Old tights, what to do
I have three ugly law books in my life, and Alice sent three boxes of strange and beautiful fabrics, so ...
Loop Handle Purses! They are simple & full of potential -- reversible, closable and cute (somewhere in between a full blown purse and a wristlet pouch). I like their aesthetic too, easy and inventive. I have a new crop up on Etsy -- one set ...
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Ksenia reports that Philly hipsters have brought the Mason Jar back to the streets, ...
At the knitting festival in Pittsburgh a few months ago, they had free tutorials teaching us how to make long scrap necklaces from all the extra bits of yarn they had. I made a few, I really love the colors, and the idea of scrap jewelry. [gallery link="file" order="DESC" columns="4" orderby="rand"] Some ...
After getting out Aranzi Aronzo's ...
With pockets! I started on Friday night, ...
Only a few days left until boom boom boom Valentine's Day, lots of reason to put hearts on everything. Threadbanger has ...
Here they are, detailed + illustrated instructions on how to make your very own Elephant! Find out exactly what you need to do here, at this Make Your Own Elephant Tutorial. And if ...
Eleven years ago, in Chicago, I discovered modular origami. I made ...
Alice sent along this series of 12 instructional videos on how to make Polymer Clay Designs. It's by Elena Samsonova, spoken in Russian, which if you're not into, doesn't matter -- the hands explain it all. All 12 videos can be found here at her site, Shimshoni Gallery....
For my brother's Christmas present, I made this framed square photo collage. It only cost 15 dollars, but working out the planning and the photographs took me a few ...
I've completed my online tutorial of How to Make a Monster -- the pattern and instructions are still available for purchase as a PDF booklet at Etsy ...
In my quest to emblazon all fabric in my vicinity with my mind visions, I've compiled a small list of ways to transfer images -- digital or otherwise -- to clothing or even just sheets of fabric. I have yet to try out any of them, so no guarantees! But ...
I love household goods going incognito as jewelry, especially when they're as discrete and cheap as this ribbon-and-washers necklace from the designer Annie Albers. I am going to scout around the house later today for more objects I can string up and wear. For now, this will have to suffice. ...
Or any other face of my choosing! I am going to make some bags out of LP casings. There's one over at Web Goddess that is more a hardware project than a sewing one, but I guess in the battle of Sewing Machine Vs. Cardboard, Cardboard will always ...
Since all of the 12 record players in my vicinity are officially deceased, maybe it is time to melt and wear all the LPs. Or just take a few Gordon Lightfoots out of circulation, I'm sure no one will notice. Though even just typing that makes me scared for my ...
I've got a whole backlog of upholstery fabric and felted wool (thank you Catholic Ladies Groups and Great Aunts, who love to give me things, and my basement for accepting it). Now I'm trying to figure out some non-Tote Bag bag patterns to employ them with. [gallery link="file" columns="5" orderby="rand"] U-handblog has ...
I want to make some of these, but I'm not sure which pattern to go with: there's this one from Totally Her, or this one on Sew Mama Sew, or from FreshVintage, or of course Apartment Therapy Chicago. [gallery link="file" order="DESC" orderby="rand"]
This is not a Halloween specific craft. It would go with any holiday, or any day of the year, really. Baby mutants, so excellent and so necessary! Click here for the full blown Instructable instructions!...
It is that time! Time to walk out your door, find some clothes not put to much good use, and cut, cut cut -- sew, sew sew! A little stuffing, a little face, and there you go: A ...
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