Tyvek is a strong, tear and water resistant material used for FedEx mailers and housewrap. I took apart a brown paper lunch bag and sketched out the shape on a flattened Tyvek mailer, then used my sewing machine to attach the seams (glue would work, too). The resulting lunch bag won’t last forever, but maybe […]
File this under “brilliant” and “why didn’t I think of that.” Betz White shares her genius, and ever-so-easy, steps for covering a boring old canvas tote with fabric, resulting in a nicely lined bag with straps with minimal effort. Brilliant!
I first came across Mimi Kirchner’s work about two years ago through the Flickr Embroidery Group. I was blown away by her Tiki soft sculptures, her tattooed men dolls and her delicate female and male dolls. I’ve followed her work closely ever since, and am continuously amazed by her artful skill and brilliant attention to […]
Make this adorable doggie poop bag pouch by Amy at The B Line that attaches nicely to your dog’s collar or harness.
Designs by Vanessa shows you how to create a flower-trimed t-shirt with her shirt full of posies tutorial.
Linda Permann shares a simple hand sewing technique for attaching crocheted embellishments to clothing in this tutorial on Crochet Today.
I have always enjoyed cooking and baking with a recipe. I like to follow exact instructions and then, hopefully, there are no surprises. Other people like to make it up as they go along, adding dashes of different flavors until they arrive at a taste they like. However, I have made a few t-shirt quilts following specific directions and they never turn out the way I want. They always end up too square and blocky. Since I had a number of cute t-shirts that I didn’t wear anymore (from the cluttered days of my Threadless addiction), I decided to experiment with making a freestyle, dash-of-this-pinch-of-that t-shirt quilt.
