Textiles Tutorial Calendar
I made one before but it was fairly simple and, because Lulu's prices are probably a little more than your usual calendar, I want to make something that gives a little more than the dates and a pretty picture.
I decided one cool thing I could do was make a project for each month but include instructions of how to make that project.
This lens is a collection of my brainstorms for this Melted Fabrics calendar.
Pictured Opposite: Doodles for an umbrella for April.
Contents at a Glance
Calendar Layout
Quick Idea using one of the pieces I made years ago.
This is an initial idea for how I might create each page. I think I want to try something a little more dynamic than this however.
Once I create each piece I'm going to see how I can play around with the layouts.
January
Janus and Resolutions.
A lot of people hate resolutions because they make them feel bad when they don't complete them.
All I can say is, how do you know what you want out of life if you don't explore your thoughts and set some goals?
Follow me in the lens below as I make a wall hanging where I can keep my goals for the year visible.
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Melted January
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I'm designing a Melted Fabrics calendar for my Lulu.com store. For those of you who don't know, meltedfabrics.com is my textiles art website. I made a calendar before but it was fairly simple and, because Lulu's prices are probably a little more tha...
February
Love yourself!
I don't really want to go the Hallmark Valentines Day card, chocolates and flowers route with February.
Before someone else can love you, you have to love yourself.
Celebrate your faults! That's my plan with this self-portrait project. I'm going to celebrate my silver hairs and those excess pounds and I'm also going to depict other things I love about me- like my creativity and my love of small furry animals and other stuff I haven't thought of yet!
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Melted February
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Here you will find information about my textiles project for the month of February. I'm designing a Melted Fabrics calendar for my Lulu.com store. For those of you who don't know, meltedfabrics.com is my textiles art website. I made a calendar befo...
Big Crazy Hat
A doodle for March.
The second idea of a bird's nest would be more appropriate for March and Spring.
I like the idea of just making a huge crazy hat that's bursting with seeds and eggs and leaves.
Get more from your Calendar!
Fun Calendar Ideas.
Quartet Prestige Total Erase Dry-Erase One-Month Calendar, 4 x 3 Feet, Graphite Frame (CP43)
Amazon Price: $146.51 (as of 12/21/2009) 
Llewellyn's 2009 Witches' Calendar
Amazon Price: (as of 12/21/2009)
Art and Craft Studio-Desk Calendars
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/21/2009)
Knitting Pattern-a-Day: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
Amazon Price: $13.49 (as of 12/21/2009)
Simon and Schuster, Inc 2009 Easy Origami Fold-A-Day Calendar
Amazon Price: $16.96 (as of 12/21/2009)
April
Rain showers, umbrellas and Wellington Boots!
Follow me in the lens below as I make an altered umbrella to be "dripping" with vines and leaves and beads that look like raindrops.
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Melted April
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Here you will find information about my textiles project for the month of April. I'm designing a Melted Fabrics calendar for my Lulu.com store. For those of you who don't know, meltedfabrics.com is my textiles art website. I made a calendar before...
May
May Pole by melteddoodles
Design a Custom postcard at zazzle.com
May's project is about ribbons, weaving and Maypoles.
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Melted May
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In case you haven't heard I'm making a calendar for 2010. My intention is to make a project for each month along with a tutorial to show you how you can make your own version. I'm considering designing a dress to make for May (kind...
June
June is all about peacocks and peacock feathers.-
Melted June
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I'm a textiles artist and I'm making a calendar for 2010. Each month is going to have its own textiles project and tutorial, with instructions to show you how you can make your own version of each project. June was a difficult month for coming up w...
Peacock Shawl
A Wrap for Juno.
I designed the above wrap for my "How to Make a Textiles Wrap" pdf booklet and quite like the idea of making a real one. I might add in some more summery bits to make it a bit different though- like some flowers between the feathers perhaps.
Find out more about how I make Textiles Wraps...
...in my Textiles Wraps lens.
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Textile Wraps
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I love all the Knitted and Crocheted wraps and shawls on Ravelry but my yarn stash is sadly lacking so I decided to cheer myself up by making a textile wrap. Wraps are a great way to show off your beautiful textiles skills and you also get the great...
July
Fireworks!
For July I'm making a sparkly bag - lots of sequins to symbolise fireworks but I think I might also make it Summery too.
Check out more information in the lens below.
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Melted July
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In case you haven't heard, I'm making a textiles tutorial calendar for 2010. Each month is not only going to have crafty eye candy, but it's also going to have instructions to tell you how to make your own versions of the projects. Plus there are g...
Birthday Books
Keep forgetting everyone's birthday? Why not get a birthday book?
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Sorry, there are no results available from Amazon.August
August is all about lions and ladies and art dolls! Find out more in the lens below!
