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June 13, 2008
Stencil Printing by Lotta Jansdotter - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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Here's a project excerpt from Lotta Jansdotter's new book, Lotta Prints. Learn how to print with stencils to embellish totebags, pillows, and more!
If you are in NY, don't miss the Lotta Prints Book Launch tonight.
Friday, June 13, 5-8 pm
@ Lotta's Studio
119 8th Street , #215
(btw 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10003
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Lotta Prints event in SF
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Jun 13, 2008 10:00 AM
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June 6, 2008
Electronic Embroidery - CRAFT Video Podcast
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In this video I'll show you how to enhance your embroidery projects with illumination. I use conductive thread, a watch battery, and two light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to create a scene of a frog catching fireflies.
Make sure to check out the accompanying PDF and photo tutorial!
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Jun 6, 2008 11:05 AM
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Electronic Embroidery - CRAFT Video Podcast
Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunesIn this video I'll show you how to enhance your embroidery projects with illumination. I use conductive thread, a watch battery, and two light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to create a scene of a frog catching fireflies.
You can download the PDF pattern with traceable frog & firefly design, wiring diagram, and embroidery color separation. Check out the photo tutorial on my website, too (with parts list and links to supplies).
If you saw my demo at Maker Faire, this is a chance to get up close and personal with the project. Look for an Electronic Embroidery Kit soon in the Maker Shed Store!
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Jun 6, 2008 11:00 AM
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May 30, 2008
Summer Button Treat Crochet Headband - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Summer Button Treat by Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers. This crochet headband's cute lacy feel is a perfect compliment for your Summer wardrobe. It's the perfect quick craft for the weekend!
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May 30, 2008 11:00 AM
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May 23, 2008
Vintage Flower Looms - CRAFT Video Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Video Podcast features Cathy Callahan who shows you how to create vintage straw flowers from a loom. Cathy draws her inspiration from vintage crafts and I love how she brings these vintage straw flowers back to life with her own special touch. You can catch up with Cathy and get more vintage inspiration from her blog.
I bought one of her kits earlier this year and love the way she packages the vintage looms and straw. Visit her Etsy store to pick up a kit or other vintage supplies or crafty goods she makes.
Here's Cathy recently at Maker Faire Bay Area where she demoed how to work these vintage looms to make these beautiful flowers. More pictures here in my Flickr photos.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
May 23, 2008 11:00 AM
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May 16, 2008
Oopsies and Toofsies Cellphone Cozies - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Oopsies and Toofsies Cellphone Cozies by Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers. The crochet Oopsies cozy and the knitted Toofsies cozy will fit your iPhone, Blackberry, or Treo easily with some fun at the same time. Use some contrasting yarn to embroider the face of your choice on your little guy!
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May 16, 2008 11:00 AM
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May 9, 2008
Build Your Own Roller Skates - CRAFT Video Podcast
This week's CRAFT Video Podcast comes courtesy of the fine folks at Skates.com where Luanne Teoh and Richard Humphrey show us how to build a pair of roller skates as featured in our current issue of CRAFT: 07!
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To celebrate the new shoe issue of CRAFT Magazine vol 7, Skates.com is giving our CRAFT readers a 15% discount from now until June 6, 2008. The coupon code is CRAFT07.
If you'd like a pair of custom skates built for you, just send Skates.com the shoes of your choice or choose the boots you'd like.
Note:
The 15% only applies to the our Custom Skates/Build Your Own category. The 15% is taken of the price of the product before tax and shipping.
From the pages of CRAFT Magazine, volume 07:
"Roll Baby Roll!" by Luanne Teoh & Richard Humphrey, pgs 62-65. Subscribers can read the article in our Digital Edition.
Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine and save 42% off the cover price. One year brings you 4 quarterly issues for just $34.95 / year (U.S.).
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
May 9, 2008 11:00 AM
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April 25, 2008
Leethal's Short-Rows Wavy Hat - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Short-Rows Wavy Hat by Lee Meredith of Leethal.net. Lee uses beautiful hand-dyed recycled yarn to create the cool looking wavy knit hat! You can catch up with Lee and all her projects via her blog.
