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Craft Month 2011 – Day 28 – T-Shirt Scarf
In honor of the return of cold weather… AND SNOW… (yes really snow – full disclosure – I’m doing this post a couple days ahead of time, and hopefully by the time this actually goes live, there will be no snow) I bring you a use for all of your old tees that you just…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 22 – Printing Custom Fabric
I found a great place online that allows you to print your own custom fabric. You can check it out for yourself at www.spoonflower.com but… if $18-$32/yard isn’t in your budget, you can make your own. Now, I have only tried this for small sizes, no larger than 8×10.5inches. To print my fabric, I create…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 20 – Embroidery
For today’s craft project, I thought I would try something that I have never done before. I did some embroidery. I started with a cute image I found online, which I printed it out and traced onto my fabric. Then I did a lot of backstitching. I’m very excited about how the final project turned…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 14 – Book Bag
Today’s project is really awesome! I made a purse out of an old book. I’m very excited about how this project turned out. I got to make use of the cover of a book that was falling apart (I’m trying to come up with ideas for the pages. Leave me a comment if you have any ideas.) I…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 10 – Hot Iron Travel Pouch
Today’s national craft month project can be done aas a sewing project, or a hot glue project. I did mine as a hot glue project, because I couldn’t get the layers of fabric through my sewing machine. This travel pouch was made for my travel size flat iron. It’s an amazingly simple project. For this…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 9 – Simple Elastic Waist Skirt
Today’s craft project is a my first sewing project for national craft month. I don’t normally do sewing projects, because I always seem to have issues with my sewing machine. It’s usually the tension, but this was such a cool project, that I had to try it. This skirt was actually really simple. I took…
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