Crafters Medley: 21 Neat-O Projects To Make (August 2008)

1. Canterbury Bells: Make bell-like flowers using wired ribbon to sew onto quilts or whatever you like. Very pretty! Found via In A Minute Ago.
2. Photo Bookmarks You Can Make Out of Your Friends, Enemies & Frenemies: A tutorial from Kodak for how to make magnetic bookmarks from photos. Cute, silly & great idea!
3. Clip-Art Craft: Magnet Bookmarks: Martha Stewart shows you how to make magnetic bookmarks using clip-art. Uses a men’s dress shirt design (template pdf download here), but use whatever you like!
4. Chakra Purse: Lovely crocheted purse, freebie pattern from Naturally Caron, there’s a pdf to download to if you prefer.
5. Sewing Machine Cover Tutorial: Super easy project, cover has box corners. Found at Craft Blog.
6. Covered Tape Measure Tutorial: Nice little project to use up some fabric scraps, download the pdf here. Found at A Spoonful Of Sugar.
7. Christmas Planner: Errrm, it’s getting to be near that time isn’t it? Here’s a nice project to make yourself a crafty organizer for Christmas.
8. The Perfect Tea-Towel: Tutorial showing how to make the “perfect” tea towel. Has a piece of twill tape sewn into a corner for easy hanging. Found at sewtakeahike.
9. Apply Cozy: Crochet pattern, also has free patterns for a banana cozy and pear cozy. All patterns available via pdf. Found at Kristen TenDyke.
10. Dainty, Pretty, Sole-ful Slippers: Sewing tutorial including a pattern pdf for very sweet slippers. Found at Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion site.
11. Remote Control Pillow Pattern: A comfy cushion with back pockets to hold remote controls of all kinds (remember the days we just used one!). Easy sewing project offered by kundhicreative.com with the pdf pattern download here. Found via Whipup.net
12. Perfect Paper Daisies: Hello! Adorable! These paper daisies are simple and inexpensive to make. Found at CraftStylish.com
13. Notebook Cover Tutorial: Another goody from Craft Blog, simple tute for for making a fabric notebook cover.
14. Pedicure Socks: Quick knit! Free pattern from knitty.com. Here’s a crochet pattern from yarns and musings and another knit pattern over here at Patons (free membership required to download pattern).
15. Lucky Wishing Stars Tutorial: Too cute! Puffy origami stars made from strips of paper (you can even use pages ripped from a magazine–great for recycling!). Found at Folding Trees.
16. Sunny Wrist Pincushion Tutorial: This pincushion made in the design of a sun is a cheery treat for young and old alike. Found at Rozzie Land.
17. Easy To Make Pillowcases: Use your favorite fabrics to piece together a cute pillowcase. Found at Better Homes & Gardens.
18. Rolled Roses: Here’s how to make fabric rolled roses, perfect for embellishing all kinds of lovely things. You can download the pdf pattern here. Found at Portabellopixie.
19. Credit Card Wallet: Tutorial for making snap wallet to hold your credit cards. Found at the Craftster forum.
20. Moth Repellant Pillows: Here’s how to make little sachets full of lavender and herbs that naturally repel moths. See more ideas here and these Bugs Be Gone Bags previously published on Tipnut.
21. How to Make a Gypsy Lantern: Decoration for a garden party or just because! Tutorial for this project adapted from project in Marie Claire Ideas. Found at One Hour Craft.

Crafty Tips:

• 42 Crochet Tips: Bohemian Revolution has put together a monster list of tips for those who love to crochet.
• Know Your (Hand-Sewing) Needles: Excellent information from CraftStylish detailing all the different needles you can use for sewing and needle crafts.

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