Eye on Fashion: DIY lab:The candy wrappers purse A friend of mine went to New York and brought me as a present a coin purse by Nahui Ollin. I had already seen them online but i never had one of these in hand. These bags are made of candy wrappers folded and framed together. They form a line of paper then sewn together to form a thick fabric.I wanted to find out how were they made and do a bag on my own! I made the one you see above!We don't have these kind of candy wrappers but we can subsistute them with the paper of our fashion magazines! Other possible styles bags by ecoist
adventures in home-making: The world's best sewing tutorials in no particular order. Alina's Adventures sew everything A P indicates a printable tutorial or pdf pattern. An F indicates a personal favorite. PET CARECatnip fish toy (Martha Stewart)Clothespin apron (Pick Up Some Creativity)Cool and cozy pet bed (Sew4Home)Country gent dog coat with pattern (Craftzine)Collapsible travel dish (Craft Stylish)Color spectrum pet bed (Design Sponge)Custom-fit doggy coat (Pretty Little Things)Dog leash (The Purl Bee)Embellished doggy sweater (Miss Lovie)Fabric dog coat pattern (Cut Out & Keep) PFabric pet bed (Inspiration & Realization)Fabric pup tent (CasaSugar)Family connection writing center (Craftzine)Fleece dog bed (Dog Under My Bed)Pet pouches (The B Line)Sweater dog toys (Craft Stylish)Squeaky doggie bone (Laura Griffin)Water resistant doggy coats (Martha Stewart) FOR THINGS WITH TWO WHEELSBicycle bucket (Noodlehead)Bicycle frame lunch bag (Evil Mad Scientist)Bike seat cover (thimble)Good old bike seat cover (Pickles) Key wristlet (Chickpea Sewing Studio) Tweet This! Comments
Sandpaper Printed T-shirt Kids Craft This is a super simple sandpaper printing technique that will keep your kids busy and make one cute shirt! The best part about this fun little craft is that the supplies were bought at the Dollar Store, even the T-shirt! We used crayons we already had so we only spent $2.00 on our new T-shirt. Supplies for Sandpaper Prints good quality crayons, a t-shirt, iron and fine sandpaper. Directions for Making a Sandpaper Printed T-shirt Color a fun design on the sandpaper. Place a piece of cardboard inside the t-shirt to keep the design from bleeding through to the back of the shirt. Place a piece of parchment paper or paper towel on top of the sandpaper to protect the iron. Remove the sandpaper. To set the color, place a couple of paper towels on top of the design and iron.
Dyeing with Bleach No fancy equipment, no dangerous chemicals. Removing color with bleach may be the easiest surface-design technique yet. David Page Coffin Photo: David Page Coffin by Lois Ericson The idea of creating uniquely colored or patterned fabrics with dye or paint is certainly appealing, whether you're a garment maker or a fabric artist. There is a variety of ways to remove color (the technical term is discharge) from dyed fabric, but for controlled results on all kinds of fabric you generally need lots of experience and testing, plus some highly toxic chemicals. Natural fibers onlyBleach is an effective color remover as long as you confine yourself to natural fibers like cotton, linen, and rayon. Black bleaches bestObviously, the darker the fabric is to start with, the more dramatic the results will be. I usually choose fabric in plain colors so that whatever discharge pattern I create is clearly defined, but bleaching can work on prints, too. Yardage or garments? • Rubber gloves • Paper towels
shabby flower pillow (a tutorial) - StumbleUpon Sometimes, ideas in my head don’t always turn out as planned. And sometimes, they turn out better…. After running across Sweet Jessie’s Scalloped Garland tutorial a few months ago, I wanted to take the same technique and use it to make a shabby, fun, linen pillow. Here’s how I did it: Supplies Needed:fabric (I used linen)sewing machinezipper (if desired) Step 1: Create your “petals”. Step 2: Take sew petals and turn inside out. Step 3: Stitch petals down to fabric. Step 4: Continue creating petals and attaching them to pillow front. Step 5: Almost there! Step 6: Glue or stitch your flower’s center onto your pillow fabric. You Might Also Like:
