Wood craft patterns

[woodcrafts]

Where do you get your patterns to make wood crafts? Do you think of something you want to make and then eyeball it? Do you order patterns off an internet website? If so, which one? I do a bit of both. I will also go to craft shows and just look around. If I see something I like I might take a picture of it with my phone. From the picture, my hubby can draw it out (the pattern).

How do you find your patterns?

 

[Nailed]

I pick up all kinds of crafts and woodworking books at thrift stores, second-hand book stores and even from yard sales. I also visit the library. I don't lay out a lot of money for patterns unless there is something special I want to make. There is a file cabinet in my shop filled with magazines and craft patterns I want to make one day.

 

[contractor]

Some of the woodworking magazines are a great source for patterns for a lot of different projects. The Lee Valley company carries lots of woodworking tools along with patterns.

 

[maximus]

You can find a lot of really good pattern resources online.

There are many sites that cater to the ever growing interest in do-it-yourself projects and those are usually the first place I look when I'm searching for resources. They tend to be very detailed and complete.

 

[BldrsWife]

Actually, I was lucky enough to find a bunch of old patterns at a barn sale. The fellow had been a wood worker and over the years he had ordered a variety of them. There they were just waiting for me to find them.

 

[woodcrafts]

I too have found some great patterns at yard/barn sales. I love finding things like this when I'm not even looking. I never thought about the library, Nailed. I don't think ours has craft patterns though.

Does anyone eyeball something and then go home and make your own pattern?