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…
Category: <span>textile arts</span>
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…
Sewing a Katara Costume I created a costume without using a pattern. This is akin to driving without a map in a foreign country, or performing a musical after seeing…
Sew a Sock Monkey Hat One of the challenges on the G.I.S.H.W.H.E.S. list this year was: “Make a sock monkey hat from orphaned socks. So I rounded up a pile…
Sewing T-Shirt Quilt Project I love t-shirts. They are wearable momentos , silent announcements of your personality and a way to share what you love. They are also damn comfortable.…
I made my son a Mario costume for Halloween. It was both easy to make and comfortable for him, which is great. It consists of a red, long-sleeved shirt and…
Working on the Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds costume for my daughter. I made the helmet out of sheets of felt and some old plastic sunglass lenses.
