Earlier this year I came across a beautiful block print tablecloth that I immediately fell in love with. The price point was a little high so I tucked the idea away in my head thinking it would be a fun DIY project to try some day. I love creating seasonal tablescapes and when I had
Our complete guide to Selvedge Denim covers all the history, production, and increasing popularity of the special fabric.
Avocado is one of my most favorite dye sources. We eat a lot of avocados at home and therefore have quite a substantial amounts of avocado skins and stones left. They would end up as a kitchen waste otherwise and I love the fact that I can use them in a creative way instead of throwing them into a bin. Avocados make a
All patterns are available both for home print: A4 and US letter size and for copy shop print: A0 size. All patterns come with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions so you can focus on your favorite part: sewing😊 All patterns include: ✔️ proposed types of fabric ✔️ fabric measurements ✔️ additional materials that you may need So that you can easily organize your shopping list. All patterns include seam allowance (1 cm / 3/8”) marked separately from the pattern. PLEASE NOTE: To access your pattern files, you will need a reader program. We recommend using Adobe Reader, which you can download for free here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/ You are advised to open your files on a PC/laptop instead of a mobile. This way you can use all the features of Adobe Reader. 📏SIZES XS - 3XL US 4-16 EU 36 - 48 UK / AU 8-20 (Check size chart in photos for details). 🧵SKILL LEVEL Intermediate ✂️FABRIC PROPOSALS Pattern is made for heavy woven fabrics. Most suitable are furniture fabrics, woven jeans fabric without elasticity, coat fabrics, velvet, cotton, wool, brocade, corduroy, etc. Also, ALL woven fabrics as long as they are pressed with fusing fabric. ✂️FABRIC REQUIREMENTS - Main Fabric 150cm/ 1.65 yard - Lining 120 cm/ 1.3 yard - Fusing 120/ 1.3 yard 📥FORMAT Digital files. No physical pattern will be sent to you. 📥YOU WILL RECEIVE - Sewing Pattern in A4 (20 pages), US letter (24 pages), A0 (1 page, print at copy shop) - Booklet with recommended fabrics and a guideline on how to open, print and assemble the pattern - Cutting tutorial - Sewing Tutorial, step by step We sew and check every pattern before we make it available to download. Please note that different bodies experience different fittings of the same pattern. Every body is unique, so will be the fitting of your pattern. 📝DESCRIPTION Bolero with huge puffed sleeves. Sleeves feature a side opening at the wrist and 3 chest darts. Lining included. Sewing tutorial also includes trim but it's optional. 👁️PATTERN IS A RECREATION OF BELLA BAXTER'S COSTUME IN POOR THINGS FILM ✅If you liked this pattern: VISIT OUR SHOP: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmbitiousEllePattern 🤳We will be happy to see your own creation. Please share your photos at social media using @ambitiousellepatterns **As this is a digital product, we do not accept returns, exchanges, or cancellations. Please contact us if you face any difficulty or have any inquiries.
If you’ve read Botanical Colour at your Fingertips, you’ll be familiar with pretreating fabric with soya (soy) milk. It’s a method for preparing fabric before dyeing to achieve darker colours and improve colourfastness. The soy bean protein in the milk coats cellulose (plant) fibres which makes them act more like protein fibres, such as wool...
How to dye fabric and yarn with avocado. Learn how to create wonderful pink tones using avocado skins and pits. Step by step tutorial for beginners.
Learn how to make a god's eye craft (or ojo de dios) with this step by step photo tutorial! All you need is yarn and sticks to make this beautiful traditional craft. Make it with the kids or on your own for a colorful wall hanging!
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Grönsaksresterna kan bli det bästa pysselmaterialet.
Living life one stitch at a time!
(Part I) The Shiner – Girl With Black Eye The American Way Pardon Me! Grandpa’s Little Ballerina She’s My Baby Missing Tooth Saying Grace Girl At Mirror Going And … … …
Free Garden Things printable sticker or coloring page. Free Download.