Eye on Fashion: Valentino inspired studded shoes DIY the shoes as i bought them le scarpe prima del trattamento the inspiration: Valentino studded shoes a pair of shoes a long belt gold studs un paio di scarpe una cinta borchie a volontà to make the pattern of the border of the shoes i've wrapped them with plastic film per fare il modello dello scollo della scarpa l'ho avvolta con la pellicola I've marked the border ho ricalcato il bordo I've taken off the plastic and adjusted its width ho tolto la plastica dalla scarpa e regolato la larghezza del modello I've cut the leather following the pattern Ho ritagliato la pelle seguendo il modello I have added the studs Ho aggiunto le borchie I tried the piece onto the shoe Ho fatto la prova del pezzo sulla scarpa I've folded and glued the border Ho ripiegato e incollato i bordi I've tried on the shoe and wrapped my foot with paper and scotch Ho infilato la scarpa e ho avvolto il piede di carta e l'ho fermato con lo scotch I've drawn the straps onto the pattern Con un pennarello ho disegnato la posizione dei laccetti
Art From Everyday Objects: Paperclips + String | So today I thought it would be a fun challenge to work with paperclips. You can’t get much more mundane than a paperclip! After much thought, I came up with paperclip earrings. Here is a diagram to show you where to open the paperclip to create this triangular shape. You are basically unbending the clip at all three of the curves. Once you’ve got the triangular shape, you need to glue the ends together. Fig 1: Winding the string around // Fig 2: Starting to wrap the string around the earring, secured with Liquid Stitch Once you’ve wound all the way round and secured with glue, you can then take another length of string and wind around the width of the “earring” creating horizontal stripes or you can create a more messy look by creating a “net” design (see below). Then just clamp on a pair of earring hooks. Let me know if you have any questions or I didn’t explain something well enough. Categories: Art, DIY, Fashion
Shark Hoodie Towel I have made the hoodie towels before, but I wanted to share this one with you as well. We have a little friend who likes princesses, well enough, but she really likes construction sites, sharks and blue too. Her birthday is coming up, so I give you… 1 bath towel steel gray1 hand towel steel graysmall amount of pellon VERY thin one-side fusible interfacingsmall amount of white terry cloth.thread (white and shark gray) Tools: craft scissorsfabric scissors The full tutorial for the towel is here. Here, I laid out a paper fin pattern on the top of the hood. (Note, the hood on this towel is rounded rather than being squared off. ) Next, cut the stabilizer for the fin slightly smaller than the terry cloth to allow for the seams. (I sewed this on the serger. For the teeth, I had strip of white terry. Finish both of the bottom edges. (if you don’t have a serger – just zig zag the edges.) Here is our friend, super excited in her shark towel. She was loving it.
no es gran eneldo: chocolate Tutorial Entrega I will be bringing home my guest post tutorials over the course of bringing home my baby. I've used this technique on two skirts and one of my Project Run & Play entries. I think it's the unknown result of dying the different laces that keeps me coming back. Now I just need to discover some more lace ;) First, the chocolate buttons: I looked for an enamel paint to paint my buttons, but found that Revlon Espresso 840 nailpolish was the perfect shade for chocolate. It makes it easier to paint both the top and sides at the same time if you hold it stuck on a toothpick, blow on it a little bit before setting it down, preferably on a plastic surface, not paper towel. For the decorating I used a red shade of nailpolish and the end of a toothpick to paint the detail work. Next: The Chocolate Delivery Lace technique: This is the story of a mound of lace who was in need of a bigger purpose than a simple strand of trim. Prewash and iron your lace. Get your lace wet, and prepare the dye bath.
