I think (assume, hope) that all crafters from time to time have projects that get put in time out. Whether you made a mistake and you aren’t sure how to fix it or you’re frustrated, bored, annoyed or otherwise done with that project before it is finished, it gets exiled to some place where it […]
Mass-Produce Something: Simple Placemats {Craft Challenge, Day 115}
I’m on a bit of a sewing kick, and a food-related sewing kick at that, so when I thought of today’s challenge to mass-produce something, I quickly settled on making some simple placemats. I basically used the reversible placemat pattern from Rae Gun Ramblings, but it’s such a simple project you don’t really need a […]
Make Something Useful: Reusable Fabric Snack Bags {Craft Challenge, Day 114}
I have wanted to make reusable fabric snack bags for a long time now, but I always hesitated to do so because a lot of patterns call for oil cloth or PUL (the sort of fabric the outside of cloth diapers is made out of) for the inside, which makes them waterproof but is also […]
Sew on a Button {Craft Challenge, Day 105}
OK, I know sewing on a button doesn’t sound very creative, or challenging, for that matter. And maybe it’s not. But the very act of sewing, even mindless sewing like sewing on a button, is meditative, and who says the thread you use has to be the same color as the fabric you’re sewing into […]
Hand Sewing {Craft Challenge, Day 104}
Because I had scraps of fabric out yesterday while I was working on the circle bag, the girl asked if she could sew two pieces of fabric together. We’d talked about starting her on a real sewing project, instead of just stitching on plastic canvas, during spring break but she wasn’t interested, so I jumped […]
Upcycled Kitchen Rags from Cloth Napkins
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something that had to do with the letter g, whether in terms of material, color or technique. I immediately thought of green, because it’s my favorite color, but then I went to the other meaning of green, as in ecologically sound. We have been using cloth napkins […]
How to Tie a Knot for Hand Sewing
When I was teaching the kids a little sewing at school yesterday, I started out with how I like to tie a knot for hand sewing. I thought this was pretty basic — and it is — but it kind of stopped everyone in their tracks. Even the adults in the room didn’t know this […]