What Do You Want to Make Today?
Last week I made some fabric out of scraps and told you I would be doing something with it this week. The first thing I did was to embroider a word on the fabric to make it a little more fun. It happened there was a nice solid blue patch that was perfect for this […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve had this crewel embroidery kit (which is actually still on the market!) sitting in my stash for years. It was one of the crafty goodies from a little meetup I went to with Craft Gossip before I even worked there, so it was a long time ago. I’ve been cleaning and purging craft supplies […]
You may remember that the other day I went to the library and binged on checking out books. I hope to gain a lot of inspiration from them in the coming days, and one I have already looked at inspired this project. Bound: Over 20 Artful Handmade Books by Erica Ekrem is a lovely book […]
As the mom of a 6-year-old, it seems like I’m always needing to fix something. This girl cannot wear leggings or jeans without getting a hole in them. She seems to have a lot of falling-apart stuffed animals, too, and a plastic dragon who keeps losing his head. That’s not even to mention handknit sweaters […]