I think I might need a tutu for halloween. I’m not quite sure what I want to be yet, but I think that about 10,000 yards of tulle will be incorporated. I found many tutu tutorials on the web, but this massive, ultra colorful, punk rock version is exactly what I was looking for. The […]
How-To: Dinosaur Play Mat By Holly Ramer My 4-year-old son likes to play a game he calls “Dinosaur Party Truck.” It’s as adorable as it is involved (apparently Ankylosaurus, and only Anklyosaurus, has the necessary license to drive a backhoe loader). He also likes to leave the dinosaurs scattered across the floor when he’s done, […]
My favorite fabric store in San Francisco, Britex Fabrics (146 Geary Street, SF, CA. 94108) is having their huge fall sale where all fabrics, notions, and remnants are 30% off. I went last year to get fabric and supplies to make doggie Halloween costumes, and ended up getting a bunch of other great things for […]
When I was back in junior high and high school, I was a collage addict. My friends and I were always making collages for each other, and I’m lucky enough to still have a few of them around. At the time, I was strictly a paper gal, but since then, I’ve been toying with the […]
I’m getting ready for to throw a party tonight! As part of my decorations, I’ve been putting together some simple fabric garlands.
This gorgeous textile is an 11-foot-long weaving made from spider silk, specifically the golden orb spider of Madagascar. The story of how it was made is fascinating and well worth reading (a few tidbits: the saffron color is the undyed color of the spider silk, the threads have five times the strength of steel by weight, and it took more than one million spiders to make the cloth).
Project Runway Season 1 winner, Jay McCarroll shows off his quilting expertise and a few laughs in this clip from Interweave’s Quilting Arts TV. Jay shows off some of his cool fabric designs too!
