For the last few years, I have been obsessed with making sequin pin ornaments (here was last year’s contribution on the subject). They are time consuming but easy to master. The possibilities are truly endless even with just one value bag of sequins and some pins especially sold for this purpose, which should be no [...]
I know there are about a million tutorials out there about these little round fabric wonders, but I thought I’d put in my two cents too.
Making yo-yos, like all sewing skills, takes practice to get it down and get your own feel for it. But here are some starting points. First, you don’t need anything [...]
This week, I’m trying to finish all Works In Progress so that my workroom can be in better order. First up: a lime potholder.
I chose a lime because I got a ball of green yarn and a ball of white yarn in a Salvation Army sewing and craft grab bag for a dollar (along with [...]
Continuing with the row house doll carrier started here.
Once the walls were all connected, I sewed the “floor” on, so now the shape was like a bucket. Here’s a picture of the whole thing inside-out and upside-down (which is pretty much how you sew it).
Even though I started out with the felt matching the calico [...]
Background: I live in DC and I have a love/hate relationship with the city. When I love it, I really love it, but when I hate it, oh boy…you get the idea. Currently, I madly adore it. I’ve been taking lots of meandering walks around my neighborhood while I run errands, taking pictures to document [...]
I think that’s a much better adage than “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” because when are lemons just given? The current price of one lemon at my local grocery store is $0.79! I would love to have life give me any kind of citrus.
What life occasionally does do is break things, like my cereal bowls. [...]
I recently finished a project that I’ve been eyeing for a while, inspired by really neat items from Urban Outfitters: a jewelry stand.
Here are some from UO:
and here is mine:
At this point, my boyfriend knows to run it buy me before he throws anything big out, because I will pull things out of the garbage to save them, and no one wants that. So when he wanted to throw away a slightly ripped up towel with a hole at one end, he was nice [...]
My boyfriend and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day for a number of reasons, but if I were to give him something, it might be something with the Lakers, as he is a huge fan. So the team’s logo is the inspiration for a customized chocolate box trial which turned into the following tutorial. If you [...]
I love bottled Starbucks bottled frappuccinos, regardless of their calories and pasteurized milk which I try to avoid. I also love their bottles, although I’m a bottle and jar horder. A few days ago, I realized they are a good size and shape for a bud vase.
If you remove the clear plastic label, the bottle is pretty [...]