The Lion and the Lady by melteddoodles
Create a Full color post card with zazzle
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Melted August
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I'm a textiles artist and I'm making a textiles calendar for 2010. Hopefully it will be available from Lulu.com and Zazzle too. Each month is going to feature a textiles project and instructions so that you can make your own version. In t...
Find out more about my Tarot Art Dolls...
...in this lens.
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Tarot Art Dolls
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A while ago an art doll group, I used to belong to, set a project to make dolls based on the Tarot deck. I loved this idea and made some mini dolls which I sent off as part of a swap (you'll see one of these these dolls below). I loved the idea of r...
September
September is all about Versailles, Marie Antoinette and textiles sketchbooks!
Birdcage Wig by melteddoodles
Browse Birdcage Cards
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Melted September
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I'm making a calendar for 2010 and this lens is all about my project for September. Each month is a separate textiles project with instructions on how to create your own versions of the project. So far I have projects for bags, art dolls, shawls...
Journals
How about getting a journal?
Wreck This Journal
Amazon Price: $9.32 (as of 12/21/2009)
Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 12/21/2009)
To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us
Amazon Price: $12.48 (as of 12/21/2009)
How to Make a Journal of Your Life
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/21/2009)
This Book Will Change Your Life
Amazon Price: $12.24 (as of 12/21/2009)
I'm Keeping a Creative Journal
Find out more in this lens.
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Melted Fabrics Creative Journal
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I love writing textiles e-books- you may already have come across some of my other books either on my website or here, on Squidoo. Whilst brainstorming the idea of new e-books to write I came upon the idea of keeping a creative journal- something tha...
October
Halloween and Pumpkins.
For October I'm planning a wacky pumkin-patch inspired Witch's hat. Find out more in the lens below!
The Pumpkin Witch by melteddoodles
Create a personalized notecard online at zazzle.co.uk
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Melted October
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I'm making a textiles tutorial calendar for 2010. This calendar is going to be filled with whimsical textiles eye candy but it's also going to tell you how you can make the projects featured each month. October is, of course, all about Halloween an...
November
Thanksgiving
November girl by melteddoodles
Make an apron online at Zazzle
For November I'm making a bag for keeping tokens of blessings in.
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Melted November
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To me November is all about National Novel Writing Month (to my partner it's all about worrying if the keyboard on his laptop is going to make it through to December) but I know not everyone is a writing nut like me. So what else is November abo...
December
Lots of Pockets for Treats.
When I was younger my best friends had a fabric advent calendar with 25 little pockets and each day- on the right numbered day- the Christmas faeries would leave them tiny toys or sweets (apart from the days they forgot and then they'd send apologetic notes in teeny tiny handwriting).
Find out about my advent calendar in the lens below.
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Melted December
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As you may be aware, I'm making a textiles calendar for next year. Each month is not only going to be filled with whimsical textiles eye candy but not only that. Each month is also going to be a tutorial which tells you how you can make your own ver...
Here's my favorite link:
Index
Quick links.
Coming Soon...
More about each project as I create it!
Work in Progress Pics!
The Finished Items!
Layouts for each month!
Here's my favorite link:
Melted Fabrics on Lulu
My textiles PDF books.
My E-Book Lenses
Find out more.
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Foundling- A Textiles Sketchbook
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Foundling is a Textiles Sketchbook available from Rachel's Melted Fabrics. I wanted to make this lens to explore some of the ideas in this e-sketchbook a little further and to explain some of the research behind my craftwork. The first little seed...
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Textile Wraps
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I love all the Knitted and Crocheted wraps and shawls on Ravelry but my yarn stash is sadly lacking so I decided to cheer myself up by making a textile wrap. Wraps are a great way to show off your beautiful textiles skills and you also get the great...
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Recycling for textiles
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It seems that in this culture we're given so many "things"- our houses are full of "stuff". Before we are born we're given gifts and this carries on throughout our lives. We throw things away, we break things, we send them to charity shops. Of cour...
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Melting and Felting
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Melting and Felting is a Textiles book available from Rachel's Melted Fabrics. I produced this e-book (it's also available on CD) during 2008 when I didn't have access to a decent sewing machine. Explore the scrumptious possibilities of felt with m...
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Melted Fabrics Creative Journal
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I love writing textiles e-books- you may already have come across some of my other books either on my website or here, on Squidoo. Whilst brainstorming the idea of new e-books to write I came upon the idea of keeping a creative journal- something tha...
About Melted Rachel...
...Textiles Artist.
Lensmaster MeltedRachel has been a member since March 18 2009, has rated 813 lenses, favorited 465, and has created 122 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "How to Make a Draft Excluder". See all my lenses
My Bio
I'm Rachel, a textiles artist from the southwest of England.
I love using recycled materials to create one-of-a-kind:
textiles art pieces,
handbags,
and figurines
which I embroider, layer, melt, and bead.
I also love felting, knitting, and spinning and I'm just getting into freeform crochet.
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