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Looking for some inspiration for gifts to make for your kids, grandkids, nieces, or nephews?? This is the blog for you! Grab some inspiration from a few of our favorite customer projects featuring gifts for kids. With all of the wonderful ideas featuring everything from outfits to pillows and bibs, you’ll get those creative juices flowing in no time!

Need to spark some inspiration for your next project? We’ve seen so many unique projects from our customers that we decided to showcase some recent pieces that just might give you the itch to stitch! You’ll find everything from pillows, quilts, burp cloths, and more in this blog! Keep reading to see a few of our favorites…

We cannot begin to tell you all how happy it makes us to see our customers creating heartfelt donations using our designs! We’ve seen so many wonderful donations from our customers recently, so we decided to showcase some recent pieces that might give you some inspiration for your own donation projects. Take a peek at some of our recent favorites…

Spending more time at home during the cold winter months means everybody has the perfect opportunity to get started on their next project! Our customers have been sharing SO many winter gift projects with us, so we wanted to highlight a few of our recent favorites to hopefully give you some inspiration...

It's the moment you've all been waiting for... The top 5 most-downloaded sets & designs of 2020 are here! Thank you to each and every one of you for all of the support you’ve shown Designs By JuJu this year! We can’t tell you how much it means to use and how happy it makes us seeing so many people loving our designs. We can’t wait to see which sets and designs turn out to be your favorites in 2021!

It’s that time of year again! In this blog, we’ve put together a list of the top sets and designs that our customers downloaded this year. This list includes everything from appliques & monograms, to In The Hoop, and so much more! Without further ado, we present part 1 of the Top Sets and Designs of 2020 (part 2 coming soon!)

There’s nothing we love more than seeing all of the wonderful projects our customers create during the Christmas season! From placemats, to rug mugs, pot holders, & more we are always continually amazed by the endless creativity of our customers. We put together this blog to spread a little Christmas cheer—and maybe a little inspiration—by showcasing some of the most fun Christmas projects we’ve seen this year...

The Holiday season is officially in full swing, so we weren’t surprised when we started to see projects from our customers that used our ! In fact, we received so many project photos from customers that used these sets, that we simply had to showcase some of our favorites in a blog post. If you’re thinking of using any of our for your projects, read on for some inspiration!

We cannot begin to tell you all how happy it makes us to see our customers using our Free Standing Lace Christmas sets for their Christmas projects! We’ve been receiving so many project photos from our customers in our that we decided to showcase some recent pieces that might give you some inspiration for own Christmas projects. Keep reading to see three of our favorite customer projects!

So you’ve decided to make a busy book for your little loved one? CONGRATULATIONS! This is a labor of love and an heirloom that will bring your little one hours of enjoyment. My grandson is just over 2 ½ and he LOVES his! What is a “busy book”? A busy book aka quiet book is typically made from felt or fabric pages and feature interactive activities and games for the child to engage in. Popular quiet book page activities include zippers, buttons, snaps, color matching, shape matching, counting, and tying a bow. You may have seen our “Farm Fun Busy Books”. We have one for boys and one for girls and the set includes all of the pages for a complete book. In November 2020, we also released another set for the 5x7 hoop only and includes all of the pages for both boy and girl. This month, November 2020, after MANY months of planning and designing, we are thrilled to bring to you individual “” Now you can create your own one of a kind Busy Book! Not only that, but you can change up the book with a lot of different options! How you ask??? Well, let me tell you how. All of the new  are designed so the pages can be swapped out for other pages. This will allow for an ever-changing book to keep your child’s interest. To accomplish this, we have created blank page backs (one side with a pocket) where a Busy Book Add On Activity can be added to the backs of 2 Page Deluxe Designs. With this layout, you can change the front and back covers, or any Pages in the book without worrying about taking out an activity or page that you want to leave in. To help you get started, and figure out what you’ll need to create your busy book, I’ve written this article. Every busy book page set includes a PDF of supply and resource links. I’ve also listed links at the end of this article to supplies and resources. We’ve just released . Here is what you’ll need for a complete book. 1. CHOOSE A COVER There are FOUR cover options available. Two for boys and two for girls. This set will include your front and back cover. For your convenience, I’ve linked each photo below to the product page where it can be purchased. 2. CHOOSE 2-3 DELUXE SETS If you are using , you’ll want TWO deluxe page sets. If you are using , you can choose up to THREE deluxe page sets. We have TEN different page sets to choose from. You can make many and swap them out to keep your little interested! A “2 Page Deluxe Design” is a set of 2 pages that will go side by side in the Busy Book. They come with all the parts to the set that your child will need to use to complete each page. Each set comes with backs (blank pocket page) that are to be used for the Add On Activities. They will be attached on the underside of the hoop after the front of the page is stitched completely out. All steps and instructions will be included. For your convenience, I’ve linked each photo below to the product page where it can be purchased. A “blank pocket page” is included with every deluxe set. 3. CHOOSE 3 OR 5 “ADD ON ACTIVITIES” depending on what size book you are making. If you are using , you’ll want THREE add on activities. If you are using  you may want FIVE add on activities. A “Busy Book Add on Activity” means there is no page to go with it. These types of design sets are meant to be used on the backs of the “2 Page Deluxe Designs”. The parts can be placed for storage in the pocket on the left page, and then can be assembled on the blank right page next to it kind of like a puzzle. The tutorials include suggestions to make some parts more than once in different colors to give your child more options. There are TEN different “add on activity” sets for you to choose from! For your convenience, I’ve linked each photo below to the product page where it can be purchased. Now that you’ve chosen all of your pages, it’s time to get to work! If you desire, you can customize your own covers using software such as . We highly recommend  for maximum versatility in planning your projects. It’s super intuitive, easy to use, offers great customer support, and the most exciting part is that you can use any of our HUNDREDS of available embroidery fonts in BX format to easily type out names, words and phrases! We have several videos on  on our  as well! BUSY BOOK SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES LIST To further assist you, we’ve compiled a list of links to resources to gather your supplies for your very own busy book! **the following links are for your convenience. They are affiliate links and therefore Designs by JuJu LLC receives a small commission from items purchased with these links. FELT We use “craft felt”. This is widely available. Please check sizes. If you are doing an 8x8…you’ll want sheets that are larger than 8x12. Also check fabric.com, Hobby Lobby, Joann’s, Walmart, Michael’s etc. That said, we have found the following felts with a “1 mm” thickness to be of much higher quality than the cheaper craft felt at the craft stores. We use a lot of fabric from  sheets are 9x12 BINDER RINGS We like 2-inch or 3-inch binder rings. These are for assembling your book. TEARAWAY STABILIZER Heat n Bond Lite NOTIONS Items used in various busy book pages (optional) snaps for back of felt pieces Guage 8 marine vinyl for blank pocket pages, fishbowl etc (optional) hook and loop dots for back of felt pieces Buttons for Shape Match Deluxe Set Glitter vinyl (used for some pieces…optional) Shoelaces for lace and buckle deluxe set Hook and loop tape for back of felt pieces (optional) That’s it!! We hope you have loads of fun creating your special gift for your little ones! Please share photos of your creation with us! Have you joined our ? It is a wonderful community of over 50,000 creatives just like YOU where people gather to show off their wonderful creations. We also give away FREEBIES in the group every month!