HOW TO – Fabric Scrap Ornament
The Red Thread shares a great idea for making these fun, confetti-like holiday ornaments using fabric scraps. [via The Crafty Crow]
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Green Holiday Crafts – CRAFT Video Podcast
Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes | mov | 3g2 Join Molly de Vries and pick up some new holiday tricks with a green conscience. She shows us how to make a festive fabric garland from attractive scraps, then shows a furoshiki fabric gift wrapping technique. Molly is […]
HOW TO – Recycled Egg Carton Fairy Lights
Esprit Cabane has a how to for creating fairy lights from cardboard egg cartons and LED lights. I have to say it looks better than I can imagine egg cartons ever looking. via Chrisjob from Curbly. Related Plastic Water Bottles Become Sparkly Star Decorations MAKE: Skeletonizing leaves HOW TO – Egg Carton Pendant Light
HOW TO – French Knitting, Tools to Product
Marc @ MAKE found this amazing three-part tutorial about French knitting, the kind done with a loom. It goes over creating your own knitting loom and using it with recycled plastic bags to knit a reusable (and very strong) purse or grocery bag. Be sure to see all three pages! From the pages of CRAFT:09: […]
Jewelry from Books
PT @ MAKE points us to Betty Pepper’s jewelry made from books: Never judge a book by its cover. Originally inspired by a poem this collection looks at what we choose to hide about ourselves and what we reveal to others, a secretive library where things are not always what they seem. Books are interesting […]
Winners of the Singer/CRAFT Upcyclist Party Contest!
….And we have a winner! Plus three runners-up, of course. The Grand Prize Winner of the Singer Upcyclist Party Decor Contest is Pattern Girl, which created the colorful table runner seen above by “upcycling” two old shirts, one pair of pants and a tablecloth. Her work will be featured in the SINGER® ad in the […]
“Hideous” Birds
I love the colorful mix of patterns and colors in these plush parrots created by Craftster user Karen_Sweet. Turns out they had a somewhat dubious beginning… About a year ago, I came up with a way to put my collection of vintage polyester shirts to good use. I’ve been making “Hideous Birds” ever since. I […]
