Tote Bag Bottom - Make This

Having a good tote bag with a sturdy bottom is endlessly useful for weekend get-aways, trips to the beach, carrying groceries home, or carrying a blanket and snacks to the park for a picnic.  Sometimes the bottom of your tote bag wears out, breaks, or weakens when it gets wet. Maybe a great bag doesn't have a sturdy bottom to begin with.  Luckily, it is a pretty easy thing to add - and it is easy to make the bottom just as sturdy as it needs to be.

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Scalloped Whole Stitch Lace

This pattern is another grid variation on the basic Whole Stitch Lace that was posted earlier. In this version, the grid is manipulated to make a scallop design - perfect for pretty trimming. Once you know how Whole Stitch Bobbin Lace works this is actually very easy to make!

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Lace Triangles Knitting Pattern

This geometric lace pattern is a medium difficulty to knit - beyond knitting and purling, you need only know how to knit two stitches together and yarn over to make one (plus, of course, lots of counting!) It would be the perfect way to give a garment or blanket a modern touch.

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Sand Cast Candles

It's surprisingly easy to make candle molds from sand to cast your own candles. These are made in an ombre style, but they could also be made solid colored or in any variation of stripe pattern. This project would be the perfect way to use some sand brought home from a beach side trip.

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Freshwater Pearl Charm Bracelet

Pearl jewelry is popular for a reason - it's pretty, classic, and goes with almost everything. This bracelet turns ordinary pearl beads into little charms, then hangs them from chain to make the perfect charm bracelet.

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Fold In Half Wallet Cut + Sew

I walked you through how to pattern this fold-in-half leather wallet.  In this post I will show you how to assemble this leather wallet so you can apply the technique to any leather wallet you might design. 
 

If making a pattern from scratch isn't your thing yet, you can download the pattern to make this wallet for $1USD.
 

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Fold In Half Wallet - Patterning Part 4

We warmed up on the easy pieces.  The zipper pouch is a bit trickier but not impossible by any means.

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