From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Tasty Links!

March 31, 2009

I recently joined the Crafty Bloggers, a group of highly-talented women who share links to fun stuff on each other’s blogs each week. What an honor to be invited! So here is my first roundup – check out all the crafty goodness:

_________________________________________________________

About Family Crafts
Discover how you can create an entire fairy village using items from [...]

Read the full article →

Review: Craft Challenge: Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Pillowcase (And a contest, too!)

March 30, 2009

Craft Challenge: Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Pillowcase is the first book in a new re-crafting series from Lark Books. (Go, Lark!) The intro chapter talks about how this idea was influenced by the online craft community, and the way we create these creative challenges for ourselves. (So, given that I’ve been talking lately [...]

Read the full article →

CraftyPod #88: CHA and Indie Crafters, with Victor Domine

March 29, 2009

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- An interview with Victor Domine, Public Relations Manager for the Craft & Hobby Association.

- Victor’s take on that inaccurate Indie Craft Report that circulated at the January CHA show.

- Some thoughts [...]

CraftyPod #88: CHA and Indie Crafters, with Victor Domine: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Read the full article →

How to Make a Paperback Picture Frame

March 26, 2009

This little project was born on a recent trip to the Goodwill Outlet, locally known as The Bins. I stumbled onto a huge pile of paperback books with nice, lurid covers, and thought they’d make great picture frames.

Here’s a view of the inside:

So, here’s how to whip one up:

Start by measuring the book. Then, use [...]

Read the full article →

Feeling Mend-y?

March 25, 2009

…Coming to you from a low-grade fever today. Bleh. But I did want to share that I have a little mending tutorial up on the CRAFT blog this week.

That pink polo you see there has been in my closet for a while now. Perfect color, perfect thing to throw on all summer long. Only last [...]

Read the full article →

…And one more Buttony Post

March 24, 2009

So, Button Month on CraftStylish is just winding down. Here’s my latest tutorial: customizing plain white buttons with paint. I tried four different kinds of paint, and put them all through a washer-dryer test. You can see the results over there.

In the process, I discovered a freakin’ wonder-product: Sharpie Paint Markers. I’m working on a [...]

Read the full article →

Craft With Me this Weekend!

March 24, 2009

Hey, Locals -

If you need some crafty fun this weekend, please join me at Twisted, where I’ll be teaching two classes:

On Saturday, I’m teaching Wire Crochet Flower Pendants. This class is designed for folks who’ve had at least a little crochet experience. The flowers are simple to make once you’ve mastered the technique, and you [...]

Read the full article →

An Actual Sunday!

March 23, 2009

I had such a grand day off with Susan and Pearl yesterday. Among many other fun things, we stopped in at Vintage Pink, and saw this oh-so-amzing necktie quilt.

Oh, for the vast stores of time and neckties needed to make one of these! There are novelty ties scattered in among the stripes and solids, so [...]

Read the full article →

We came. We saw. We buttoned.

March 21, 2009

I had so much fun at Susan’s Button It Up signing last night! It’s so cool that Powell’s hosts these crafty events. (And it’s so cool that Sarah took all these rad photos. Thanks, Sarah!)

The crowd got to see all the buttony projects from the book up close, and we shared favorite button sources and [...]

Read the full article →

Review: Material Obsession

March 20, 2009

I’ve been showing my copy of Material Obsession around like crazy – it’s quickly become one of my favorite quilting books.

Before I start geeking out, you may already know that the authors, Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke, have a shop in Sydney, Australia and a great blog – both of which share the book’s [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

March 2009

Tasty Links!

Review: Craft Challenge: Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Pillowcase (And a contest, too!)

CraftyPod #88: CHA and Indie Crafters, with Victor Domine

How to Make a Paperback Picture Frame

Feeling Mend-y?

…And one more Buttony Post

Craft With Me this Weekend!

An Actual Sunday!

We came. We saw. We buttoned.

Review: Material Obsession

Search CraftyPod

Categories

Recent Posts

I also write for:

Stuff I Publish:

A Few Fave Blogs:

Crafty Podcasts

Pages

More Stuff I Publish:

Archives

Podcast Feeds