Related:
Leethal's Multi-colored Custom Yarn Dyeing with Kool Aid
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Apr 25, 2008 11:00 AM
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April 18, 2008
Maker Faire: Get Your CRAFT On! - CRAFT Video Podcast
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Hi Crafters! The Maker Faire is just around the corner, happening on May 3 & 4 at the San Mateo Expo Center in San Mateo, CA. Here's a quick video preview of some of the fun activities you can expect in the CRAFT side of the fair. (Photos from Maker Faire Bay Area 2007 and video footage from Maker Faire Austin 2007.) Stay tuned for more Maker Faire news on the CRAFT blog in the days and weeks to come!
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Apr 18, 2008 11:00 AM
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April 11, 2008
Hansigurumi Juvenile Sea Nettle - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the knit Juvenile Sea Nettle by Hansi Singh of Hansigurumi, a crafter who knits the most beautiful under the sea creatures. Make this beautiful Juvenile Sea Nettle, a species of the jelly fish. You can see more close-up photos of the project in Hansi's Flickr.
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Paper Nautilus Shell by Hansigurumi - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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Apr 11, 2008 11:00 AM
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April 4, 2008
Vintage-Style iPod Cozy from Bead Simple - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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Here's the Vintage-Style iPod Cozy I made for Susan Beal's new book, Bead Simple (published by Taunton Press). The inspiration for this cozy was inspired by my grandmother where I wondered if she had a iPod back in 1930s Shanghai, how would she carry it?
This PDF includes the sewing pattern on how to make your cozy as well as the embellishing techniques that are printed in the book. Just note that new iPods are coming out all the time so if you want an exact fit to your iPod, you can measure yours or modfiy/trim down this pattern to fit.
Visit the Bead Simple web site to keep up to date with upcoming events, book news, and project tutorials.
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Bead Simple by Susan Beal - Book Event 4/7 in Portland, OR
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Apr 4, 2008 12:35 PM
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Knitting and Crochet Online with Ravelry.com - CRAFT Video Podcast
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I got a chance to talk to the founders of Ravelry.com Jessica and Casey who created this popular online knitting and crochet community.
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Apr 4, 2008 11:00 AM
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March 28, 2008
Chloe Dao's Design Studio Tour - CRAFT Video Podcast
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I always like looking behind the scenes to find out how a designer, crafter, or artist works. With this CRAFT Video Podcast, we go behind the scenes with Project Runway Season 2 Winner and fashion designer, Chloe Dao. Chloe's boutique and brand Lot 8 in Houston is quite the shopping destination. She designs most of the clothing in her boutique and works hands on throughout the production process from cutting all the fabric and more. We got a chance to be the first to see Chloe's new design studio where she shows us the designs and clothing for her new upcoming wholesale line. Can you believe she used to work in her mom's kitchen and dining room? She was gracious enough to be filmed in her sweats and no makeup, since she and her employees had just completed the Houston AIDS walk that morning. Look for a feature on fashion designer Chloe Dao in a future issue of CRAFT magazine!
With me on the video shoot is Diana Eng fashion designer and Project Runway Season 2 contestant, who you may hear giggle in the background. You can see more photos of our visit in my Flickr set.
Chloe's tip on pressing is an important one. Here's a Threads video that shows you the best pressing techniques to make your garments look more finished and professional.
This was dress featured in Chloe's runway show for Project Runway (Fall 2006) and is prominently placed in her boutique. Another version of the dress is also displayed in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
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Mar 28, 2008 11:00 AM
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Crochet Corsage from Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts Lacy Crochet - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
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Just in time for Spring, spruce up your wardrobe with this pattern to make the crochet corsage from the book, Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts! Lacy Crochet published by Chronicle Books. You can make two flower options based on the same pattern -- the Gerbera (pictured left) and the Rose. This book is one of my crochet favorites as it brings that beautiful and simple Japanese craft touch to pretty crochet projects for home, clothing, and accessories.
