echarpe
link
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/FEATwin06FK.html
domingo, 21 de junho de 2009
sábado, 20 de junho de 2009
Chega de bagunça
caixa de costura
link
http://manequim.abril.com.br/faca-e-use/artesanato-e-casa/chega-bagunca-470943.shtml
Bolsa com espelhinhos
Bolsa com espelhinhos
Como a fazer uma bolsa charmosa e prática
para ir às compras
link: http://manequim.abril.com.br/faca-e-use/ponto-a-ponto/bolsa-espelhinhos-476916.shtml
bolsa
no link abaixo:
http://manequim.abril.com.br/faca-e-use/ponto-a-ponto/vida-nova-camisas-476910.shtml
quarta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2009
Easy Fabric Vase Covers
How About Orange- Easy Fabric Vase Covers
July 23, 2008
Yesterday, while visiting one of my favorite blog, How About Orange, I saw this great DIY project/ tutorial for a removable slip cover of sorts for shot glasses (or any other cylinder-shaped vase or glass) that Jess came up with. So, I asked her if I could repost it here and she agreed.
But before the How To, I wanted to talk about Jess a little bit. You probably already read her blog, but did you know that she is also graphic designer, maker of beautiful things, and has an adorable home worthy of an apartment therapy feature to boot? I am impressed that anyone is able to successfully accomplish all that AND do it well. Aren’t you?
Oh, look how cute the middle vase with the trees is! Come home to me little tree vase. Come home.
Fabric Vase Covers How To:
1. Cut a piece of fabric large enough to wrap around your glass or vase once, plus about an inch of overlap. Make it as tall as your vase is, plus an extra half inch. (Of course, vary this depending on how much glass you want to show at the top.)
2. Fold over and press a half inch at the top and bottom of the fabric; then sew a seam across it to hold it down.
3. Wrap the fabric around your vase, right side to the inside, and pin it exactly where you’d like your seam to go. Slide the vase out and draw a line along the pins to help you sew where you need to.
4. Sew the tube along the line and press the seam open.
5. Flip the tube right side out and put it on your vase.
Loving this project but having trouble finding a great print fabric to use? Don’t worry, Jess has you covered there to. She has just designed a fabric collection with Modern Flora. Seriously, what can’t this girl do? Click here to take a look at her collection.
terça-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2009
Easy Album Cover Wall Organizers
Easy Album Cover Wall Organizers
September 1, 2008
I am pleased to announce that I have another simple DIY project for everyone! And it is even easier than the last one. I should mention that I am on an endless quest to keep myself organized at home, especially in my studio/office, which is quite small since I share the space with my love. Anyway, our office is the only room in the house that we have neglected to paint and I wanted to come up with a way to make it cheerfully colorful AND organized. This is what I came up with:
Album Cover Wall Organizers that will take you less than 5 minutes from start to finish! That’s right: 5 MINUTES!
Materials: 1. Colorful album cover sleeves (I chose kid’s albums because they had neat illustrations on the front) 2. Scissors 3. Foam mounting squares
How To: Step One-Turn album cover sleeve on side so the opening is facing up towards the sky.
Step Two- Using your scissors, cut a half oval shape on the front flap starting at the top (where the opening is). Do not cut the backside (back flap). I just free-formed this part, but you can certainly trace it out if its easier.
*If you are having trouble thinking about cutting up your album covers, you can skip this step all together and can still use the cover as a “pocket”. It will just make getting to your papers a little more difficult, but can still work.
Step Three- Flip the album over to the backside. At each corner stick a foam mounting square and then peel off the paper backing.
Step Four- Secure to wall. Stick all your paper goodies in there and enjoy! I put notebook paper and manilla folders in the bottom one and my fun decorative papers in the top one.
What do you think?
UPDATE: Big thanks to the other sites who have linked to this tutorial. Check them out.
guirlanda de retalhos
Ladies and gentleman, introducing The Colorful Scrap Wreath. I found a wire wreath frame (it looks like this, with 4 concentric, slightly raised wire circles) at Joann’s and it jumped into my shopping bag because a) I’d never seen a non straw/grapevine/styrofoam one before and b) it was $2 or so. Here’s how to make the wreath: cut your fabric scraps into pieces about 1- 1 1/2″ wide by 5″ long. Tie them around the form. Repeat 200+ times. Trim the scrap ends and fluff up the wreath as desired. Sew adornments on to front of wreath (I happen to have a bag of crochet swatches from a big project I was working on, so I used some of them. Bows, flowers, birdies, and rickrack would also suffice). If I had it to do again, I might try to stick to all green scraps, but it’s fun to look at all those fabrics from my scrap bin….
plus it kind of goes with my thread rainbow, so I’ll probably keep it up all year.
http://lindamade.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/the-shop-is-open/
Corner Bookmark
DIY: Corner Bookmark
kate’s handy lunch bag
kate’s handy lunch bag
this week’s resolution is definitely one i have every year: “cook more and dine out less.” i spend quite a bit of money on lunch at work, mainly because i can’t get my act together to prepare something (the closest i got was bringing an entire loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter-forgot the knife though). so i thought maybe if i prettied up my lunch accessories it would help inspire me. this tote is just a canvas bag slightly doctored so that it opens to become a place setting, complete with snuggled utensils! i added button closures on the sides so it’s easy to open and close, and like all canvas bags it is machine washable. for all you lucky freelancers out there, maybe your kids or office-bound friends could use a present. happy crafting! - kate
click here for the step-by-step instructions or just click “read more” below.