Investigate our 'arresting' new Discworld Jigsaw Puzzle & print starring Sam Vimes, Carrot, Angua & Co. from Terry Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork City Watch!
You can create a safe mild copper mordant at home. However, it is better to use it as an after-bath for color shifting, rather than your main mordant. Copper is toxic and care must be taken in all handling and preparing of a copper mordant or after-bath.
Recipe for Russian buttercream frosting, a smooth and creamy condensed milk frosting perfect for decorating cakes. (quantity to decorate 10-12 cupcakes)
Bókverk. Ég sinni myndlistinni gjarnan með handgerðum bókum, stökum eða í litlu upplagi, og hef tekið þátt í sýningum á bókverkum hérlendis og erlendis. Hér á síðunni eru myndir af bókverkum allt f…
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Learn how to make a beginner friendly Cyanotype print using the sunlight in our complete guide to making a DIY cyanotype print.
In this post I'll share my collagraph, or collograph as it also can be spelled, printmaking process with you. I'm fascinated by the unpredictability of collagraph printing…
For the second challenge of the Historical Sew Monthly, “Blue”, I decided to knit a blue Sontag, or shawl. Actually, I decided to knit a blue sontag, then realized it fit perfectly into…
Something new I have been trying is downloading fonts to use in my designs. Here are 6 free fonts I have recently been using… 1. Selfish 2. Mossy 3. Parisienne 4. Nautik 5. Calamity Jane 6. Mathlete Have you tried downloading fonts before? It’s much easier than I thought it would be. If you want to use any of the fonts I’ve shown here, click on the links above and download from the sites I’ve linked to. Open the compressed file and double click on the font file to open it. You should then see a button to install the font. (I use Windows 7 so it might be different for other operating systems.)
My career path has included wiring company internets, managing computer networks, coding applications, etc. Geek? Yep! So I’ve been reflecting on my transformation into an artist over the years and how these two occupations have informed each other. Ever the geek, I tend to want to combine mediums and fix processes that I don’t like […]
Ultra-soft bread filled with melty cheese, these sweet cheese rolls are so good fresh from the oven and stays soft for days.
Noa Raviv is an Israeli fashion designer known for her use of grid patterns and employment of 3D printing in her captivating couture creations.
Looking for an inexpensive, and easy way to mordant your fabric? Enter soy milk. Stick around to find out how to make your own soy milk mordant.
Your new readers will love making their own Magic Wand Reading Pointers that they can use to keep their place while reading. It's an easy way to make reading magical.
Last week I raved about the gorgeous Classic Quilt Block, the Sawtooth Star. This week I have a step by step tutorial so you can sew your own block, and if you've never sewn one before you're in for a treat. It's an easy block to sew and hopefully you used last week's colouring sheet to plan your own block. I'll be making a 6" (finished) block and at the end of the tutorial there's a chart of cutting measurements for six different sizes - 4", 6", 8", 10", 12" and 15". You'll be able to use this chart for all your future projects. As I mentioned last week, a combination of squares and flying geese units is the easiest way to construct the Sawtooth Star block. No matter how accurate you cut, flying geese units can become a little wonky due to the diagonally cut triangles. In this tutorial and my chart, I've added a little extra to the square measurement for the smaller triangles to avoid any wonky units. You can trim the units down to size after sewing. So here we go: From your background fabric cut: 1 x 4 1/4" square cut diagonally twice to yield 4 triangles (B) 4 x 2" squares (D) From your print fabric cut: 1 x 3 1/2" square (A) 4 x 2 1/2" squares cut diagonally to yield 8 triangles (C) To make the flying geese units, sew a print (C) triangle to the left short side of each of the four background (B) triangles, along the long sides using a 1/4" seam. Set each seam with your iron and then finger press the seam towards the print fabric. Press the seams with your iron. Sew a print (C) triangle to the right short side of each of the four background (B) triangles, along the long sides using a 1/4" seam. Set each seam with your iron and then finger press the seam towards the print fabric. Press the seams with your iron. Carefully trim each of the four flying geese units to 2" x 3 1/2". Arrange the four flying geese units, the four background (D) squares and the print (A) square into three rows of three blocks as shown