Made By Humans
Earlier this week, husband made individual pot pies in little ramekins. They were adorable, and delicious, and the leftovers resulted in there being a few little pieces of aluminum foil floating around the house after I at some of them for lunch the next day. So of course I had to figure out something to […]
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’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 […]
Now that we have a note card, write a quick note to let someone know you’re thinking of them, then get ready to address the envelope. Hand-lettered envelopes make the inside of the note almost as much fun as the outside, and this is a skill I really want to cultivate, so I guess 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, […]
In the continuing spirit of making something for someone else, this week we’re going to spend some time working on snail mail. I have one friend who I sometimes write to in real cards and letters (hi, Jamie!) and I haven’t sent him anything in a while so I thought it would be fun to […]