Needlecraft and Bookbinding -- Eirene Prasso
~*Eirene Prasso -- Lifestyle of Peace*~
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Check back often for more links... I'll do my best to add more each day ♥
(also check Household Decor for more links related to needlecrafts)
Sewing
4-H free sewing booklets --pdf files... a lot of em'
setting up a sewing machine
free sewing patterns
BurdaStyle copyright free downloadable patterns
free adult sewing patterns @ about.com
make your own dress form @craftster.org
make a new treadle (foot powered) machine @ mother earth news
working on the bias, ease of fit (bias 101)
tips for correcting buttonhole mistakes (bungled buttonholes)
sloper provider, has free pattern tips and free pattern calculator
leena's patternmaker's website
saran wrap pattern making method #2 @ fashion incubator
free sewing patterns (website retired, but still has patterns available)
sewing.org's guidelines for successful sewing --many topics, all as pdf downloads and free patterns links in sidebar
diy cloth pads tutorial
another diy cloth pads tutorial
how to make boxers
under garments pattern index @ about.com
t-shirt underwear
bra maker's supplies
sewing cloth diapers
lotr costuming
sew your own footbags (hacky sacks)
DawnPages costume patterns
free patterns of the 1910's, 20's and 30's
pattern for ladies victorian boxers
free regency gown pattern and instructions
Vera's Thrift Shop and Yard Sale Guide --with free reenactors patterns and instructions links in the article
how to sew simple caftan
make your own backpacking gear (blue links on left side of page)
make a duffel bag @ mother earth news
Quilting
handquilting
Quilt.com·oldest quilting site on the internet --tips, blocks and more
Quilter's Cache Free Blocks --so many free quilt square patterns! I use this one regularly
quilt batting tips (links to other 'tips' at bottom of page)
how to make your own bias tape --pdf download option
binding directions @ heather baily design (pdf file)
mccalls quilting / vintage patterns index
scrap quilting
all about fat quarters @ about.com
how to make tied quilts @ mother earth news
fabric calculator @ Quiltshops
yardage calculator
crumb chaos block (mile-a-minute)
scrappy string quilt (I've been told my elders used newspaper or telephone book pages for the foundations and left the papers in... made for a heavier quilt)
make easy tied quilts @ bev's country cottage
Crochet
Berroco free crochet patterns
Garn Studio Drops Design free patterns
Ravelry Forum
Free Vintage Crochet Patterns
CrochetMe Forum
Free Doll Patterns @ Stitch (Amigurumi)
Ripple Afghans Crochet Along Group --pattern links
Bev's Country Cottage --free crochet patterns and so much more
free crochet patterns @ Crafttown
Tunisian crochet instructions @ crochet cabana
Cool Free Newsboy Cap pattern
Knitting
Knitting Instructional Videos
Garns Studio Drop Design Knitting Patterns
Knitty.com
Berroco free knitting patterns
beginner socks instructions @ knittingonthenet
knit two socks at same time on two circulars
how to knit on two circulars
Knitting Pattern Central all kinds of free patterns
graffiti knitters
upload your own images to make a pattern grid
two needle cast on
thumb cast on
how to cast off
free knitting patterns
random stripe generator
free patterns
several free sock patterns and sock calculator, circular cast on
Embroidery
Coming Soon*
Beading and Jewelry
shrinky dinks from recycled materials
earring projects @ michaels.com
aunt molly's beadstreet, instructions, patterns and more
bead knitted amulet bag
loom patterns
how to make beaded rosettes @ powwows.com
various beading tutorials @ Ruby's beadwork
ladder stitch instructions @ about.com
beaded belt buckle instructions @ powwows.com
lazy or lane stitch @ powwows.com
lazy or lane stitch
brick stitch
Beltana's Beads tutorials
even count tubular peyote stitch
about.com's beadwork free pattern index
online Guide to Beadwork book
javascript seed bead designer
quick and easy square stitch @ about.com
zulu beadwork language
how to use a loom --for kids I think, but if I remember correctly I used this info when I first got a loom
choctaw lace necklace
peyote stitch lighter cover
shala's beadwork patterns
free beadwork tutorials and patterns
60's Boutique Ring Instructions
Bookbinding
Coming Soon*