in the photo above, ensuring correct orientation of all units. Sew the units together into the three rows, pressing seams in alternate directions. Carefully matching all seams, sew the three rows together along the long sides and pressing the seams open to complete your Sawtooth Star block which should measure 6 1/2" square when complete. Tada! How fun and easy was that? One gorgeous Sawtooth Star ready for your next project. The following chart gives you all the cutting measurements for six sizes - 4", 6", 8" 10" 12" and 15" square. Each size is constructed in the same manner, but you will need to use the chart to determine the cutting requirements for each block size. You can download and print the Sawtooth Star Cutting Chart by clicking the link or right click on the photo below and save to your computer for reference: To use the chart simply chose the finished sized block you require and cut all pieces (A-D) as required. I've included the unfinished size of the flying geese units to help you with your trimming. I hope you enjoy sewing your own Sawtooth Star blocks. Next week I'm giving you lots of inspiration to add traditional twists to this Classic Quilt Block and I have a free block pattern for you to try. I think you'll love this block, it's fun and pretty and it finishes at 8" square, so you'll be able to use it for lots of projects. Happy quilting :)
Happy Independence Day to all of my American friends! I hope you're all having fun celebrating with friends and family. At my house, we're especially excited because my son, Luke, is home for the first time since he joined the Air Force in February! It feels like old times and I will be shedding more than a few tears when he has to leave for his new base. In honor of the holiday, I created a patriotic wreath using Tim Holtz's Sizzix Rosette Die. I wish I could claim this as my own idea, but I can't! I found it while browsing on Pinterest (tell me I'm not the only one addicted to that site!). It's from All You magazine. I adapted it to my own taste and what I had on hand. The paper is from a pad that I've had for years and never used. That's why I hoard - you just never know when something will come in handy! Since the directions called for different sizes, and I don't have the Mini Rosettes die (yet!), I had to improvise.Here's a quick tute to show you how to downsize your regular rosette to make a smaller one. Cut paper using Sizzix Rosette Die. Using your scissors or paper cutter, cut off about 1/4" from the straight edge. On the reverse side, run a strip of tissue tape down the length. You need the tape to keep the segments together, since you cut off the solid edge. After taping, trim off about four segments from the end. Pleat and glue as you would a regular sized rosette. That's it! It's surprising how much smaller this is after trimming such a small amount off, but it really makes a huge difference. I can honestly say after making so many rosettes (about 40!), I am a Master Rosette Maker. A sensei of rosettery, if you will. I am also proud to say that I came out on the other side of this project with not one finger burned after extremely heavy glue gun usage. ;-) Have a great week!
Having just shown some pictures on my blog of items I recently made with paper cloth, I thought perhaps I would do a tutorial the next time I made some. You will need a large piece of freezer pape…
I've recently been looking into making more Chinese New Year crafts together as a way to celebrate the upcoming holiday. With my current infatuation with watercolor crafts, we recently made these watercolor painted paper fans together. Watercolor Painted Paper Fans This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Our Favorite Chinese New Year Books Prior to making the craft, we had already been reading books explaining the holiday. Here are some of our favorites! The Runaway Wok Bringing In the New Year My First Chinese New Year Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year Celebrating Chinese New Year Is it just me or are watercolor crafts like the best? The colors are always so vibrant and it's easy to make lovely, colorful art (and it doesn't require much clean up or prep too- score!) We've recently been going through some transitions over here when I gave birth to my second son. He's been such a gift to our family, but navigating transitions (even good ones) have never been my strong point. Luckily, painting and crafting make me feel happy... so I really enjoyed making these beautiful fans! Materials Needed: Ok, all you need for this craft are: Paper (We use drawing paper for the watercolors, but you can just use plain old computer paper too if you decide to go another route.) Other drawing tools (Markers, Crayons, these cool twistable