Crafters Medley: 29 Neat-O Projects To Make (October 2008)

Lots of crafty goodness for this month’s Crafters Medley plus an update to Tipnut’s DIY Halloween found at the bottom, enjoy!

1. Tea Cosy Pattern Freebie: Cute tea cozy to knit, has a removable lid for easy teapot access.
2. Spiral Steno Pad Cover: Cute pocket style cover for steno pads.
3. How To Sew A Book: Make yourself a journal/folder.
4. Balloon Lights Tutorial: Learn how to make origami “balloons” to attach to strings of LED lights.
5. How To Make Your Own Funky Envelopes: An environmentally friendly way to use old magazines or calendars, plus they’re quite a treat to receive!
6. Pincushion Jar Tutorial: Cute project that serves as a pincushion as well as neatly holds loose sewing supplies.
7. Designer Paper Wallet Tutorial: Here’s a cute card/wallet to hold notes or whatever else you like.
8. Pin Cushion Hang Up: Patchwork cube with a hanging loop, fill with some dried lavender to enjoy a nice fragrance every time you stick pins and needles in it.
9. Pomander Tutorial: A tutorial for making a felted wool pomander.
10. How To Make A Shower Cap: Tutorial showing how to make a shower cap using an outside layer of decorative fabric and inside layer of Rip-stop nylon.
11. Open Pocket Pouch Tutorial: Great idea for tote bags, purses, diaper bags–a pouch that sits upright with an open top (found via Whipup).
12. BAWK Hot Water Bottle Cozy: Too adorable! This looks just like a cable knit sweater with a turtleneck collar. If you’re into hot water bottles, this is the project for you! Free knitting pattern.
13. Paper Banner Tutorial: A tutorial using decorative paper for pennants and banners.
14. Wrist Pincushion Tutorial: Tutorial showing how to make a wrist pincushion using embroidered ribbon.
15. Fabric Bookmarks: Use up scraps from those pretty fabric prints to make bookmarks.
16. DIY Paper Flowers: Here’s how to make roses from paper.
17. Button Flowers Bouquet: Tutorial showing how to make button flowers.
18. Crochet Lace Vases: You can use kitchen string, hemp or jute twine to crochet vases, great to use as desktop organizers or to hold your crafty supplies. Dip them into fabric stiffener once you’re done so they keep their shape.
19. How To Make An Embroidered Carry All: Just click the forward and back arrows to view the tutorial (in pictures). Found via Whipup.
20. Magnetic Bookmarks: Cute bookmarks using cardboard from cereal boxes covered with decorative paper, stickers and magnets added.
21. Flat Iron Travel Case (pdf): Simple pouch with a fold over flap (secured with ribbon ties), perfect for traveling.
22. How to Make Organza Envelopes: Very pretty envelopes made from organza and embellished with silk ribbons.
23. How to Turn Paper Patterns Into Cardboard Patterns: Preserve your favorite, most used patterns by transferring the pattern pieces to cardboard so they last forever (or at least a very long time!).
24. Thread Catcher Tutorial: Cute little project using fabric scraps to make this petal-like thread catcher. Sweet!
25. Make it: Tissue Transfered Candles: Transform plain candles with a few stamping supplies. Great for holiday gift giving and decorating! From the Medieval Lights episode of Creative Juice.
26. Mini Notebooks: Turn samples of laminex and formica on little wooden cards into covers for these adorable mini-notebooks.
27. Lace Vase How To: Here’s how to cover a glass vase into a pretty lace covered piece for your home decor.
28. Sewing Machine Cover How-To: Here’s a tutorial for how to make a simple cover for your sewing machine (I still need to make one for my serger!).
29. Sweet Needlecase Gift: Perfect little needlecase for youngsters just starting out in needle crafting.

Crafty Tips:

• How To Add Fabric to An Embroidery Pattern
• Update of Applique Tutorial
• Fabric Labels Tutorial
• Ribbon Label Tutorial

Halloween Update

I’ve just added another 30+ new projects to Tipnut’s DIY Halloween, you can view the Latest Projects, Tips & Treats Here.

If you’ve never checked out the site before, you’ll find all available projects (over 200) by browsing through the categories.

Plenty of good stuff added, thanks very much to everyone who’s been sending goodies in. Feel free to send in your favorite Halloween projects to be included in the next update.

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