Amigurumi Orangutan
June Gilbank made this cuddly and posable crochet orangutan, and shows us some of the inner workings of his articulated body!
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How-To: Embroidered Mirror Frame
I love this sweet embroidered mirror frame project from Corinne of So September. She stitched the message, “Well, now, don’t you look cute today!” around the edge of the mirror. Perfection!
How-To: Small Dog Harness
Instructables user Doggie Stylish writes: The smaller a dog is, the harder it is to find them a harness that will fit them properly. This tutorial will show you how to make a custom fitting small dog harness using grosgrain ribbon. The materials used for this harness are suitable for small dogs weighing 10 pounds […]
Schrute Farms Embroidery From Totally Severe
Sarah of Totally Severe wowed us with her embroidered The Price is Right piece, made us cheer with her Tim Gunn embroidery and captured incredible detail and character with her Amy Winehouse portrait. Now she’s given us Schrute Farms embroidery. Thank you, Sarah. Just… thank you.
Book Review + Giveaway + Pattern: Toe Up Socks for Every Body
Break out your knitting needles as you won’t be able to resist the fantastic sock patterns in Toe-Up Socks for Every Body by Wendy D. Johnson of Wendy Knits fame. The 21 patterns in the book cover everything for sock knitting including the basics from cast-on, toe, heel, and bind-off options. You’ll also learn how […]
Embroidered Speaker Bird House
Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching points us to this rad speaker-turned-birhouse complete with an embroidered front. It’s part of a project called Learning From in which Nora Korn and Christoph Köhler spent three months collecting bulky trash and the converted it in to new objects. I’m now eyeing the speakers in our house in a […]
Custom CMYK Sewing Machine Matches Thread to Fabric
If you’ve ever struggled to find just the right thread to match a fabric in your sewing project, stress no more. The Leitfaden Sewing Machine can custom match color from fabric or paper and then create thread in that color by applying a CMYK mixture to white thread. Future sewing technology WIN. [via Unplggd]