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August 31, 2007
Smock Style Apron Tutorial
Still Dottie has a pattern and tutorial for making this easy and super stylin' smock apron. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 04:53 PM
Sewing |
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Labor Day Fabric Sale
Modern Craft is having it's first sale this Labor Day weekend! Modern Craft sells all Japanesee imported fabrics ((Echino, Nani Iro, en plus de) and craft books. All fabric by the yard is 20% off as well as a discount off selected books. Sale starts Saturday at 9am PST and runs to 6pm PST on Monday. Read their blog post for more details. Happy shopping! Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 03:23 PM
Bazaar, Fabric, Japanese Crafts |
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Crewel Embroidery Wool
Wool & Hoop is featuring some new Appleton crewl wool samplers. You can get them in in color groups featuring 10 skeins for $15 or get the entire palette of "The New Crewel" colors for just $50 for 40 skeins. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 02:18 PM
Needlearts, Yarn |
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CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Treeling from Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals
This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is a featured pattern from the new book, Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals by Therese Laskey. This cute Treeling softie by Lynda Lye of Little Odd Forest is a simple little friend you can sew up from felt. You can even use up your old scraps to make up the multicolored leaves.
The Softies book features 25 patterns by famous crafters we've come to know and love such as Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane, Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls, Cassi Griffith of Bella Dia, and lots more! Besides with all the toy recall madness going on, it's it time to start making your own fun, safe toys? For more softies inspiration and projects, pick up the Softies book and visit Therese on the Softies Central blog.
- Download this week's CRAFT pattern PDF - Link.
Subscribe to the CRAFT podcast and get this pattern and other CRAFT content delivered automatically via iTunes - Link.
Related:
Safe Toys You Can Make - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 12:00 PM
Amigurumi, CRAFT Patterns, CRAFT Podcast |
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Gradient Button Necklace
I love craftlog's tutorial on how to make this elegant shell button necklace which is simple to make. It could also look fun with buttons of varying color or color tones. Definitely time to revisit my button collection! Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 AM
Jewelry, Recycle |
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Make Your Own Pattern for In-Seam Pockets
Nayantara on Burda Style has a complete how-to on making your own pattern for sewing in-seam pockets. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 10:17 AM
Sewing |
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Star Wars Book Bag
Get ready for the new school year with this tutorial on how to make your own Star Wars book bag from Bonnie at Star Wars Kids. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 31, 2007 09:00 AM
General |
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Using Pixel Fonts for Cross Stitch
When I first got in to cross stitch, I was frustrated with the limited text variations available to me in my mother's collection. I knew there had to be a way to make consistant, interesting text without making it up myself. Then it dawned on me: cross stitch is just a low-resolution image, so what better way to create legible, techy text than with pixel fonts! Pixel fonts are just regular fonts that are designed to be in a low-resolution environment. You can find them for free all over the 'net, and they install just as any other font. When your next cross stitch project comes along, print out your text or just work straight from your computer screen.
You can find a bunch of free pixel fonts here - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 31, 2007 08:00 AM
Homemade, Needlearts, Technology |
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August 30, 2007
Safe Toys You Can Make
With al the recent scary news of the toy recall ( list here), now more than ever is the time to take back our children's safety in our own hands and have fun in the process by crafting our own toys!
To get you started, here's a roundup of some great toy projects you can make.
Read full story
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 09:46 PM
Amigurumi, Crochet, Kids, Knitting, Sewing |
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CRAFT iPhone wallpapers
A few people asked for our covers in iPhone wallpaper format (320 x 480) so here there are (MAKE, CRAFT and Halloween images) enjoy! To install them just put the set in iPhoto (Mac) or point iTunes to the folder they're in (Win/Mac). The first person to take a photo with one on their iPhone and puts it in the CRAFT Flickr photo pool gets a special edition MAKE Halloween - Link (zip).
