Girls Spring Mini Tote
Betz White is getting ready for Easter with this project on how to make this cute as pie girls spring mini tote made from felted recycled sweaters. Link.
Year: 2008
SXSWi: High-Tech Craft Panel Saturday, March 8
If you’re heading out this week to Austin for SXSW, don’t miss the panel I’ll be moderating titled, “High-Tech Craft: Why Sewing and Knitting Still Matter” on Saturday, March 9th from 3:30 – 4:30pm in Room 9. Joining me on the panel is Diana Eng, fashion designer and self-described “fashion nerd” from Project Runway Season […]
Self-Designed Toile
Sara of The Fabric of Meditation created her own toile using image transfers and her own photos via Photoshop. Sara writes: This was real fun. If you look at the picture I have used photos of all this: my farm, the landscape you see through the kitchen window, my mother and uncle, one grandson, some […]
Doily Racerback Tanktop
Amy at Craft Chi has a tutorial showing you how to make this cute refashioned tank top embellished with thrifted lace doilies. Link.
Refashioned Thrift Store Cardigan
Blissed Out posted her first refashion project where she spiced up a plain thrift store cardigan by accenting it with shapes cut from a thrift store tie. What a great thrift store eye. Link. Related: • Refashioned Cardigan – Link. • Refashioned V-Neck to Cowl-Neck – Link. • HOW TO – Make a Keyhole Sweater […]
HOW TO – Mattress Stitch for Knitted Toys
Anna from Mochi Mochi Land posted this great tutorial on mattress stitch for toy making. She covers vertical mattress stitch, horizontal mattress stitch, vertical to horizontal mattress stitch and ways of sewing on limbs. Link.
Apple floppy drive amplifier
What a great way to recycle that old computer equipment you have lying around your house. This Instructable has lots of pictures along with detailed descriptions of each step of the build. I really liked Jeff’s idea of creating a mock-up in a Tupperware container. This could keep you from drilling any unnecessary holes, and […]