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Thursday, December 16, 2010

How to Find Free Plastic Canvas Patterns

This article will help you wade through the many sources of free plastic canvas alphabet patterns online to find the best patterns for you.

Instructions :

1. Narrow down what kind of free plastic canvas alphabet patterns you're looking for. Do you want to make a particular kind of thing (coaster, kleenex box, etc)? Are you thinking about an upcoming holiday? Do you want to make something for your kids, your mother, or another special person? Or do you have another theme in mind, like religion, patriotism, or a project with a particular animal on it? Allcrafts.net/plcanvas.htm has a variety of basic projects to get you started. Mountain Harmony Creations also has a good selection, especially of kids' character projects. Rainbow Gallery (www.rainbowgallery.com/freechartdownloads.cfm?ID=13) has lots of seasonal ideas and ornaments.

2. Consider joining a group. There are many groups on Yahoo! Groups devoted to sharing plastic canvas tips and free plastic canvas alphabet patterns. Mountain Harmony lists other plastic canvas message boards at www.mountainharmony.com/crafts/mhc_msgboards.htm, and allcrafts.net has a forum dedicated to plastic canvas.

3. Don't forget blogs, especially for more edgy patterns. Craft Gossip at http://needlework.craftgossip.com has some more elaborate and/or hipsterish patterns available (choose "plastic canvas" on the left of the page under categories). CraftyPod did a podcast on plastic canvas with some unique ideas and has also created a photo tutorial on how to create a plastic canvas MP3 case. Whip Up is another blogging plastic canvas fan (whipup.net/2007/03/06/dont-hate-me-because-im-plastic-canvas/). FreePatterns.com has a wide variety of free plastic canvas patterns and you can subscribe via RSS (www.freepatterns.com/list.html?cat_id=8).

4. If you have trouble finding a pattern, consider designing your own pattern. You can use software (www.plasticcanvassoftware.com) or simply a piece of graph paper.

Read more: How to Find Free Plastic Canvas Patterns | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4714571_free-plastic-canvas-patterns.html#ixzz18LRQSwlY


Free plastic canvas alphabet patterns - How to Find Free Plastic Canvas Patterns