Made By Humans
Now that my scrap fabric has been sewn and stitched on, I knew I wanted to do something cool with it, so I decided to make a pillow. I happened to have a 14 inch pillow form already in the house (because my craft stash is like that) but you can make your pillow whatever […]
I’ve been working on lots of little projects that I hope the kids this summer will enjoy, quick and easy things that will also help me use up little odd balls of yarn. I decided to make crochet chain jewelry because the chain is so basic and it’s important to be able to make an […]
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 […]
Last month I declared that my goal was to stick to a pretty lengthy morning routine that involved meditation, working out, cleaning and other stuff. And I haven’t done that great of a job. Parts of it are getting done pretty regularly. I clean almost every day, and I’m probably still working out more days […]
Because I did finger knitting for the craft challenge of the day yesterday, it seemed only fitting to also try finger crochet. Finger crochet was actually something I’d never done before, and I kind of see why now that I’ve done it. It actually feels slower using your fingers instead of a hook, and my […]
I love knitting with needles, of course, but it’s always kind of a fun trick to make familiar things in unfamiliar ways, such as with finger knitting. I was reminded how fun finger knitting is when I taught the girl, who isn’t quite ready for knitting with needles just yet. It’s a quick and easy […]
One thing that is a fun creative challenge is to combine different materials or genres of art or craft into the same project. I know somewhere once I saw a list of a bunch of different crafty mashups, and I’m pretty sure I pinned it, but of course now I can’t find it, but when […]