Necktie Brooches
Nicole Deponte makes these rosette brooches from old neckties – neat technique!
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How-To: Chinese New Year Decoration from Old T-Shirts
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit! Agy of Green Issues shows you how she made her Chinese New Year decoration using two old red t-shirts cut into strips and a wire hanger.
How-To: Golden Leather Leaves Earrings
By Sonya Nimri Everyone’s got a leather skeleton or two in their closet: be it a patchwork leather coin purse, worn-through ballet flats that you may never wear again, or a mistake of fashion past like a gold leather mini-skirt. Now you can take these long-hidden hides and repurpose them into something fab, like this […]
How-To: Ikea Throw Capelet
By Jessica Wilson On my most recent trip down to L.A., I found myself racing through the Ikea marketplace to meet the mister for one of our favorite cheap dates. I slowed down through bedding as I always do and spied the Polarvide throw in white with all its happy fringed glory. Last year I […]
How-To: Quick Quilt From a Fitted Sheet
This quick quilt project from Jan of Daisy Janie is my kind of project: minimal prep work and super forgiving style. She’s repurposed fitted sheets to make a simple lap quilt in less than an hour and a half. Brilliant!
Upcycled Suitcase Furniture
I really like this upcycled suitcase furniture; the trick of course is finding an awesome antique suitcase to start with! (Via Swiss Miss.)
Show Off Your Craft Leftovers
Craft Leftovers’ Kristin Roach has a call out to her readers looking for the best ways they mend clothing or give favorite pieces some new life, send it her way! She’s looking to include reader submissions in her new book due out next year. Check out her blog for all the details on how to […]
