thanks again!
The bowling game looks like fun for the really cold winter days!
Love the Piano Tote Bag.
love the gnomes – these look to be really fun projects
I love the iPod case. I certainly know who on my list would appreciate that…
Good ideas – I want to learn how to make those lollipops!
how fun! I think I’m going to start making some ipod cases right NOW!
i am really loving the 80’s ipod case! fabulous!
I love the arm bands, these would be great little gifts. Thanks for the tutorials!
I can’t believe I am the first post? DD took one look over my shoulder and decided she HAS to have some ponytail scarves.(And I would love a chance to win the gift certificate!)
Anyone else remember making thumbprint animals as a kid?
This is getting exciting!
Love the Gnome Bowling!
I totally love the ipod case! I love so much 80s music and that would be perfect! Thanks for the great post:)
totally cool!! I L-O-V-E the guitar bib…so adorable!!!
must…print…gnomes…
Love the piano tote!
That arm band pouch is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thanks for sharing.
those gnomes are so adorable
That bib will be perfect for my grandson! And I can’t wait to make some lollipops. Thanks for the ideas.
The piano bag caught my eye…I’m a piano teacher!
The microphone is genius! My kids will sing for hours with the horrid plastic ones we have. This one is much cuter!
The printable gnomes are adorable.
what a fun theme!
Cute microphone! I like thumbprint characters!
I love the cassette ipod case! So cute.
I love the Piano Shoulder bag and casette iPod case, they are so cute!! I wish I had a piano shoulder bag like that when I was younger and going to piano lessons every Saturday!
the microphone is hilarious. perfect for little ones who like to tear things up!
such cute ideas! I love the gnome bowling set!
I love the ponytail scarfs. Its all so great.
That 80’s inspired Ipod case is fun!
Lorrie
oh isn’t that microphone fun!!
The iPod case cassette tape is adorable, and I’m hoping to make the ponytail scarves for my nieces today.
way too cute!!!
Last year I made my daughter a guitar purse – she loved it! I just might have to make her an ipod case this year.
Those gnomes are just adorable! Thanks everyone
Now this is my kind of crafting genre!
The piano bag is very nice.
I’ve seen homemade iPod cases before, but I guess it just didn’t occur to me that you could make an arm band case.
Really fun ideas!
Such cute idea s- I love the ponytail scarves and Hine’s ipod/camera cases are so cute!
Love the microphone! And I’m a huge fan of Downstairs Designs!
i love the arm band pouch.
love the ipod case. adorable!
Love love love this post. Lollipops – must check that out. Thank you!!
Such great ideas!
More great ideas! My weekend is sure to be filled with crafting.
I love the ipod case – and gnome bowling.
Great ideas!
Fun! I’ve definitely got a family full of musicians so I’m sure I’ll be coming back to this post!
The gnome freebie is too cute.
Nifty stuff
To go along with this: I made the reusable snack bags from an earlier post and my husband who is a guitarist want a smaller version to keep his guitar picks in. I sense a stocking stuffer!
I love the arm band pouch!! I need a new on for my ipod as the one I bought is worn out. And I will use the funkiest fabric I have!! Why not stand out at the gym!!
Love the 80’s ipod case! Gotta make it!
The pony tail scarves are too cute! Love ‘em
Love the piano bag!
rad
Thanks for the link to the lollipop tutorial. Easy and fun!
Love the cassette tape iPod case. Gives new meaning to the phrase “Mixtape”
The ipod case is sooo great! My daughter will take one of everything please! Oh, I have to make it. . . the list grows on:) Thanks for a fun day!
The ipod case is too cute!
Love the iTouch case!
The piano bag is too cute. Of course, I really wish I could force those guitar bibs on my kids. Maybe I could make one big enough for myself!
The iphone case is truly adorable! I love it.
the mic is too cute!
The arm band for the iPod, keys, etc, ROCKS! Have to make that for my running friends.
I could use and Ipod case…
carlamo (at) ymail (dot) com
i love the ipod case, i have a friend it’d be perfect for!
