Made By Humans
This weeks’ creativity boost theme is upcycle, but instead of writing all about the different ways you can use old items in different ways, I wanted to share a specific project I made in honor of Election Day. No matter who you are voting for, if you are a woman, this is a historic election […]
I am an affiliate of Leisure Arts and was sent a review copy of this book. All opinions are my own. When I was teaching fiber arts to kids at my daughter’s school last month, I wanted to offer them a lot of potential means of entry into different crafts, and part of what I […]
I’m a day late on my project for this week’s Iron Craft challenge from Just Crafty Enough, but it’s a good one. A few months ago I had a couple of major craft fails right in a row. One I talked about (my total lack of iron-on transfer skills), but the other I didn’t. I […]
There are a lot of things I hold on to just in case they might be useful for some crafty purpose later, and one thing I cannot possibly get rid of is old jeans. There’s a lot of fabric in jeans, and I have this dream that one day I will make a denim quilt, […]
Once I had all my paint down I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do next with my slow art project. I started thinking about fabric scraps or more paper to give it a collage look. I went through my fabric drawer, where all the little random bits end up, and found a couple […]
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something crafty for the kitchen. Since I already did my upcycled napkin rags (which are my new favorite kitchen cleaning tool, by the way) I decided I would try making something else cuter by putting a crochet edge on a tea towel. You might remember my last […]
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 […]