By Haley Pierson-Cox For me, summer in NYC means two things: 1) I will eventually wear a light skirt into the subway when my hands are full, and 2) on that day, when I step onto the stairs of the station, a gust of wind will come barreling up from below, lifting my skirt and […]
Kristin at Craft Leftovers took a rather ho-hum shift dress and revamped it into this flattering top with just a few cuts and seams. …Which really makes me want to hit the thrift stores this weekend and hunt up some refashion opportunities!
Here’s a functional way to organize your sewing thread, and have it double as an art piece. Grey Luster Girl collaborated with her husband to build this rack from simple materials. I love how they created the frame from a strip of trim!
Not only is this project a nice way to reuse empty jars, it’s a cute idea for collecting all the small items you need for a sewing project – with a crocheted pin cushion on top! The tutorial from Her World.com is in Danish, but travels reasonably well through Google Translator, as you can see […]
Erin of Elysian Studios created a wonderfully simple tutorial for using your sewing machine as a sketching tool. Add a darning foot, drop your feed dogs, and start drawing with thread. (Don’t worry, she provides a lot more detail than that right over here. I love how she’s layered paper and fabric into a collage […]
I’m loving this easy tutorial from Beach Vintage. The next time you find an ornate little frame at the thrift store, why not paint it and use it as the basis for an adorable pin cushion? What a beautiful way to use a piece of vintage embroidered doily!
I’ve been hanging on to a huge bag of little felted sweater scraps, and now I’m feeling justified, because I can’t wait to try out this beautiful patchwork technique with them! Cintia from My Poppet has a great tutorial that covers making the patchwork and then creating this pretty lined iPad cover with it. And […]