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Mar 28, 2008 10:00 AM
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March 21, 2008
Create Your Own Embroidery Pattern from a Photo - CRAFT Video Podcast
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Crafter Dolin O'Shea of Lulu Bliss shows us how to create an embroidery pattern from a photo, in this case a photo of her cute dog Mikey. Dolin's 101 on Embroidery article is in the current issue of CRAFT:06.
Dolin and I have been friends for over 10 years now and she's one of the craftiest people I know personally. Over the years she's taught me so much about embroidery and also introduced me to the Sublime Stitching patterns by Jenny Hart back in 2000.
To get some carbon transfer paper when working with dark fabric as mentioned in the video, visit the Sublime Stitching store.
From the pages of CRAFT: 06:
CRAFT: 06 - "101: Embroidery, Learn to paint pictures with floss and fabric", pgs 132-137. You can preview the article in our Digital Edition.
Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine and get 4 quarterly issues delivered to your door for only $34.95 (US).
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Mar 21, 2008 01:30 PM
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March 14, 2008
Skeleton Cardigan Part 2 - CRAFT Video Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Video Podcast is the second in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We'll go from the gridded pattern we made last week to a knitted back panel for the sweater using a mixture of intarsia and stranded multicolor knitting.
Related:
- Skeleton Cardigan Part 1 - CRAFT Video Podcast- Link.
- Skeleton Cardigan - CRAFT Pattern Podcast - Link.
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Mar 14, 2008 11:00 AM
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March 7, 2008
Skeleton Cardigan - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
In this week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast, learn to mix stranded and intarsia knitting to make this sweater with a ribcage on the back! The sweater shape is based on Mary Weaver's "Mrs. Darcy" cardigan pattern, with the bone design on the back piece. Look for this week's and next week's video podcasts to show you how to make your own gridded knitting chart from an image and then how to knit it into a garment.
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Mar 7, 2008 11:00 AM
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Skeleton Cardigan Part 1 - CRAFT Video Podcast
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This week's CRAFT Video Podcast is the first in a two part series on how to make intarsia/stranded knitting pattern from an image in Photoshop. We'll go from an old skeleton illustration to a gridded knitting pattern for personalizing your own Skeleton Cardigan.
Next Friday in Part 2, I'll show you how to work from the pattern to make the back panel of the Skeleton Cardigan!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Mar 7, 2008 10:45 AM
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February 29, 2008
Vickie Howell & Lena Walker Smith: Real Women Wear Knits - CRAFT Video Podcast
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Vickie Howell and SWTC stylist Lena Walker Smith had a fashion event called "Real Women Wear Knits" at Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA last Friday. I got a chance to check out the fashion show where 200 audience members and myself watched as Vickie and Lena taught us the basics on proportion, bodytype, and which knits worked the best. I loved how the show also reinforced all the ways you can adjust a knitting or crochet pattern and make it more flattering to your body, as well as how to embellish certain outfits. Hope you enjoy a few of Vickie and Lena's great tips!
Some of the patterns shown in the fashion show, like the crochet kimono shrug shown above, are available at Vickie's shop. - Link.
The Vickie Howell yarn collection is available through SWTC. See all the colors for Craft, Rock, and Love as well as a variety of other SWTC natural yarn and fibers. - Link.
You can also see all the rest of my photos from Stitches West. - Link.
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Feb 29, 2008 12:25 PM
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February 22, 2008
Refashioned Denim Pouch - CRAFT Video Podcast
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Nancy Flynn of Belle Epoque and Get Crafty shows you how to take an old pair of jeans and refashion them into a denim pouch. The zippered pouch can easy be transformed into a wristlet by adding on some ribbon too! The project is from her book, Jeaneology: Crafty ways to reinvent your old blues which features 25 sewing projects you can make by refashioning your old jeans.
Dimensions of Denim Fabric: 8" X 7" (Cut 2 pieces)
Zipper: 7"
Ribbon Handle: 9"
Seam Allowance: 1/2"
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Feb 22, 2008 11:00 AM
CRAFT Podcast, Recycle, Refashion, Sewing |
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