Our pal Bonnie Burton has an interview with crafter and Star Wars superfan, Jennifer Landa, over on StarWars.com about her rad Death Star dress she made and wore to Comi-Con. There were times when I thought the skirt wouldn’t work. Originally, I tried making the skirt out of a giant soccer ball pinata! That was […]
The new season of Project Runway starts tonight, and Kat and Susan of Just Crafty Enough are sponsoring another round of Project Project Runway. Crafters are invited to join the group and create doll-sized pieces that follow each week’s challenge from the show. There were some really fun outfits in last season’s Project Project Runway, […]
Sherry Huss recently pointed me towards a lovely little blog called BlackmailDesign. Toxomaman writes about her inspirations and her work, and shares amazing photographs. Her focus is design, fashion, color, and all things intricate and interesting. Currently she is teaching a course on fashion and design at the Sorbonne- swoon! Every shot from Paris is […]
The color combinations of these felted brooches remind me of semi-precious stones, watercolor paintings, and out-of-focus abstract photography. The crafter, Tastykaeru (Edinburgh, Scotland), does lots of felting work with brilliantly colored natural fibers, like the piece below, which incorporates linen, silk, abaca tissue, wool, and cotton.
Brett Bara’s been hard at work on some fun how-to videos for her new book, Sewing in a Straight Line. This one for a simple one-hour skirt is a must watch. I follow a simple pattern and process to make the skirts that I wear almost every day during the summer. Grab a friend, spread […]
Starting with a pattern for bikini bottoms, One Avian Daemon came up with a very snazzy, very flattering one-piece swimsuit. Head over to their website to check out the tutorial and their other cute bathing suit ideas!
I am loving all of the bright and colorful textile, rope, and thread jewelry I am seeing this summer. Honestly wtf did a rad spin on Proenza Schouler’s 2011 resort line with this DIY version of the colorful rope and thread necklace and I adore the result. What a great statement piece. More: DIY Rope […]
