Crafters Medley: 26 Neat-O Projects To Make (February 2010)

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1. Tutorial: Puffy Pouch: (As seen in picture above) What a lovely, unique little pouch to sew!
2. Circular Needle Clutch: Nice fabric organizer to make for circular knitting needles.
3. Cosmetic Bag Tutorial: Nice boxy shaped pouch to whip up for your cosmetics (or anything else you like). Also see this list of makeup bag patterns for more inspiration.
4. The Any-Paper Holder Tute: Make a toilet paper or paper towel holder to perfectly match your decor with this easy project.
5. Make It: Denim Wine Bags: Ha! Clever wine bags with a pocket for the wine bottle opener–so clever!
6. Decorative Mini-Journal Note Pads: Top homemade notepads with decorative paper and embellish with buttons and other pretties, quite charming and gift-worthy!
7. Super Easy DIY: Fabric Covered Lampshades: Bored with your lampshades, well be bored no more! Check out this tutorial for how to jazz things up (easy-peasy!).
8. Cherry Blossom Lantern: Paint cherry blossom branches on a rice paper lantern then attach faux cherry blossoms to make this pretty oriental lantern.
9. Braided Chain Tutorial: Make a super simple, 30 minute necklace from enamel or vintage chains.
10. Tutorial: Sew A Small Lined Purse: Perfect fit for your keys, credit cards, and cell phones (or a small camera).
11. Portable DVD Player Tote: Complete with a shoulder strap and divider.
12. Gorgeous Slippers – Free Pattern: Knit up some cozy pom-pom topped slippers with this easy pattern. Also see this collection of free slipper patterns (knit, crochet & sewn).
13. Quilty Belt Tutorial: Make a one-of-a-kind patchwork belt out of fabric scraps and a canvas D-ring belt.
14. Tutorial: Ruffle Pillow: Make a cute ruffly pillow using an old t-shirt.
15. Cute Dryer Socks Gloves: Take socks that are orphaned from the dryer and use them to make these charming gloves.
16. Painted Pebble Magnets: Shape FIMO or Sculpey modeling clay into flattened balls (that look like smooth pebbles), bake, decorate with paint and make them into these lovely magnets.
17. Sweetheart Pincushion Tutorial: A sweet little pincushion with a decorative heart insert. Looking for more pincushion ideas? See this list of pattern freebies.
18. Jewelry Organizer How-To: Cover a bamboo cutlery tray with decorative paper, glue on decorative pegs and here’s a gift-worthy organizer for your jewelry.
19. Doily Pillow Tutorial: Need an idea to use up those lovely, vintage doilies? Use them to cover a pillow–so pretty!
20. Padded Camera Strap Slipcover Tutorial: Comfy camera straps that are lined & padded.
21. Triple Border Dish Towels: I love these! Nice way to perk up the kitchen.
22. Reusable Produce Bags Tutorial: Quick and easy reusable bags to make out of mesh netting or tulle. Also see the reusable grocery bags list here.
23. Cereal Box Journal: Here’s a quick and easy way to re-use a cereal box and make a useful journal from it (similar to the moleskin journals).
24. Crochet Clothespin Bag Pattern: Quick and easy bag with a twist: embellish with sweet little crocheted clothes hanging on a clothesline.
25. Tag Wallet Tutorial: Snip those clothing tags zig-zag sew together with a bit of ribbon and voila! quite the creative wallet!
26. Book Cover With Magnetic Closure: Creative idea for keeping a book cover closed with a magnet flap. Tutorial shows how to attach the magnet to a fabric book cover.

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