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Don’t forget to stop by the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend at Fort Mason if you are in the Bay Area!
You can check out the amazing vendor list here.
July 18th and 19th
Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion
Parking information and directions are here.
there…
Create a Knight Bus out of an altoids tin like this one by tapestrymlp on flickr. She has a ton of cute Harry Potter crafts and you can look at her set here.
Jan of Jan’s Reading Room has experimented with several…
Suddenly it is the middle of July! Before you know it summer will be gone and we will all be getting out our tights and fall skirts and digging our cute fall coats out of the closet.
I came by this…
Spikey hedgehog plushie giveaway at Glass Dragon Bears
He measures, just so you have an idea of his size, 3 inches from nose tip to back. He has German glass eyes, perle cotton nose, polyester fiberfill and leadshot filling and an…
Hello! The first ever Renegade Craft Fair in LOS ANGELES will take place JULY 11 + 12 from 11am – 7pm, at the California Market Center. We’ll be taking over the entire 13th floor penthouse of the Center, where gorgeous…
Dear God, Why is this owl wearing a belt? I don’t really need an answer but it is so cute I figured only a deity could truly understand it.
This otter card is even cuter and if thy had this…
This latest shadowbox by Roadside Projects features a girl in a mod dress with hat boxes strapped to the back of her magic green flying bike.
Jayme McGowan is the artist behind this original artwork, you can find her blog and other works…
This hand screened whale teacup calls to me. My kid would point to it and say “mama…baby” while pointing to the big red whale and the tiny other whale. He loves a big thing and a small thing together.
This Giclee…
There are so many things you can do to repurpose a vintage tea cup.
My next non sewing project, besides hanging pictures, is going to be making a tea cup hanging light. I couldn’t find a tutorial online but I…
This is the cutest fabric bowl I have seen.All the previous fabric bowls I have seen just didn’t quite do it for me. My friend MamaPajama sent me this fabric bowl tutorial by imagine fabric. It’s reversible and I love the…
You can sign up to get free clip art samples every week (or is it month?) from Dover Publications. Follow this link!
I just bought a couple of Dover clip art books to use in some silk screen designs. They really have…
This article posted on Double X (link found on Modern Seamsters Facebook) is about how many women there are on Etsy and how they are all pathetic women trying to make money but can’t because they are not men. Or…
Trueup has a great post about swimsuit fabric. If you’ve ever thought about sewing your own swimsuit, or even if you haven’t, go check it out to see some of the possibilities. The spandex fabrics that are posted are SO…
This new magazine focusing on the alternative side of the web look to be a great idea just starting out. Go check them out and give them some love!
Creepy Queen is a completely free online magazine/blog. We started because of a…
Etsy Virtual Labs is a great way for the craft community to disseminate information. Like this upcoming lab on how to enter a craft fair, like any application how you present yourself can be very important and can change from…
This is a great Instructable on how to make your own mineral makeup by scoochmaroo.
Materials list:
# Micronized Titanium Dioxide
# Zinc Oxide
# Sericite Mica - Matte Finish
# Magnesium Stearate
# Yellow, Red & Brown Iron Oxide Pigments
# Jojoba Oil
# Vitamin E Oil
# Essential…
Many vintage style dresses have a belt made from matching fabric and it’s a great look that flatters most body shapes.
Threads has a really good tutorial with several styles of fabric belt to choose from.
Making your own wallpaper out of some screenprinted images is such a fun idea!
You could buy a whole bunch and make some great wallpaper. Or you could buy one and use it as a note card, put in a frame,…
This zebra in a a smoking jacket drinking a cocktail puppet is so amazing!
“Festive Zebra” is a flat paper cutout puppet on a golden rod. Pull the decorative tabbed string and the Zebra takes a sip from his martini.
Norma V…
The second issue of Modern Seamster is out and it’s still free and online only. This issue brings some new features and columns, including Dear Ms. Pinkingshears and What We Did, What We Saw and has tons of informative articles and fun…