Crafter's Apron Free E-Pattern From Colleen Babcock of The Magic Bean

I thought you might all like to know that Colleen Babcock of The Magic Bean blog has a wonderful free e-pattern on her The Magic Bean blog for a crafter's apron.

Crafter's Apron
Made especially for doll makers but suitable for all crafters. Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Colleen Babcock of The Magic Bean Blog.

Here's what Colleen had to say about her e-pattern: This past Sunday I got an urge - an irresistible urge to make me a tool belt. But not just any toolbelt, something that could hold almost everything that I need to make a doll or any sewing project that took my fancy.

Please respect Colleen's Terms of use: Download of this pattern entitles you to make as many Crafter’s Aprons as you like for your personal use, including, to give as gifts or up to 12 items per year to sell, provided credit for design is given to Colleen Babcock on all hang tags and flyers.

© Colleen Babcock 2010, All Rights Reserved. This is a free pattern and is not intended for resale. Thank you for respecting the designer’s copyright.

Colleen's Bio - Colleen is a cloth doll designer and teacher. Originally from Canada, Colleen has a degree in Theatre Design & Production from York University in Toronto. Now living in London, England, Colleen enjoys putting her knowledge of historical costume into many of her designs. Colleen teaches cloth doll making both online and in person and has enjoyed recent trips to teach in North America and well as teaching in the UK. Colleen has contributed a doll to Patti Medaris Culea’s book Creative Cloth Doll Beading as well as Barbara Willis’ recently published book Cloth Doll Artistry. Colleen has also had dolls featured in Soft Dolls and Animals, Doll Crafter and Costuming, and Art Doll Quarterly magazines. Colleen has had dolls exhibited at the Knitting & Stitching Show in London and at the National Needlework Archive in Newbury, Berkshire. Colleen loves producing & selling doll patterns so that others can enjoy making their own cloth dolls.

Colleen’s particular interest is in making dolls that have a practical purpose as well as decorative one.  Oh and she has an un-natural love of alfafa sprouts, loves Elmo, her husband and her parents and friends, but that goes without saying (Ok, well, maybe not the alfafa sprouts bit).

© Colleen Babcock 2010 - All Rights Reserved Colleen Babcock. Please visit Colleen's "The Magic Bean Blog" at http://www.themagicbean.typepad.com/ and her The Magic Bean Etsy Shoppe at http://www.etsy.com/shop/themagicbean. She also teaches classes online: Doll Street Dreamers - Bamboo Oracle and Joggles - Water Lily.