8 Types of Trash Every Maker Should Be Stoked to Score
You know what they say about one man’s trash. Keep your eyes on the curbside to come up on these perfectly useful items.
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How to Sew Perfectly Matched Plaids
Give your handmade plaid, striped, and patterned garments an upgrade—learn how to sew perfectly matched plaids! Ready to take the guesswork out of pattern matching? Add a bit of extra yardage to your next fabric cut, then follow his helpful guide that Jen from Grainline Studio shared on Sew Mama Sew to sew perfectly matched […]
Try Something New: Cotton Fabric Dyeing 101
Give tired or stained cotton fabrics a colorful new look! Turn something unwearable or ugly into usable fabric yardage with cotton fabric dyeing 101. When it comes to playing with dye, there’s no need to feel intimidated. This fun and helpful cotton fabric dyeing 101 video tutorial from Jennifer at CraftSanity will walk you through […]
Fabric Stash Buster: Wild Woven Buttons
Have beautiful woven fabric scraps taking up room in your stash? Turn that unused cloth into wearable art with this wild woven buttons project. Customize buttons to fit your own personal style, then create texture and embellishments to make them truly one-of-a-kind! Ready to bust some of that stash? Head on over to the wild […]
Make Your Own Striped Fabric with a DIY Grain Sack Stripe Stamp
Have an extra rolling pin? Create your own striped fabrics—or dress up ready-made tea towels, napkins, or even t-shirts—with a fun DIY grain sack stripe stamp! Making custom fabric just got a whole lot easier! Print colorful striped patterns in a snap with this DIY grain sack stripe stamp tutorial from Cami at Tidbits. Turns […]
Adorable Felt Apple Watch Runs Forever, Doesn’t Cost $10,000
New technology is certainly fashionable, so if you’re more interested in form than function when it comes to wearable tech, then why not take a page out of Hinรฉ Mizushima’s book and make yourself a super low-tech Apple Watch? Using just a little felt fabric, some miscellaneous buttons, and a couple of fastener snaps, Mizushima […]
Fabric Science: How to Do a Burn Test for Fiber Content
Anyone with a sizable fabric stash probably has it lurking at the bottom of at least one storage bin: yardage of unclear origin and even murkier fiber content. If you’re an experienced stitcher, you can probably identify the usual suspects—cotton, wool, linen, or silk—but there’s always a chance that you might be dealing with a […]