That piano bag is way cute!
Everything on this page is awesome, but that play mic takes the cake! Thanks!
Great ideas!!
My daughter would love that play microphone!
All of these are adorable. My favorite is that piano bag too. I just might have to make that for my daughter!
love the ipod case and the ponytail scarves… makes me wish i had long hair!
Funny bibs and cases. Great imagination.
Ooooh, Downstairs Designs has such great stuff!
Cute, I am loving the hand made holidays!
No babies in my life, but that bib is amazing!
soo many awesome ideas!
Oh GOSH I love how these posts are covering so many different personalities on my lists! People I never would have thought I could make for….this is awesome.
We all need a little gnome bowling now and then.
Thanks for the amazing inspiration!!!!
I heart the ipod case!!!!
Great stuff! The microphone is so clever.
I’m loving the fabric choices for today!
Love those gnomes!
The arm band pouch is a great idea.
Love the armband pouch!
love.
Fun tutes!!!
I love the ipod case! SO cute! The piano bag is great too.
I love the ipod case. If I had one I’d completly make one.
The ipod case is so good!
What a cute piano bag!
Love the armband! I’ve been wanting to make one for my mp3 player to carry while I walk. Thanks – and great giveaways, too!
What funny and clever projects in this roundup. Love them all, what I wouldn’t have given for that piano bag when I was younger!
That piano tote bag is awesome.
What a great collection of project ideas!
The play microphone is just too cute! And I can’t wait to torture my husband with the gnomes.
Looking today made me giggle! <3 Gnome bowling!!
The arm band pouch is just what I need today! I have an 8K race tomorrow and I was just telling my husband that I had no idea what I was going to do with my keys or my ipod. I will be sewing up one tonight.
love the fabrics from down stairs designs too!
I LOVE the 80’s I-pod case! I’m making that ASAP!
I love the cassette/iPod pouch!!!
a big wow!!! on the piano bag!!!
genios!!
The piano bag is great. It would also be great to have the gift certificate to such a wonderful shop.
Love all of it! Posted a link to it on my blog today!
Fun stuff. Thanks for the ideas.
Cool ideas – a rainbow of pony tail scarves would great for my girls.
nice one! thank you!
super cute!
I want to be a cool kid.
the ponytail scarfs are a great idea for all those ends of beautiful fabric.
Hott stuff, i esp. like the microphone
Those gnome printables are fantastic!!
I am totally in love with the paper toys. Too cute!
I love the gnomes!
Wish I had a serger spool that is one cute microphone!
Funny gnome paper toys!
Love the play microphone.
Piabo shoulder bag looks really good. Thanks for this tutorial.
They are all so cute!
This is perfect timing. I have a new iPod and it doesn’t fit my old one’s case. I may have to make myself one!
I love that piano bag!
Such interesting ideas today. Thank you!
Rock on!! Thanks!
Amazing as usual!!
I love the Rock a Bye Baby Bibs!
I love all things rock!
That Piano bag might be perfect for my nephew. I will have to check with his mom. These are all such good ideas. I love the microphone. My kids would love that too. Guess I better use the serger more to get a cone from it.
oooh that microphone would be a coveted toy in this house! how fun fun fun!!!
The piano bag is FANTASTIC! I’m going to make one for my son to take to his piano lessons… it’ll be perfect for his music books.
Thanks.
love the wrist pouch
I love crafting through the 80s!!
I love that piano shoulder bag!
That iPod case is awesome – I know a few people who would just adore it! Hmmmm, Christmas presents? Yes!
the piano shoulder bag is so cute
So cute the bib. Great use of the serger spool. These are again wonderful suggestions.
I love those gnomes.
Love the armband pouch and hair scarves, these will make great gifts!
those gnomes are adorable!
Thank you Sew Mama Sew for these millions of tutorials that are SO amazingly inspirational
I’m so excited about making Cmas presents that I can’t sleep at night! And retro is so fun.