The easiest shirt ever I thought this shirt was easy to make, but it doesn’t compare to the one I made for Isabel this weekend. She started describing a shirt she’d seen: square, slightly cropped, very drapey. I asked her to draw a picture and she drew a rectangle. Yes, I can do that. We found the drapiest fabric in the house, a fairly loose knit left over from Rosie’s weekend project. To make your own you will need half a yard of drapey knit fabric (a bit more if you want it longer). Decide where you want the sleeves to come to. Put the two rectangles together with the right sides of the fabric facing each other. You’re done!
Paper Plates & Cookie Sprinkles Wreath Tutorial Are you interested in making this wreath? Yeah! I'm flattered that you like my idea! Follow the step by step tutorial below. Supply List: 50 white paper plates (give or take a few, it's going to depend on how tight you make your flowers) grapevine wreath form (I used a JoAnns 50% off coupon I paid $2.50 +tax) 2-3 cups of coffee (plus a bit extra for yourself) craft glue small bowl small inexpensive paint brush cookie sprinkles hot glue gun & glue sticks ribbon of your choosing large dish for coffee cookie sheet candle Step 1: This is going to give the paper plate flowers an antiqued or aged look. Step 2: Cut each plate into spirals. Once all the spirals have been cut you can proceed to the burning step. Step 3: Now you've got all these gorgeous spirals with burnt edges and it's time to assemble the flowers. Just keep on working until all 50 flowers are assembled. Step 4: Adding the cookie sprinkles and building the wreath. Voila! But wait... you can embellish it however you like. Jenny K.
guest post {Marie Darby…diy photo lampshades PINTEREST UPDATE: This is a post from 2010. I do not take custom orders, only the tutorial is available. The lamps have held up wonderfully. As many of you requested, Marie is sharing a little tutorial here on how she made her lampshades. Marie is happy to do custom orders for those that prefer buying over making! * LAMPSHADE – Hobby Lobby carries self-adhesive shades & nightlights, Target has some smaller lamps for $19 that would be perfect for this project, I’ve found some lamps & shades on Craigslist. * GLUE – I used a hot glue gun for the first lamp. * VELLUM – I buy this in packs of 20 (I think) in the scrapbooking section of Hobby Lobby. * CRAFT KNIFE OR SCISSORS, PENCIL & RULER – to trim the vellum, I used a ruler and pencil to mark the cut lines & then used a craft knife and self-healing mat to cut the vellum. * PHOTOS – I used a free program called Picasa to make the photo collage (I believe this program is made by Google, check their page of programs if you are interested).
paspop When starting on the wonderful and exciting journey of making your own clothes or altering old ones there is one thing you will definitely need to make your job easier...that is a dress form. There are many tutorials on the web but the best one I found is the one I am going to share with you. The source is but the tutorial is in German so I am going to make a short presentation in English, although the pictures speak pretty much for themselves. Here is what you will need: pillow filling for stuffing out your formscissorsmetal base2-3 rolls of tapecardboardan old hip-length T-shirtfoil (for the neck) take on the T-shirt and wrap your neck in foil to protect it then take the following steps one by one in wrapping the tape. and the end result is pretty good! Now you have your dress form and can start working on your most exciting sewing projects!
The Best Free Crafts Articles: One Bucket Fabric Dyeing Free Tutorial By Terri Stegmiller of StegArt If you love dyeing fabric you'll be happy to know that Terri Stegmiller has a wonderful tutorial on her Terri Stegmiller website showing you how to dye different colors using a one bucket method. Enjoy! Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Terri Stegmiller Here's what Terri had to say about her one bucket fabric dyeing tutorial: It’s hard to believe that I dyed all of these fabrics all at the same time, in one bucket. I didn’t believe this would work either until I tried it. Please respect Terri's Terms of Use: Tutorial, text & images are the property of Terri Stegmiller. Terri's Bio - After a lifetime of experimenting with all types of crafts, Terri began exploring quilting in the early 1990’s. Copyright © 2010 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Terri Stegmiller of Terri Stegmiller . Please visit Terri's Terri Stegmiller website, her StegArt Etsy Shoppe, and her Terri Stegmiller blog.