Top 100 Tutorials of 2011 There was lots going on in the craft world this year. So much that I can hardly keep up anymore, but I’ve tried to round up 100 of my favorite craft and sewing tutorials of the year from around the internet. In the sewing category, I’ve included the free projects available from my book 1, 2, 3 Sew. Looks like I actually have a few more than 100 projects listed here. Go make some stuff this year! The projects pictured above are marked with an asterisk. Sewing Projects Mouse Pincushion from 1, 2, 3 Sew, video tutorial for Etsy. Quilting Fish Baby Log Cabin Pattern from Malka Dubrawsky for Sew, Mama, Sew! Paper Crafts 3D Paper Ball Ornaments from How about Orange. Crafts Colored Pencil Jewelry from Mini Eco for Design Mom.
artsy-crafty babe So yes, I’ve been knitting. You know how it is when the mood strikes. I blame the cold weather. Knitting just feels right in cold weather, doesn’t it? Because I tend to over commit myself, I decided to start off with something small, something easily finishable. I knit a cowl. I started with the snow cowl. While I was weaving in the ends of the cowls I pulled out two sweaters that I knit ages ago, but never finished weaving in the ends - a Cuff to Cuff sweater and another Featherweight (my third one). My featherweight is too big for me now, but it’s a soft, squishy cardigan, so it doesn’t really matter. Totally in the knitting mood now, I decided to tackle my stash and get an idea of all the other UFO’s I had lying around. One of my discoveries was a sweater I started knitting for Ceci when I was pregnant with her. While I was at the yarn store, some more yarn came home with me.
Tallgrass Prairie Studio Morning by Foley » Blog Archive » DIY – Coque d’iPhone customisable à l’infini Ca fait quelques temps que j’avais envie de changer de coque d’iPhone. Etant passé de l’iPhone 3GS au 4, j’ai du abandonner ma coque à fleufleurs. J’ai ensuite craqué sur la fameuse coque au point de croix dont tout le monde a parlé. Sauf qu’en vrai, j’ai pas la patience pour le point de croix (et la grille était quand même très serrée, assez pénible à utiliser) et la coque se salit très vite, même après avoir essayé de la nettoyer, elle n’était plus très rose… Comme j’arrive rarement à me décider et que je change tout le temps d’avis, j’ai eu l’idée de me faire une coque customisable. Pour réaliser cette custo, il vous faut : une coque transparenteun joli papier de votre choixun crayonun cutter ou une paire de ciseaux Il n’y a pas 50 étapes pour ce DIY, il vous suffit juste de dessiner la forme de votre coque (dans celle que j’ai choisi, il y avait un papier pile poil à la taille à l’intérieur, encore plus facile !) I meant to change my iPhone case for a while now.
Handmade by Alissa | Modern Quilting andrea creates Une pochette cubique Cette semaine, j’ai ressorti du placard ma grande ennemie : j’ai nommé la machine à coudre. Celle qui ne fait jamais ce que je veux (même quand je veux faire un simple ourlet), qui embobine le fil à l’intérieur, qui d’un seul coup fait des points n’importe comment et que je n’arrive jamais à apprivoiser. Alors pourquoi la ressortir ? Et bien pour faire ça, cette petite pochette japonaise nommée saikoro. L’envie a été plus forte et m’a fait ressortir la bête sauvage de sa cage. Le tutoriel en images hyper bien expliqué a fini de me convaincre, surtout quand j’ai vu qu’il ne fallait que 4 malheureuses petites coutures pour la réaliser. Bilan de la séance : - 1 heure à se prendre la tête sur le thème « mais pourquoi ça marche pas ? Donc si vous êtes nulle en couture mais que vous voulez tenter le coup, il n’y a pas de raison, vous devez pouvoir y arriver !
dip-dye lamp & pillow when summer rolls around, i try as hard as possible to freshen up the cave that is my apartment. while the darkness does help to keep rooms cool, the mood can get a little depressing if i don’t inject a jolt of summer here and there. if you have a plain fabric lampshade, pillow, or any scrap fabric lying around, then you can easily create a completely new set of home textiles that have a lovely airiness and fresh color. dip dye is a very easy process; you can adjust the color saturation in a snap by adding water or dye, and you just keep dipping until you like the results! it’s good to have a few scrap pieces of fabric around for color tests, and a nice outdoor spot or some tarp to work on (as you can probably guess, it can get a bit drippy). you can also mix dyes to make an amazing range of hues, so feel free to experiment. have fun! -kate CLICK HERE for the full how-to after the jump! cost: dye: $5-10 buckets:$5 time: 1-2 hours (including drying time)
allsorts Hellooooo! Yes, it's long lost little me, finally getting back to my poor neglected blog. And I come bearing gifts, two freebies for you... a pair of sweet printable shabby rosy paper chains, ready to print as many times as you like and festoon your own shabby cottage... And, they just happen to be samplings of two of my new Shabby Roses digital scrapbook paper packs! To get your paper chains, leave a comment (make sure you're not signed into typepad) and I will email you the zipped file. I hope you like them... let me know what you think! Cheers, Jenny