It started out as an experiment, just testing out the basics of Etsy so I could help my daughter, who wants to sell her necklaces. Now I have a shop…
Category: <span>textile arts</span>
I remember when I was growing up, most of the halloween costumes in local stores consisted of a very flimsy jumpsuit in polyester with a plastic face mask. Now they…
I decided I wanted a sturdier bag to bring to work. I’ve been using my library card tote bag from Out of Print, but it’s too floppy. I have many…
Make Pokeballs The first thing my son did when I gave him one of these was throw it at me and say “I choose you!” Thanks, kid. That’s why they’re…
Replacing mittens if you’re snowed in We are perpetually losing gloves and mittens around here. We even started buying multiples of the same kind to prevent the “only one” problem,…
Sewing a china doll I sent a message out to my friends asking what they’d like me to make for them. One friend spoke up and said she wanted a…
Mermaid Tail Blanket I sewed a mermaid tail blanket for my 3-year-old honorary niece. I had left-over fabric from the “Boo” costume I made her (sorry, no picture of that,…
Making a t-shirt rug
I made a braided rug out of the t-shirt scraps left over from my t-shirt quilt project (which I haven’t finished yet). The process is pretty simple. First, make long strips of fabric. The strips are knotted together to make balls of ribbon. Then you take three strips and braid them together, making a long rope. You can either keep going or put a clothes pin at the end and start sewing the rug together, to test the length.
“I said ‘allo!’ but that’s close enough.” So now that I finally gave my gift to my friend, I can show it off! Here’s the worm from Labyrinth. I made…
Here’s my latest finished project, a knit hat. I was going to link to the pattern, then realized it was from a magazine, Knit Today. The magazine just ceased production…
