Textile designer based in Santiago, Chile,
creating a world of patterns and colour
with her unique screen-printed,
woven and embroidered textiles
for the home.
Flossie Teacakes: Wiggly Bags Tutorial for Liberty Rose Trust
Crafting for good. Here’s another nice tutorial from Flossie Teacakes. I love finding inspirational new blogs. this one is a winner.
… Read More...I’d actually never heard of Wiggly Bags, but following the link that she sent, found that they are bags
Obscure Animal Alphabet: Axolotl to Zebu | Uglorable!
This Obscure Animal Alphabet isn’t a craft product… but it should be.
VintageSewing.info – Help for recreating vintage patterns
This looks like a great vintage sewing pattern resource. They are cataloging sewing books that are in the public domain. You can search by decade or by keyword or by type of sewing.
What a great resource and very def. … Read More...
Saffron Craig’s Bird Tree fabric range: Birds, trees and blossoms
Totally cute bird fabrics from Saffron Craig. I love this top down view one!
Saffron Craig’s Bird Tree fabric range: Birds, trees and blossoms.
Swap Your Creations at whoopdwhoop!
whoopdwhoop is a unique, currency free marketplace where individuals can both list their creative endeavors and ‘shop’ for other’s creative endeavors- all without the use of money. Points (whoops) are earned by both listing and swapping your handiwork. You can … Read More...
The Pentagon gets crafty…
Aw! How cute! A teensy hummingbird spy…
Calif. firm develops flying artificial hummingbird – KansasCity.com.
RIBBONESIA – 3D ribbon art
Artist : Baku Maeda (???) has been making these wonderful ribbon sculptures. You can check out the pictures here.
“Tapirs of The World” Cross Stitch | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
More Tapir craftiness. Now I’m feeling obsessed with tapirs. I need pajamas that have the San-X character on them.
“Tapirs of The World” Cross Stitch | Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
IlanioWear: Free patterns
IlanioWear is giving away all their patterns for free! They make burner/dance club/costumy type clothing.
They’ve got garter belts, hot pants, dresses, coats, tops, you name it. You can go to their site to download the patterns and you can … Read More...
Flossie Teacakes: Shirring tutorial
Flossie Teacakes provides a good tutorial for shirring here. I’m a big fan of shirring and use it for the back panel of a dresses instead of adding a zipper. Not that zippers a so hard or anything but … Read More...
Girls Who Love Horses love Heather Ross’s new fabric for Kokka
Did you love horses when your were a kid and did you collect Briar horses? I certainly did and if you did I know you will like this sweet fabric that Heather Ross designed for Kokka. I can’t wait … Read More...
Custom Laser Cut Settler’s of Catan!
Saw these awesome custom laser cut interlocking Settler’s of Catan game board pieces on Make Zine Blog the other week. My husband and I spent a whole summer playing this game with our neighbors on hot weekend nights. It was … Read More...
Claude Jeantet’s cardboard animals
These cardboard animals by Parisian architect Claude Jeantet are amazing! She also makes other cute house accessories from cardboard. The penguin side table and owl book-ends are my favorites.
You can check out the whole collection over at Lisa Fontanarosa’s … Read More...
Local crafters unite!
Do you buy items in local stores that are from local crafters? I like to. My local pet store had some cute hand sewn catnip mice. They are very cute, can be made from pretty tiny scraps and cats love … Read More...
Fixers Collective
Another fun Kickstarter project that has made it’s goal. The Fixers Collective is in NY and it looks like they have workshop space and hours where you can bring in things for them to fix. What a great idea! Even … Read More...
iPod amplifier
Okay, this is not exactly a craft… but so useful and amusing for some reason and it could easily need a knitted cozy or something to make it more cheerful. Anyway, I often have the can’t hear my iPhone problem.… Read More...
Filing this away for next year
Gold spray paint and leaves. Go pick up some pretty leaves, lay them out on some news paper and give them a light coating of gold (or silver) spray paint and then use them to decorate your tree!
Pretty and … Read More...
‘Tis the season for potlucks
I think everyone knows that moment of trying to decide how to transport your potluck offering. Do you stuf it in a paper bag and worry about the lid sliding off or the bag breaking? Do you carry it in … Read More...
More about felt – Felting lessons
The Felting Lessons site is just what it sounds like. Felter Terri Pike writes up many wonderful felting video tutorials. Wet felting, nuno felting, resist felting, you name it.
This is a really wonderful resource for the beginning or beyond … Read More...