Learn how to sew a casserole dish cozy or hot pad or koozie for any size dish. Below you’ll find a link to a casserole dish cozy pattern for both a 9×13 and 8-1/2×8-1/2 casserole dish cozy. Ever since we started using our Reversible Microwave Safe Bowl Cozies, I’ve wanted to make a cozy for …
Explore the top 10 most popular sewing, crochet, printables and recipe ideas for a handmade home from The Birch Cottage in 2020. As we usher in another New Year, I always enjoy taking a look back at the past year on The Birch Cottage blog. So, grab yourself a cup of coffee, settle in to …
Learn to make these easy DIY Pinecone Fire Starters using pinecones, tea candles and essential oils. Fire starters also make great stocking stuffers! This blog post originally appeared December 17, 2018 and was updated December 4, 2020 to update the printable how-to instructions. If you have visited the Subscribers Resource Library recently, you’ve probably seen …
Learn how to sew a reversible microwave safe bowl cozy. Use 100% cotton thread, batting and fabric to make a bowl cozy. This blog post originally appeared September 3, 2018. It has been updated for clarification and new photos. I made these bowl cozies for each of our children a few years ago for Christmas. …
These free printable crocheted wraps add a nice touch to your crocheted hand towel, dish towel, dishcloths and wash cloths. I created this set of printable gift wraps hoping to have them ready to share with you before Christmas last year so you’d have them for all your crocheted dishcloth, dish towel, wash cloth and …
If you’re looking for a moist, decadent and chocolate lovers dark chocolate zucchini muffins recipes, you’ve come to the right place! I love zucchini. Just about any way you cook it, I love it. I’ve also discovered I love zucchini as a pasta substitute (zoodles), thanks to Misty Blue and her spiralizer attachment. But, that’s …
Add these Baked with Love printable gift tags to your next baked gift. Gift tags add a nice touch to your homemade or home baked gift! Download for free! Every morning when I walk out my door to go to work, I see our pear tree. One of our favorite things to make with the …
Who can resist Beatrix Potter’s adorable Peter Rabbit? Download free Peter Rabbit Gift Tags and other Easter printables on The Birch Cottage blog. I was thinking about Easter this weekend as my granddaughters participated in an Easter Egg Hunt at church. Then it got me to thinking about all the different Easter themed printables I’ve …
Add a little touch of whimsy, fun and humor to your bathroom décor with these 12 free printable bathroom humor prints. Funny, light-hearted and free! I’m sharing something brand new here on the blog today. Something totally out of character for me. I hope you’ll enjoy the light-hearted humor as much as I did. Sometimes …
Download this free set of spring inspired yellow and green Bunco printables, including: score sheets, tally sheets and tent cards. Bunco! Since my Bunco printables were so popular back in December, I thought maybe a Spring inspired set of Bunco printables would be perfect to share with you this month! I love to play Bunco, …
Learn how to crochet The Birch Cottage Dish Towel using the moss stitch. The moss stitch creates a beautiful woven almost basket weave type pattern. Do you remember that I had previously shared with you how to crochet the moss stitch? I love the woven pattern this stitch creates! As you may recall, this stitch …
Eight festive ideas for repurposing Christmas cards. What do you do with your Christmas cards after the holidays are over? Well, whatever you do, don’t throw out your Christmas cards! When I was browsing through the December issue of Country Woman magazine on my Kindle, they had an entire feature on repurposing Christmas cards. So, …