I found this great intro guide to making fringes! I am taking an entrepreneurship class at art college right now and it's got me thinking about the cost of making things. If you have ever made art or crafts for sale, you're not alone in getting burned in shipping costs and more :\ I love knitting machines and have three of them. They bring the cost ( Read more... )

Sashiko is on my list of things to try and I really don't have any excuse. I just have to sit done and get 'er done, especially since I have some holey blue jeans that could benefit from the technique. Here's a great article about the technique.



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... Is there any way to successfully use elastic with a non-stretchy material, aside from exposed elastic? It's confusing because it seems like no way would the law of physics allow for it, but searching for the query brings up websites where people vaguely act like there is a way, and I found a tutorial for sewing an elastic into a waistband and ( Read more... )

Summer is not over yet, right?

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Here are a couple of pics of the reversible fleece coat that I made last week. I posted asking about heavy duty needles, you may recall.

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As is traditional with me, I do my best to make the costumes my family wears on Halloween. Last year, my daughter won a costume contest, so that felt pretty good. :)

( Here we go with this year's costumes: )

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Any DIYers have any ideas on what materials I could use to make this?
I refuse to spend $80.00+ dollars one one when it looks so simple. I kust don't know what type of material that is. It would have to stretch because I don't feel like adding hooks. Anyone ever make anything like this before? I need help, or a link to a tutorial would be nice.

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