Just as I think that you can’t surely come up with any more ideas, more pop out! I love the paper gnomes and the lollies. This book looks like great fun to be had by big kids and little ones alike! x
that iPod case rocks my world!
I love the piano shoulder bag. My daughter would love a bag like this to carry her piano books to her lessons.
Gnome bowling, what a fab idea for my 2.5 year old, he will giggle madly while mowing them down…if they last that long
The piano shoulder bag is cool! Would love to win the gift certificate! Thanks!
I’ve had the arm band pouch on my to-do list for a while now. Perhaps by the time Spring comes, I’ll have made one for those long outdoor runs.
Ich liebe diese Klaviertasche! Das Weihnachtsgeschenk fur den allerbesten Freund!
I live the piano Tote, the perfekt Holiday Gift for my vera best friend.
Liebe Grüße aus Germany
Frauke
great projects! thanks for doing the give away.
Love the bibs! and of course, anything that brings back my teen years in the 80s!
Love the ponytail scarves; and those gnomes are stinkin’ cute.
That iPod case is the most precious thing I’ve seen in a long time. I *heart* it!
Those gnomes are so cute. And of course I would love getting a set of The Small Object’s notecards – all her stuff is great!
More funstuff to make and give. Thanks!
Loving the ipod case! How funny!
Ohhh, I have seen these in person. So cute.
thericebabies@ymail.com
This is one of the best categories yet! Trust me, non-parents, 95 per cent of little kids would love that microphone.
I really love the 80’s ipod case. I previously printed out the gnome games for my daughter’s 1st bday party. They are part of the goodybag ensemble.
Such neat ideas and those giveaways are AWESOME!!! I would love to do those thumbprint crafts with the preschool class I work with!
I love the mp3 cases. I have two kids receiving players this year, so I need to whip up some cases for them.
I love the arm band, it’s perfect for when I take long walks. I hate having a key jingle on my sneaker laces. Thanks, Happy Weekend!!
May try those ponytail scarves…
Love the Gnomes!
Thumbprint cards? Sweet!
What inspires you to come up with these great themes? This is awesome!
This are so cute I think the play microphone is perfect for a gift.
Ooooh…I might have to go and make some ponytail scarves. What a great idea!
the piano bag is great – and the microphone too. So cute!
What a great give-away. I love what rock has become to the current generation. It’s kind of cute and kitchy. It used to be pretty dark and shady when I was growing up.
Those lollipops looks like so much fun to make!
That arm band rocks!! Perfect for the runners on my list.
neat tote bag!
haha! what a fun ipod cover!!
Who doesn’t want to be a rocker? FUN!
Those lollipops look so good! I finally have some ideas of things to make
You can make lollipops at home!
I am SOOOO making the 80s iPod case. I might even scan my NKOTB shirt and shrink it down to make an iron-on! (I can use the one from last fall’s concert!!!)
I love those pony tail ties!! And the gnomes are so cute!
I love the ipod case! Too bad its sold out…
I love the bibs, have to make this for a friend!
Loving that piano bag! My daughter just started lessons, this might be good for her… Thanks
I absolutely LOVE that cassette ipod case! That may well be my Christmas present to myself this year!
The microphone is cute. That could be useful at Halloween time!
oooooh! that piano bag warms this pianist’s heart
I love the piano tote!
Those lollipops are just the thing to round out the gifts of a few young people on my list!
The piano bag is great for a piano teacher.
love the piano bag. My niece would be thrilled with this present. Now do I have the courage to try it?
Love the gnomes! Oh, and the arm band, too…
Love, love, love the ipod case
I’ve got so many folks who would love the piano bag…better get crackin’.
Love the piano bag.
ahh, i love this one! i’d love to win the gift certificate especially. thanks for the fun giveaway!
I already have a friend in mind for the ipod case….
I love that piano bag! How perfect to carry music to and from lessons.
Lots of cute things. I particularly like that armband.
such cute ideas!
I’m so going to do something with those gnomes. maybe make myself a gnome army to take over the world.
lollypops rock!