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 30, 2007 06:07 PM
Gadgets |
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Space Invaders Sweater
Geek Sugar points us to a delightful sweater by Etsy seller n2Imaginations, featuring Space Invaders! The scoring is shown along the sleeve. She also makes binary Christmas stockings (for which you can also buy the pattern).
Space Invaders Sweater - [via] Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 30, 2007 05:30 PM
Bazaar, Homemade, Knitting, Technology, Vintage |
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Subversive Cross Stitch and So Charmed Jewelry
Subversive Cross Stitched has teamed up with So Charmed to create the adorably cheeky cross stitch pins and necklaces. Each pin includes a vintage button and tulle bow and each necklace comes with a 36" satin ribbon tie. Check out the So Charmed site for more info. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 04:20 PM
Bazaar, Jewelry |
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HOW TO - Make Your Own Bubble Mailers
Shannon points us to this great paper craft tutorial by 27 Things on how to make your own pretty bubble mailers! More inspiration can be found at the Handmade Bubble Mailers Flickr group. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 03:00 PM
Paper Crafts |
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Little Monster Market in Studio City, CA next Tuesday, Sept 4th
Don't miss the Little Monster Market event happening next Tuesday at Sunnyside Preschool in Studio City, CA from 9am - 3pm. Check out the vendor list for all the cool crafty goodies you can buy. There's also a special arts and crafts table for kids to make stuff while moms shop! Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 02:00 PM
Events |
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The Blaschka Marine Invertebrates
Meine Kleine Fabrik has a great write up about the discovery of these glass sea creatures that were found in a locked antique cabinet in the fall of 1957 at Cornell University. Turns out these glass beauties were highly detailed teaching models of ocean invertebrates, made by Leopold (1822-1895) and Rudolf (1857-1939) Blaschka of Dresden, Germany. Read on for this great story. Thanks s.a.! Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 01:00 PM
Arts & Design |
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CraftyPod Interview with Burda Style
I've just finished listening to a great interview by Sister Diane of CraftyPod where she talks to Nora and Benedika of BurdaStyle about open source sewing and community-shared knowledge makes everyone a better seamster. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 12:00 PM
Interviews, Sewing |
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FrankenToys for Pets
Aaron writes:
My dog chews through toys rather quickly. In an effort to lengthen their lifespan I've begun cobbling them together with a needle and thread.Visit the Franken Toys Flickr group to join and add your creation. - Link.I set up a flickr group for me (and anyone else) to post pics of their creations.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 11:02 AM
Amigurumi, Recycle, Sewing |
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More Sock Monkey Art
Rebecca Yaker of Hazel and Melvin and creator of the Sock Monkey Dress that we posted about here last year, has since then been creating more Sock Monkey goodness like the Sock Monkey Chair above on display at the Minnesota State Fair. Link.
But wait there's more!
Sock Monkeys in a Blender here... Link.
...and Sock Monkeys in a Meat Grinder. Link.
To see more Sock Monkey goodness that you can shop for, visit Hazel and Melvin here. - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 10:20 AM
Amigurumi, Arts & Design |
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HOW TO - Quilted Ball Ornament
I know it's a bit early for holiday talk, but this no-sew quilt-looking ornament would be a great desk accessory, car mirror charm, or doorknob embellishment. It's all about what fabrics you use. And, of course, they look good on Christmas trees, too.
Quilted Ball Ornament Tutorial - Link.
Image: artsyfartsy_crafts eBay store
Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 30, 2007 08:00 AM
Holiday projects, Homemade, Patterns, Quilting |
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HOW TO - Make Mosaic Glass Tile Table (Video)
Better Homes and Gardens features this beautiful Ikea hack by transforming an ordinary Ikea Lack table, into this glass tile mosic beauty. A video of the project is there as well as a step by step how-to. [ via ] Link.
Related:
HOW TO - Create a Faux Mosaic Look - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 30, 2007 07:00 AM
Home Decor |
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