What Do You Want to Make Today?
Sew a mug rug to protect your table and make your coffee break a little cuter. A mug rug is like an oversized coaster that you can use to hold your drink and a little snack. They can be just about any size you like and sewn with any material you have on hand. My […]
Give yourself an open-ended, process art project by gathering some materials to make decorated, layered hearts. This is a great project for adults and kids and can be done with other shapes, too, or no shapes at all. Fun with Process Art Sometimes I feel like we get so wrapped up in the finished product […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I had a bad feeling about this one. Though I am well-versed in a lot of crafty arts, there are some things I haven’t tried. Things I have no good reason to have not tried. Woodworking is one example of something I haven’t tried that it’s good I haven’t tried, because I can be kind […]