Crafters Medley: 20 Neat-O Projects To Make

1. Double Pointed Needle Holder Tutorial: This is a nice & easy needle roll pattern with a top flap to hold knitting needles in place. You’ll also find a bunch more here.
2. Pocket Full O’Lists: Cute homemade notebooks made from paper scraps with cardstock pockets to hold them in.
3. Piggy Bank Freebie: This is a unique idea, a fabric piggy bank to fill with all your goodies. Lay it in a drawer or on a desktop and feed daily .
4. Fabric Covered Tin Can: Use this as utensil holders or for desktop organizing…great way to recycle cans as well as use up some fabric scraps. Add a little hand embroidery if you like for some extra pizazz.
5. Cable Needle Holder (Knitting): Where to put that cable needle while knitting? Here’s a fantastic idea to keep it handy yet out of the way (it’s so simple you’ll love it).
6. DIY Hangable Hamper: Use fabric remnants and plastic purse handles for an updated style of laundry bag, minimal sewing involved. Also see this vintage laundry bag pattern that uses a coat hanger.
7. Reusable Sandwich Wrap: Looking for an eco-friendly way to wrap your lunch sandwiches? This sandwich wrap is very cool, and simple to make. Uses vinyl covered fabric.
8. Laundry Cap Cupcakes: Sweet way to use up those large plastic laundry caps–make cupcakes out of them using old wool sweaters.
9. Crochet Produce Bag Pattern, Fabric Shopping Bags and this Teeny Tiny Fold-Up Shopping Tote: Great additions for the 35 Reusable Grocery Bags You Can Make – Free Patterns list.
10. Iron On Vinyl Coasters: Use iron-on vinyl to make your own fabric coasters, these couldn’t be simpler to make (and cute to boot!).
11. Pleasant Kitchen Dishtowels: Very sweet embroidery designs for tea towels, all kitchen items and each one an original that you won’t find elsewhere. You can download the pdf here.
12. Patchwork Fabric Basket: Here’s a nice tutorial for making a patchwork design fabric basket. Cute!
13. Ribbon Storage Box Tutorial: Here’s a tutorial for making a ribbon storage box using Ikea’s storage boxes.
14. Fabric-Covered Corkboard Tutorial: Take those old buck or two corkboards you can pick up at garage sales and turn them into something charming.
15. Bookmarks: Use up some of that cardboard from cereal boxes to make these nifty bookmarks–templates included (nice!).
16. Tutorial for Notepad/Pen Holder: Inside pockets to hold a pen, notebook and whatever else you like, snaps shut.
17. Kit Card Box Tutorial: Pretty card box made from cardstock, complete instructions provided.
18. Wellness Bag: Now this is a nice idea for someone who’s not feeling that well, make them a pampering wellness bag that’s filled with all kinds of nice goodies. Also see homemade ice packs, microwave heat packs for some filler ideas.
19. Tutorial: How To Cover Wooden Drawers: Cover plain wooden drawers with patterned origami paper, very nice!
20. Thread Holder Pattern: The sweetest little thread holder you ever did see!

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