crayons, Sharpies) Stapler Tape Let's Make Some Watercolor Painted Paper Fans You could go 3 routes when making these fans. Option 1: You could just draw/paint whatever comes to mind.... I made this design by drawing a bunch of dots randomly on the page with Sharpie marker and then connecting them with lines to make triangles. I find geometric shapes to be quite modern and aesthetically pleasing, don't you? Then, I just painted all the shapes in. Option 2: Plan a specific Design- Think in halves! Or, you could try to make a specific design on the fan. We'll be folding these fans in half, so imagine the paper divided in half and draw two different designs on each half. I also wanted to make a dragon fan for Chinese New year, so I drew this pattern out. (You can download it over here Chinese New Year Dragon Printable Fan ). When it's folded it makes a completed dragon fan. My son really liked this one, so he spent most of the time coloring it in... and then telling me that he didn't want to turn it into a fan. Oh well! Once you've finished your design, accordion fold it. Then, fold it in half. Staple yourself a handle and tape the two sides together. Spread your fan out and admire your completed design! Oh! Here's what the stripey design looked like folded. I went a bit crazy with painting and made several. Aren't they pretty? Option 3: Fold first, then paint! And... if you want to, you could also just fold up a bunch of these first and then paint them. That's another option too! (The stripey fan on the lower right corner was painted that way.) Another cute fan craft: Now if you liked making this paper fan craft, you should also check out my folding popsicle stick fans. They're a bit more work, but they also are a bit cooler because you can open and close them! Hope you have a fun time making these with your kiddos. Let's Keep in Contact! You can always find more fun ideas on my Pinterest, Facebook, or Instagram accounts! Happy making!
I've received a lot of interest in the romantic rock paperweight from my "Busy" post. It's been pinned, and I've received emails abou...
Inspired to try a new hobby? Why not try your hand at creating anthotypes and experimenting with botanical dyeing? Anthotypes are a beautiful way to create fine art images with found objects from your garden.
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Welcome to my project gallery! Here you will find photo links to over 150 different projects! Feel free to pin all you like! Any graphics that I have used to create the projects are included in the tutorials and are free for you to use! I have organized them by category to make them more accessible. You will find that some of them are repeated since they fit into more than one. Previous users will find that I have reworked the gallery to make it more accessible and less cumbersome. Just click on the category title to be taken to the photo gallery. Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy! COPY CAT PROJECTS...Love Pottery Barn, Wisteria, Ballard Designs and all of those designers but don't want to pay the big bucks? Then check out my copy cat projects...all the looks without the price tag! FRENCH-INSPIRED PROJECTS...Lots of easy and inexpensive ways to add a vintage French look to your home! SPRING AND SUMMER PROJECTS...Fun and easy ideas for creating everything from pillows and wreaths to festive holiday touches for Easter and the patriotic holidays! FALL AND HALLOWEEN...Easy and inexpensive ideas for adding seasonal touches to your home including wreaths and no-sew pillows along with fun fabric and no-carve pumpkins CHRISTMAS AND WINTER PROJECTS...Fun and inexpensive ideas for decorating your mantel, including handmade wreaths and stockings, along with pillows, candles and a beautiful easy-to-make snow village for pennies! VALENTINE PROJECTS...As always, easy and inexpensive ideas for that special holiday with a vintage look.
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Here are 23 Easy Image Transfer Methods for DIY Projects! So many fun ways to do Photo Transfers onto wood or other surfaces.
Another month, another photo challenge. Are you joining us? Play along with us each and every month with our Photo A Day Challenge. If you are new to this, keep reading for tips and tricks to follow along with everyone! What is exactly is photo-a-day you say? Every month I share with you some photo
In Paul Fuentes world, high-heels end with ice-cream cones, a candy can become a planet, and movie titles are taken way too litteraly. The artist, who
Black craft foam, googly eyes and fishing line are all you need to create a whole colony of swooping, weatherproof bats. Kids big and small will love this quick and easy Halloween craft, perfect for adding a spooky touch to your front yard.
