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I'm Diane and I make lots of things. That's what I write about here, along with musings on internet culture and creative small businesses. Thanks for stopping by! Would you like some tea?
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 Here’s this week’s CraftStylish tutorial – making a dead-simple quilt from two thrifted sheets and a blanket. This is not only a recycling project, it’s a very easy intro to quilting. I made this one over the course of one and a half Audrey Hepburn movies, without a lot of work-space or a fancy … Read On! There’s More!  I’m a little slo-o-o-ow getting back to the blogging – I’ve spent this week catching up on all the gatherings that got postponed during Arctic Blast 2008. I do have piles of things to share, but need to re-set my office before I can bust out the photo rig. All those lame excuses aside, … Read On! There’s More!  More vintage is on the way, my friends, but today, we’re doing short posts. Like: this week’s tutorial is up at CraftStylish! In this one, I show you how to recycle your old Christmas cards into a cheery garland. A very good group project, by the way, for people who are snowed in, housebound, and … Read On! There’s More!  So, it’s another one of those deadline-smashup weeks, and I don’t have much time to blog. But Hope had a great suggestion – why not link back to some holiday tutorial things I’ve done in the past? It’s been a whole year – maybe it’ll all seem new to you again! First up, we have … Read On! There’s More!  Hey everyone – I have a new tutorial over at CraftStylish. This one takes the leftover scraps from my Recycled Necktie Scarf and turns them into a Quilted Necktie Cuff. I’m happy with how it came out – very silky and pretty. Hope you like! Read On! There’s More!  My pins and needles really take a beating, and I’ve noticed that they’re all dulling a bit. So I thought I’d try to make a pincushion that’s also a sharpener. This is based on those little strawberry-things that dangle from the tomato pincushions. They’re filled with metal filings, and you poke your pins into them … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s the second style of playing-card notebook: a simplified stitch-bound style. This style takes a little more rough handling than the accordion, due to the introduction of good old E6000 at the spine. Anyway, here goes: You begin with two playing cards, and a lot of small pieces of paper. The paper should be about … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s what we made at Church of Craft this month. I collect interesting playing cards, tarot cards, and loteria cards, and as it turns out, they make dandy covers for little notebooks. We made books in two styles, so I’ll do two separate how-to posts. Here we go . . . . Style #1: Accordion … Read On! There’s More!  Here’s what we made at Church of Craft yesterday: Button Pendants. They use good old plastic canvas as their base, which means they can easily be converted to pins. Speaking of which, Susan has two great button projects in Bead Simple that using those plastic canvas rounds. (That’s Page 147 and 213, for you … Read On! There’s More!  This is a cool craft indeed! I’m going to give you the basics here, and some ideas for jumping-off points. Let’s get right to it! So, get yourself a package of cotton clothesline at your local variety or hardware store. I buy a 50-foot pack locally for about $2.50. When you cut this stuff, the … Read On! There’s More! |
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