Free Patterns, Projects & Tutorials
Once Upon a Time Story Book
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.
 Little Fishes Too Paper Piecing Pattern
This small Mariner's Compass star quilt with novelty fish fabric in the border is easily and accurately constructed using new Quilter's Freezer Paper Sheets from C&T Publishing. Click to download the pdf. (Pattern by Judy Mathieson from The Experts' Guide to Foundation Piecing. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Seed Keeper Box
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? The answer is this handy seed keeper box, with tabbed dividers for annuals, perennials, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and rare plants.
Quilts for Warriors Patterns
C&T Publishing is proud to support the Quilts for Warriors program. Quilts For Warriors is a nationwide initiative to create and distribute quilts to soldiers in the US Army Warriors in Transition Units (WTU) at 33 installations worldwide. Please visit www.QuiltsForWarriors.com for information on how you can participate. There are three patterns available to download (all are pdf format): Album Patch, Dancing Flag, Scotties Quilt, and Variable Star.
Egg Basket
Here's a charming new way to way to celebrate springtime. Making an egg basket is a great project to do with children—have them decorate the "eggs" while you make the basket. After Easter, the basket becomes a handy holder for decorative soaps, candies, or other small items.
Silly Sentence Game Blocks - PDF Download
Make this charming word game and have fun helping a child learn to read. Decorate four blocks with different words on each side, then roll the blocks to create an endless variety of silly sentences. Why not make a set for a child you know? Click to download the pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Sue Astroth's Matchbook Project - VIDEO
Sue Astroth shows you how to make the matchbook project from her book, Make Spectacular Books.
Heart Necklace
This heartfelt little necklace makes the perfect party favor or Valentine's Day gift.
Postage Stamp Quilt Project
Get out your scrap collection and have some fun with this lesson in spontaneity from Gai Perry.
Nine-Patch Variation Block
Discover Anita Grossman Solomon's innovative Make It Simpler paper piecing technique with this free block pattern.
Lea Cioci's Dimensional Shading Technique Tutorial - VIDEO
Author and designer Lea Cioci demonstrates the pastel pencil shading technique, one of 17 techniques featured in her book, Creative Art Concepts for Papercrafts.
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To Download PDF:
MAC users: Press the Option key and click on the file name to save a file to your hard drive.
PC users: Right click on the file name and choose "Save target as..." to save a file to your hard drive.
To ensure PDF files print properly:
- Open the file in Acrobat Reader
- Select File › Print... to open the Print dialog box.
- Choose "Acrobat Reader" from the section header drop-down menu.
- In version 5 of Acrobat Reader:
Uncheck the "Shrink Oversized Pages to Paper Size" option (which is checked by default), and make sure the "Enlarge Small Pages to Paper Size" is unchecked (as it is by default) while you're at it.
In version 6 of Acrobat Reader:
The "Paper Scaling" dialogue box should be "None" (not "Fit to Paper" nor "Shrink Large Sizes").
- Click on the Print button at the bottom of the dialog box.
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