Oh the piano bag is so cute.. Love it!!! Love it!!! (contact at LAupperlee@sheppardpratt.org)
Cool gifts, thanks for the chance of winning.
That guitar bib is adorable!!! I love the gnomes too!
i have GOT to make that bib.
I might try the arm band pouch.
I adore those Gnomes.
I have a friend who would LOVE that piano bag!
Those gnomes are so cute!
I really LOVE the cassette tape ipod cover.
thanks for sharing!
Love the piano bag!!!! Of course I’m being a little bias because I played piano for 15 years.
the arm band pouch is cool!
Lovely. I love the guitar bibs, they rock!
as a piano teacher, might have to make the bag!
The armband pouch is a perfect last minute present.
Thanks for the idea
Those are just he cutest things I’ve ever seen!
Fun! I love the bags, and ponytail scarves.
What a great theme! For my musician, I found something that would make him smile…and for our wannabe rockstar preschooler, she now can have her very own microphone (that’s not pre-recorded w/ H.M. diddies which makes Mama happy). I’ve got to give it to you! These themes are outdoing the last few years…Thanks for all your hard work in rounding up these creative ideas!
cool. love the piano bag.
Very nice pony tail scarves.
And I’d love to have the Thumb Print notecard set. So cute!
So many great ideas and things to do and use!!! I now want to tie my hair up!!
who doesn’t love a gnome!
how CUTE! So much inspiration on these pages:)
mmm lollipops!
lollipops! yum!
Those little gnomes? Stop it. I love them!
What a fun giveaway. Delightful prizes. I’d love to win!
SewCalGal
http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com
I love the iPod case. Thank you!
Those Small Object items are killing me. LOVE them.
Love the book!!!^^ Another great giveaway… Thanks again!
Also like the arm band pouch idea!
I would never have thought to make my own lollipops, but I want to now!
Very cute stuff! Love the ponytail scarves!
I love those ponytail scarves! Can’t wait till my two year old girl’s hair long enough for those.
Love the gifts today! Anything made for an iPod will be used in this family…
I had no idea making lollipops could be so easy — thanks for the link!
Love that piano bag!
Wow, the piano shoulder bag is great–I have a musician friend that I’ll have to try to make that for!
I really should make my girls the ponytail scarves. they are really cute.
Both the pianobag and the ipod tape case are amazing – would love to find time to make both for myself. Well, after Christmas it might be…
Fun stuff! Who doesn’t love music!
Love them all!
Some really cute things!
That ipod case is a riot!
I clicked over to the Fantastic Toy site. Amazing! It’s plushies on cuteness overdrive! Thanks.
Adorable ideas, the microphone is great!
Can’t even tell you how thrilled I am to get inspiration in the form of that piano tote! I’ve been trying to wrack my brain for the perfect gift for a girlfriend of mine who is a musician and this is it. I can’t wait to make it and see her face when she opens it.
That piano bag is so cool!
My son’s name is Rock so this post is GREAT for ideas for me to make for him. I love the microphone and the bibs!
what great prizes. love to win any one of them . thanks
That bib is SO rock star! Love it.
love the fabrics!
Love the Rock theme. Cute stuff. Thanks!
The cassette iPod case is so creative!
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I’m making those ponytail scarves for my niece – so cute!
i loved the gnomes.
I am making lollypops TOMORROW!
I love the small object!!! Those note cards are so much fun!!
The piano bag and ipod cozy are esp. awesome!
Here are some rock guitar ditties for further inspiration:
http://kleiosbelly.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/ditty-city/
another round of fun ideas. love the arm pouch!
ooh – I really want to try the lollipops.
I love the small object note cards.
Thanks for the links and giveaway!
love those printables!
Cute piano bag! Perfect for my little cousin who is just starting piano lessons.
I wear a lot of ponytails so I plan to make the pony tail scarves
Love the 80’s iPod Case!
Gnome bowling, excellent!
Cute!
I love the piano bag, so cute.
interesting post, pretty much covered it all for me, thanks.