Kate’s Handy Lunch Bag
What You’ll Need:
1. canvas bag
2. extra fabric for lining
3. elastic
4. needle and thread
5. sewing machine
6. scissors
7. buttons
Instructions:
1.Evenly cut open the sides of the bag and slice off the bottom so you have two flat pieces of canvas.
2. Pin the bottom back together and resew to create a flat bottom of the bag (like a zip lock bag, rather than a brown paper bag)
3. Fold in the rough sides and pin the lining around the entire edge of the bag. sew the lining with your sewing machine.
4. Measure where you want to place your buttons and buttons holes and mark with pencil. Sew your buttons onto the interior of the bag on both sides. Depending on the size of items you plan to place in the bag, you may want to add more or fewer buttons. I did three chunky buttons down each side.
5. Cut and stitch up your button holes.
6. Cut small loops of elastic for your utensils and use a needle and thread to sew them up.
7.Use your needle and thread to sew the elastic loops on the interior lining of the bag.
8. Stitch your design on the front and double check your buttons fit through and your utensils slide into the elastic.
VOILA!
matchbook notepads
matchbook notepads
for years now we’ve been making little notepads out of vintage matchbooks we find at local flea markets. they’re endlessly useful for jotting down notes, numbers, and various “to do’s”. for this project we created a custom set to keep track of books, movies, and music we want to check out, but the best thing about these is you can make them in all shapes and sizes for whatever your needs may be. we also used our new favorite toy (a custom stamp set from the office supply store) to make a fun set of calling cards that we can tear out and give to new friends.
have fun!
-derek & lauren
click here for the full project or just click “read more” below.
here’s what you’ll need:
-vintage matchbooks and/or card stock
-paper
-bone folder (optional)
-x-acto blade, metal straight edge, and cutting mat (or a papercutter with a perforating blade attachment) [like this one]
-stapler
-staple remover (optional)
-custom stamp kit [like this one] (optional)
1. if you are creating a notepad out of a vintage matchbook, remove the matches by taking out the staple holding them in place. to make your own “matchbook” cut out a piece of card stock (about 4 1/4” x 1 1/2”) and use a bone folder to create creases for the top and bottom folds. The easiest way to do this is to line up your card stock with an actual matchbook of the same size and score your paper at the same points.
2. measure the area previously occupied by the matches and cut your pages to size. for added fanciness, and to make the pages easier to tear out, measure the depth of the bottom lip of the book and perforate your pages that distance from the bottom of you pages (approximately 1/2”). If you don’t have a perforator, you can achieve the same effect by running your paper through an unthreaded sewing machine.
3. stack the pages, and place them in the book. fold up the bottom lip and attach it all together with a staple (we found that our stapler could handle about 14 sheets of paper).
4. we labeled out notebooks using a fun custom stamp kit, but you can decorate them however you please.
kate’s vintage wine clips
kate’s vintage wine clips
this week’s diy borders on the frivolous…but all the more reason to make this little trinkets yourself, as opposed to spending money on ones that don’t have your personal touch! we want to have more dinner parties (who doesn’t) and i thought these would add that perfect hostess detail. i used a mix of single earrings i had left over from losing the mate and some vintage clip-ons i found at the flea market. these take two minutes and you are ready to throw a party. happy crafting! - kate
CLICK HERE for the full project instructions…
What You’ll Need:
1. earrings, all kinds
2. earring hoops (you can buy these in packs at bead stores or craft stores)
3. ribbon
4. scissors
5. pliers
6. exacto blades
Instructions:
1. cut your ribbon pieces and snip triangle out to form the pointed edges.
2. fold your ribbons in half and then cut a small slit in the top with the exacto blade so that it can be threaded onto the hoop.
3. thread your ribbons onto the hoops.
4. thread the earrings onto the hoop. for clip-on earrings, you can just thread closed clip-ons onto the hoop and they will stay put. for post earrings, take the pliers and bend the post down to the base of the earrings to form a loop.
5. use the pliers to bend the straight end of the hoop earring to form a hook that will latch into the other side.
VOILA!
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/02/diy-project-kates-vintage-wine-clips.html#more-18392
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