Craft Project Ideas With Free Patterns (Gallery)

If you’d like to make one of the craft projects shown in this gallery, just follow these directions:

Click on the photograph of the project you’d like to make.
This will take you to a larger image of the photo.
Beneath the larger image is a link to a blog post for all the free patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make that project.

The image shows an 18-inch doll holding up a gym bag with straps and pockets. The gym bag is handmade, and you can download the free printable PDF sewing pattern for making this gym bag or duffle bag or overnight bag or dolls at ChellyWood.com. In fact, click on the link in the caption, and it will take you to a page where you can download the free sewing pattern for making this overnight bag.

Click here for all the free printable sewing patterns and tutorial videos you’ll need to make this gym bag or duffle bag for your dolls: (available after 24 Nov. 2020) https://wp.me/p1LmCj-HpA

Click here to find all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make these three projects: https://chellywood.com/2016/12/07/christmasgiftideas-for-diy-projects-w-free-tutorials-chellywood-com/

The photo shows a 1:6 scale stocking with fuzzy top. The overlay says "sew a mini Christmas stocking" and this image comes from the free pattern website Chelly Wood dot com.

Click here for the free pattern and tutorial for making this project: https://chellywood.com/2019/12/12/diy-fashion-doll-stockings-w-free-patterns-chellywood-com-toys-christmasstocking-miniatures/

This image shows the Minecraft Creeper character as a hacky sack or footbag cube that has been hand-sewn using felt and the free printable sewing pattern for Minecraft characters found at ChellyWood.com (this is a PDF printable free pattern for a number of minecraft characters including creeper, skeleton, and enderman).

Click here for all the free printable PDF patterns and tutorial videos you’ll need to make this unofficial MineCraft “Creeper” felt cube project: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GNo PLEASE NOTE: This project will post on 24 March at 7:00 AM Mountain Standard Time in the blog postings).

Click here for the tutorial and free printables for making miniature tiny books for your dolls’ library: (available after 6 May 2021) https://wp.me/p1LmCj-HRl

Click on the link under the picture to access the free patterns and tutorials for sewing a Christmas stocking with a cuff and felt letters that form a name.

Click here for all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make the Christmas Stocking with cuff and personalized name in felt letters: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GBl

Please click on the hyperlink in the caption for the tutorial video that teaches you how to make a child's ironing board cover. The photograph shows a child's ironing board with a handmade fabric cover held on by elastic.

Click here for the tutorial video that shows you how to make a child’s ironing board cover: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GKp

Click here to find all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make this project: http://wp.me/p1LmCj-Fg8

Image shows an orange jack-o'-lantern with black eyes, nose, and mouth. It's shaped like a bag or bucket with a green ribbon handle. The "candy bag" is made of felt. Overlay says, "Tiny DIY Halloween Candy Bag" and it offers the website ChellyWood.com where the free pattern can be found. Click in the link in the caption to find the right page for downloading this free printable PDF sewing pattern for a miniature Halloween candy bucket that looks like a jack-o'-lantern.

Click here for all the free sewing patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make this craft project: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-Hmv (available after 30 Oct. 2020)

Visit ChellyWood.com for free printable sewing patterns and tutorial videos showing you how to make doll clothes to fit dolls of many shapes and all different sizes. Today's video header shows two miniature doll clothes hangers (coat hangers) with a fuzzy look to them. The overlay says "Pipe Cleaner Hangers" and offers the website ChellyWood.com (where you can find the step-by-step tutorial video which shows and tells you how to make a 1:6 scale doll clothing wire-style hanger out of chenille stems (otherwise known as pipe cleaner).

Please click here for the tutorial video that will show you how to make pipe cleaner hangers (chenille stem hangers) in 1:6 scale: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GGd

The image shows Enderman from Minecraft. This is an easy-to-sew felt cube with a free printable PDF sewing pattern, which you can download at ChellyWood.com as a PDF file. The Enderman character is trademarked, so this is an "unofficial" pattern, designed by patern designer Chelly Wood. You can make this felt Enderman character or other Minecraft characters into a foot sack, hackey sack (hacky sack) or plush toy using a simple free pattern and felt. Go to ChellyWood.com for this and other fun craft projects for boys and girls to make / sew with felt.

Click here for all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make this project: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GfZ

The image shows a selections of handmade masks that would be fun for boys or girls. One shows superheroes; another has felt words stitched on the mask that say "be well," and still others use simple colors of fabric for perhaps a father to wear. The words on the image say "Cloth Mask Making with Pattern" and the image includes the URL where you can download the free printable PDF sewing pattern for making all of these easy-to-sew, reversible cloth face masks for the whole family (including patterns for small children and a doll). Click on the link in the caption to access all the patterns and tutorials.

Please click here for all the free printable sewing patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make cloth masks for the whole family: (coming 8 April 2020) https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GPO

Please click on the link in the caption to navigate to the page where you can download and print your free PDF sewing patterns for making hair scrunchies (or scrunchie hair ties / scrunchy hair ties). The image shows two scrunchie hair ties or hair elastics made with a burgundy-colored fabric that has a dotted-swiss style of polka dots on the fabric. Free patterns and tutorial videos are available at ChellyWood.com

Please click here for all the patterns and tutorials you will need to make the craft project shown: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-Hia (available after 1 October 2020)

Please click here for the free paper doll pattern that can be used for biography book reports: https://chellywood.com/2018/08/18/biography-puppet-pattern-and-an-ironic-backtoschool-story/

The image shows a hand-embroidered firefighter bear in a facsimile of Smokey the Bear. His face and other parts of this stuffed animal are hand stitched and embroidered. This embroidery and sewing project can be found at ChellyWood.com including free printable sewing patterns and tutorial videos.

Click here for all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make this project: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GHb

Use the link provided in the caption to get you to the free patterns and tutorial videos for this embroidery sampler that looks like a windmill.

Click here for all the free, printable sewing patterns and tutorial videos you’ll need to make this project: https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GH4

Click here to find all the patterns and tutorials you’ll need to make this project https://wp.me/p1LmCj-GB2

If I’m missing a project you’re searching for, please submit a question. This is also a great way to make suggestions and requests, but please be aware that ChellyWood.com gets lots of requests.

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