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October 1, 2009
Handmade Vintage Dress Form
Handmade clothes are one thing. A handmade dress reminds us that DIY hasn't always been a lifestyle, it used to be just life!
I found this treasure at my local junk store. This vintage piece is almost more art than function at this point. I love all the worn details: the bent and rusted metal neck, the faded blue pattern marking lines, the frayed edges of the canvas.
Posted by Brookelynn |
Oct 1, 2009 02:00 PM
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September 29, 2009
From Russia, with Love: Cabled Balaclava
From Russia, with Love: Cabled Balaclava
By Nikol Lohr
The balaclava, named after the town of Balaclava in Crimea (now Ukraine), was originally worn by Russian soldiers in the Crimean war. While the balaclava retains a military association, it's also well loved by skiers and climbers for its flexibility and warmth. A sort of sock for your head, the balaclava is wonderfully warm and efficient — doing double duty as both hat and scarf in a single garment, without the added bulk and fuss of a separate scarf. It has an opening in the front, which can be stretched to reveal just your eyes, your eyes and nose, or your whole face. The extra length can be folded over to make an extra-warm hat, or you can pop your whole head through the front opening and wear it as a cowl.
The balaclava is a marvelously practical garment that everyone in a cold climate should own. It eliminates the trouble of finding hat and scarf and bundling up like Ralphie if you're just running to the mailbox or walking the dog on a bitter cold day. Of course, the classic black or olive drab balaclava might give you a S.W.A.T./bank robber vibe that you're not really going for — and it might not be the wisest look when you're popping into the corner store for some beer. To shake off the alarm factor, I've made this one in a totally plush sugary pink cashmere blend, with lots of cushy cables for added warmth.
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Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 29, 2009 02:00 PM
Cozy Up to Yarn, CRAFT Patterns, Fashion, Knitting |
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September 28, 2009
Alice Wrist Warmers
Alice Wrist Warmers
By Vickie Howell
When a professional knitter and a movie critic live in the same household, there's bound to be some crossover. In our house, that convergence takes form as "Movie Mondays" on my blog. Every week I post screenshots of the knitwear I spot in one of the many flicks we're watching — we've become veritable eagle eyes of Silver Screen yarn; my sons even commenting when a beanie or blanket flashes across the television. Recently, while researching Twilight for his movie news website, smellslikescreenspirit.com, my husband came across this photo still of Alice wearing fingerless mitts in the upcoming sequel, New Moon. Enter this project: simple wrist warmers for a complicated girl!
(Photo: Summit Entertainment)
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Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 28, 2009 12:00 PM
Cozy Up to Yarn, CRAFT Patterns, CRAFT Projects, Fashion, Knitting |
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September 27, 2009
Live at the Handcar Regatta
Today the Craft and Make teams held it down at the Great Santa Rosa Hand Car Regatta. The scene along the tracks was controlled chaos, with equal parts corsets and mustaches. Hand built mechanical wonders flew down the tracks, drag race style, and my team and car, the Bumpin' Contraption finished 4th!
Les Claypool announced the races. Children ran rampant on the rail road tracks. Costumes were SO inspiring. Musicians and magicians roamed around. It was like traveling through time to the past and the future simultaneously.
I'm off to pack up the Make Firetruck. Phew! If you were there, share your images in the Craft Flickr pool!
Posted by Brookelynn |
Sep 27, 2009 06:00 PM
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September 25, 2009
Best of the CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Short-Rows Wavy Hat
Today we're dipping into our pattern archives to feature one of my favorite hat patterns by the awesome Lee Meredith of leethal.net. (This was first featured back in April 2008.) Make your own short-rows wavy hat. A great way to mix up your favorite yarn colors and reate some great wavy stripes.
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Subscribe to the Leethal Quick Knits Club!
I just got my package for September's "Back to School Knit Set" and I love opening up and playing with all the goodies that Lee packs in each bag. Thank you Lee!
Three month subscriptions are now available starting with the October club, with the sign-up deadline next Thursday on Oct 1st. There's no club in December, so the 3 months will be Oct, Nov, and Jan, and you save $2 per month by subscribing! Find out more about leethal quick knits.
Each club package includes:
- a 15 yard mini-skein of recycled hand-dyed yarn
- a 10 yard mini-skein of spun recycled yarn
- quick knit patterns exclusive to the club*
- any crafty bits called for in the pattern (e.g. buttons)
- extra mystery leethal goodies and/or bits of crafty fun
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 25, 2009 12:00 PM
Cozy Up to Yarn, CRAFT Patterns, CRAFT Podcast, CRAFT Projects, Fashion, Knitting |
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September 24, 2009
Brimmed Beanie
Brimmed Beanie
By Juliene Ford and Jamie Chan
This brimmed beanie is a fun cap with stylish small brim, different from the hats we typically find ourselves knitting or crocheting each year. Dress it up by adding your own embellishment to it with special stitching or a crochet flower!
Download the PDF for the Brimmed Beanie
(Note: If you are having problems viewing the PDF, please right-click on the link to download the file to your desktop or read directions here.)
About the Authors:
Juliene Ford has been crocheting and designing patterns since 2002. She recently placed in the juried California Creative Arts exhibit at the 2009 California State Fair with a purse that she designed using crochet, knitting, and sewing. Details can be found on her blog, www.stitchify.com.
