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Tag Archives: Free Projects
Happy Birthday, Teacher!
All the kindergarten students were asked to bring a flower and a card for their teacher’s birthday.
I remembered that Sue Astroth did these really fun big cards with our display boards. I asked her to refresh my memory on how she would make it and of course she had a lot of great ideas that she is so willing to share. How lucky are we to have people that we can talk to about craft ideas, sewing, quilting, knitting (Continue Reading...)
Fun Creating Cards and a Cardkeeper
I have a confession to make. I am a serial crafter.
Show me something new with great colors and textures, and I have to make it. Now. Today. I am a sewer, quilter, knitter, scrapbooker, and papercrafter. I love creating handmade gifts, and I rarely keep what I make.
The other night my sister Antoinette and I spent the whole evening crafting. This time we were papercrafting. In 3 hours, we made about 20 cards each.
Postage Stamp Quilt Project
From the book, Color From the Heart
by Gai Perry
Once upon a time in America, way before how-to books and design classes were available, women somehow managed to make quilts of remarkable beauty and color. Because it was necessary to use tiny leftover scraps and secondhand fabrics, they unknowingly employed two important rules for successfully combining unrelated fabric prints:
Rule #1: Most fabrics will blend in a pleasing manner if the size of the individual pattern pieces are small (2″ or less).
Heart Necklace Papercraft Project
This heartfelt little necklace makes the perfect Valentine’s Day gift or party favor.
SUPPLIES
1 Ready-to-Go!® 1 1/2″ Blank Board Block
3 different red and/or pink specialty papers (such as a pink metallic, red metallic, and red velvet)
Screwpunch or other sharp, pointed tool
Straight pin
5 or 6 decorative beads
3″ beading headpin
Rounded beading pliers
Wire cutter
Assorted embellishments and/or small photos
Your favorite paper adhesive
Red or pink glitter
24″ length of cord or ribbon
“Once Upon a Time…” Story Book Project
What child doesn’t love a good story book—especially one where he or she is the main character? With a little paint and a few photos and embellishments from your stash of supplies, you can create an easy collage picture book starring your own child and his or her adventures. This little book is so easy to create that you and your children can paint and embellish it together.
Designed by Debra Cooper
Seed Keeper Box Project
Gardeners, you know how you love to pore over catalogs and buy seeds for spring planting. But how do you keep all your seeds organized? My solution was to create this handy dandy seed keeper box, with tabbed dividers for annuals, perennials, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and rare plants. Ta da!
Here are instructions on how I created mine, but of course, you can modify to fit your style.
Fabric Postcard Project
Put a smile in a friend’s mailbox! This easy postcard uses Timtex® and the decorative stitches on your sewing machine.
Designed by Franki Kohler
Materials:
Timtex® – 5″ x 7″
1 rectangle 5″ x 7″ of white fabric for design
1 rectangle 5″ x 7″ of coordinating fabric for address side
2 rectangles 5″ x 7″ of paper-backed fusible web (Designer used Pellon Shirtailor non-woven interfacing)
Variety of solid and variegated threads (6-9 qty)
