How to Make Recycled Cotton Art Yarn. March 31st, 2009 Email 44 users recommend All-natural cotton makes for a soft and pretty spun yarn. Lee Meredith You can use recycled wools if you prefer, as I did with this skein. I love my finished one-of-a-kind recycled cotton art yarn! Photo: Lee Meredith <prev1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7next> View all If you used the same two-ply method as I did, with the two singles of long color sections, you'll have subtly blending stripes in your finished yarn, as one single changes at a time. The last step is to set the twist. I also made an art yarn like this with a few different wool/wool blend recycled yarns, adding some fabric scraps into the mix! Posted in: beads, yarn, thread, recycle, buttons, cotton, handspun, spinning Stay connected with CraftStylish Inspiration for crafting with natural resources. DIY Box Braid Necklace. The moment we saw Phillip Lim‘s Box Braid Collar Necklace, we were immediately overcome with a wave of nostalgia.
Our memories of a neon, plastic box braid lanyard was suddenly transformed into a sophisticated leather jewelry component. Honestly, brilliant! Inspired by our fondness of Lim’s necklace and our love of utilizing hardware, we made our own interpretation of a box braid necklace. And in case you forgot how to make your favorite childhood summertime craft, take a trip down memory lane with us! Start by cutting the suede in 4 three-yard pieces. Repeat the box braid until you are ready to add washers to the necklace. Once the necklace is finished, trim the ends. Wear it as a necklace, wrap bracelet or even a headband! (top image via Ssense, rest of images by Honestly…WTF)
How to Make an Embellished Blanket with Recycled Sweaters. October 9th, 2008 Email 49 users recommend A functional work of art is the best kind of gift! Lee Meredith This is a good quiltlike project for someone with no actual quilting experience! I did a gridlike design with the ties, but you could go crazy and put the knots in randomly or in a swirl design or whatever you can think of! Photo: Lee Meredith <prev1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 View all The blanket is just about done, and you might be able to skip this next step if everything looks good already. The last step is to attach the front and back pieces to each other throughout the blanket, so it's more like a quilt and less like an unstuffed pillow.
Tie a super-tight square knot, and trim the yarn to about a half-inch. Now give it to someone who likes to snuggle up in cozy wool in the cold winter months! View 3 member project galleries posted in: embroidery, recycle, sweater, quilt, applique, embellish, wool, blanket Stay connected with CraftStylish. How to Make a Two-Color A-Line Tee Skirt. June 28th, 2013 Email 88 users recommend Sew a twirly skirt with two coordinating recycled tees! Pete Bejarano For a deconstructed style, you can leave the bottom edges crooked. Lee Meredith You can choose to add a drawstring tie or elastic band for a tighter fit. Photo: Pete Bejarano 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5next> View all I love making skirts in the springtime, and while playing around with some recycled T-shirts a couple of years ago, I came up with this design, which I still love!
You'll need: Two T-shirts, approximately the same size (details below)Scissors (and a rotary cutter is helpful)Measuring tapeChalk or fabric markerSewing machine and threadElastic tape or drawstring material (optional) For your T-shirts, it will work better if they are similar thickness and stretchiness, and, of course, choose coordinating colors.
Start by cutting each T-shirt into two big rectangles, front and back. Then cut the same size from the back. View 7 member project galleries. Dahlia Soleil Collectionpreserving the art of by dahliasoleil. A pod of plushie narwhals! - pattern/instructions on page 3!! - TOYS, DOLLS AND PLAYTHINGS. Thanks for the love, everybody! So, there were some requests for a pattern/tutorial, so I have decided to oblige. There can never be too many narwhals out there! Okay, so I used basic solid no-pill fleece in gray and white. You can, of course, use whatever colors you want but for the sake of these directions I'll use the colors that I chose. So, get your white fleece and cut out this shape. Then get your gray fleece and cut out this shape. You're going to cut two of them over a fold so that your right sides are both the right side of the fabric.
For my little narwhals, I did splatter-paint to give them a sort of dappled look. Okay, now the horn. You can use one piece of fleece for this, but I wanted my narwhal's horn to be shiny so I cut one out of an iridescent lame and one out of some white broadcloth I had laying around. Now you're going to sew the belly on. Now for the horn. Now stuff him! Fish To Sushi Plushie. SHADOW featured in STUFFED Magazine Winter by Whatsinyourcellar. BITS Featured in STUFFED Magazine Winter 2012 by Whatsinyourcellar.