How-To: Pillowcase Nightie
Here’s a viewer-submitted project from Threadbanger, in which Anne shows us how to make a Valentine’s Day nightie out of a pillowcase. Nice!
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Weave a Road Map Basket
Weave your vacation road map into a memorable basket.
How-To: Cherry Blossom Garlands from Disposable Tablecloths
The Creative Jewish Mom blog has a super simple post on how to make cherry blossom garlands from disposable tablecloths. I love that “randomness” is a key in their making.
How-To: Table Cloth to Treat Bags
Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane shares how she turned a vinyl tablecloth into cute, reusable treat bags for her son’s class Valentine party. Brilliant!
Gown Made of Discarded Auto Radiator Copper
New Zealand’s Victoria University recent graduate Emma Whiteside made this incredible 18th century-style gown from discarded automotive radiator copper for the 2009 World of WearableArt show. The dress weighs 22 pounds and took 200 hours to sew. Check out this closeup:
Flashback: Flo McGarrell’s I <3 Roswell Project
Back in CRAFT Volume 09, columnist Wendy Tremayne introduced us to the creative mind of sustainability and reuse artist Flo McGarrell. The genius of McGarrell spanned from crafting greenhouses from 5-gallon water bottles (pictured above) to making inflatable rooms to creating his signature “agrisculpture” living art to writing how-tos on growing organic food. McGarrell also […]
Flashback: Flo McGarrell’s I
Make a scrubbie from found materials.