Jamie Marie Chan is a crafter, shop owner, and educator in San Francisco, Calif. She runs Urban Fauna Studio, San Francisco's only green-certified fiber arts workshop and Mary Jane's Attic an online hand dyed fiber web shop.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Cozy Up to Yarn, CRAFT Patterns, Crochet, Fashion |
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September 19, 2009
How-To: Convert Regular Pants Into Maternity Pants
Grosgrain has a tutorial for converting regular pants into maternity pants that takes less than half an hour to complete.
Related:
How-To: Maternity Jeans From Regular Jeans and a T-shirt
Posted by Rachel Hobson |
Sep 19, 2009 08:00 AM
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September 16, 2009
Super Mario Fingernails
These Super Mario themed hand-painted fingernails are almost too ridiculous to be true. I love/can't believe the shapes that break the "picture" plane. Via BoingBoing.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 16, 2009 02:00 PM
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Sew a Scarf Dress, Win a Sewing Machine from BurdaStyle
BurdaStyle and Bernina are having a contest to see who can make the coolest scarf dress, and the grand prize is a Bernina sewing machine!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 16, 2009 09:00 AM
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Followup to Sewing Gatsby-Era Clothing
Last month, I wrote about the gorgeous dresses Mena of Nested was sewing for herself and her friends to attend the Gatsby Sunday Afternoon event in Oakland, California. She's just posted pictures of the final creations at the event, and they are breathtaking. It looks as though the months of planning and work really paid off!
Posted by Rachel Hobson |
Sep 16, 2009 07:00 AM
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September 15, 2009
How-To: Sew a Small Lined Purse
Theresa at Everyday Sugar says it best, "Sometimes all you need is a purse big enough to carry your keys and cell phone." So true. Find out how to sew a small lined purse with her tutorial.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 15, 2009 03:00 PM
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How-To: Button Bib Necklace
Laura (aka Lupin) of Bugs and Fishes is always whipping up something that's bright and colorful and loads of fun. This week, she shares how to make this eye-catching button bib-style necklace with felt, buttons and ribbon. As she mentions, this kind of necklace is just the accessory to add some "POW" to any outfit.
Posted by Rachel Hobson |
Sep 15, 2009 10:00 AM
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September 14, 2009
How-To: Chain Tassel Earrings
Right on trend are these chain tassel earrings that you can make yourself thanks to ...love Maegan.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 14, 2009 05:00 PM
Fashion, Jewelry |
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September 11, 2009
Getting Crafty at NY Fashion Week
Hi Crafters! For those of you catching up with me via my tweets, I'm in NY now for NY Fashion Week. I'll be reporting back next week on the interesting things I'm seeing.
Yesterday, I spent the morning with a few other fashion bloggers at the Coach Headquarters and we had some fun making our own DIY Coach Clutch in their production room. We met the craftsmen that have been putting together samples for handbags for many, many, years. It was an amazing experience! Here are some photos I snapped from my iPhone. (I forgot my camera cable so I'll be grabbing one today to upload more photos to my flickr.) I'm off soon to check out the Twinkle show and am hoping to see if she'll be presenting some kind of knits for her spring collection. More to come soon!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 11, 2009 11:00 AM
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How-To: Fabric Strip Necklace
Desira Pesta shows us how to make a fabric strip necklace on Threadbanger. It's a great use of scrap fabric!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 11, 2009 09:05 AM
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September 9, 2009
Fashion Camp this weekend
Here's an interesting event happening this weekend in NYC:
On September 12 and 13, 2009, during New York Fashion Week, the mainstream fashion community, the independent fashion community, and fashion's next wave of wearable technologists will convene at FashionCampNY to address the future of fashion in the 21st Century.
To be held at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program Center (721 Broadway), FashionCampNY is the first large event to bring together disparate parts of the fashion community to discuss and explore the intersection of fashion and technology. For two days, roughly 300 fashion professionals, designers, innovators and fashion-lovers will teach and converse about the future of fashion, exploring emerging questions through workshops, presentations, and collaboration. It is an “unconference” attended and run by the participants.
I'll be helping run a soft circuits workshop, so come on out!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 9, 2009 02:00 PM
Events, Fashion, Fashion Tech, Soft Circuits |
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September 8, 2009
How-To: Fabric Poppy Boutonniere
Kathleen at Grosgrain shares how to make these dramatic and beautiful fabric poppy boutonnieres.
Posted by Rachel Hobson |
Sep 8, 2009 10:00 AM
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How-To: Paint Shoes
Handpainted canvas shoes can be really funky-cool, and Instructables user kiffakitty shoes you how to do it yourself.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 8, 2009 09:00 AM
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Newsboy Cap and Mittens Set
Simple Up felted an old cable-knit sweater and turn it into this cute newsboy cap and mittens set. She includes the instructions on pattern pieces so you can make this stylish set yourself! [ via Elemental Stitches ]
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 8, 2009 08:00 AM
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September 3, 2009
How-To: Make Your Own Bra
Following up on her excellent DIY panties Instructable, user Rachel shows us the steps to making your own perfectly fitting, any-fabric-you-want bra. Because face it, you like to sew, and you can't find a bra with pirate fabric in the store.
More:
- How-To: Sew Panties
- How-To: Make Your Own Panties
- How-To: Make Boy Cut Panties from an old T-shirt
- Ask CRAFT: Sewing Undies
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 3, 2009 02:00 PM
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