Diary of a Quilter. Today I'm sharing a tutorial for a simple messenger bag, designed for the Riley Blake blog. This design was inspired by teaching my kids to sew. It's also perfect for beginners. It's an easy method for making a lined messenger bag with a cover flap. I used fabrics from one of Riley Blake's latest collections, Mod Studio by Holli Zollinger. These modern, graphic prints are really cool. I'm especially smitten with the aspen looking "branches" print.
Fabric Requirements: Outside of bag: 14" x 42" print Lining: 14" x 41" solid (or contrasting print) Pocket: 10" x 20" print Strap: 2 pieces 3 1/2" x 42" (or width of fabric) Match-up bag exterior and lining and trim off selvage edge. Open up fabrics and match right sides together. Pocket (optional): The Pocket is not required, but it is a handy feature and a fun way to show-off another cute print. Center pocket and pin top-stitched edge of pocket 15" from the edge with the rounded corners.
Match up lining right-sides-together with exterior fabric. Print Hula Hoop Rug Page | Crafts. Tiny Polaroid Magnets | { Ambrosia Girl } Hi there! It’s felt like forever since I’ve last blogged, and has felt like an eternity since I’ve done anything crafty and nifty. Since my morning sickness has gone into full speed (yes, we’re expecting our third this fall!) I haven’t felt like myself. But nothing like inspiration to wake one out of a reverie — or nightmare, in my constantly sick state. I came across these DIY Pantone chip magnets on How About Orange and wanted to do something similar. The idea of mini Polaroids dotting my fridge sounded cute to me. You will need: Cardboard (mine was the backing of a sketchbook — much thicker than the back of a regular spiral bound notebook) or 2-3 sheets of white cardstock or poster board spray-mounted together to use as a sturdy backing to the magnetsOpaque white marker (necessary only if your cardboard is not white) Craft knife Metal straight edge/ruler Clear packing tape or frisk film.
Step 1: Download a Photoshop file of the Polaroid frames below. 487 Comments. Upcycled Skirts: Umbrellas Converted into Colorful Clothes. Like designing your own styles to dress in but not skilled with complex stitching or comfortable with creating new patterns? From their shapes and size to their scale and appearance, skirts and umbrellas have a lot in common – except, perhaps, that when it comes to an umbrella the interior is designed to be seen publicly and thus is as carefully considered and crafted as the exterior … whereas, well, looking up a skirt … that might get you in trouble. But seriously: used umbrella material is a perfect choice in many regards to upcycle into a skirt, dress, other easily-planned piece of refab clothing, as designer Cecilia Felli discovered during her creative umbrella-to-skirt upcycling experiments.
Moreover, since umbrellas are well known for breaking down, this provides a simple do-it-yourself way to take advantage of something that frequently falls apart. Umbrellas come in all kinds of colorful, creative and unique patterns that convert readily into skirt material for women or girls. Sushi Fever in the CRAFT Flickr Pool : Daily source of DIY craft projects and inspiration, patterns, how-tos | Craftzine.com. Twig flower pots. Twig flower potI like to give plants to friends or family instead of cut flowers. Plastic pots aren't pretty so I usually wrap them in something like hessian (burlap) and tie them with nice string. I recently tried repurposing laundry detergent containers and dressed them up with twigs - I liked the results. They're very easy to make, here's how: Supplies: Small saw (optional), hessian, a straight sided container, twigs or small branches that are fairly straight, jute twine, glue gun or string Gather a pile of twigs and cut them down to roughly the same length; you'll want them a little taller than your container.
You could forgo the saw and break them if you like. Take a long piece of twine (about a metre and a half) and at the middle of your piece of twine begin tying the sticks together. After checking the length, tie the twigs again at the other end. Cover a straight sided container with a strip of hessian (burlap). Now just wrap the twigs around and tie it on. Told you it was easy! Misc Craft Projects. Distress resist stamping video. Made by Joel.