…compilation of tutorials
Well, fall is coming.
The leaves look still beautiful outside, but soon they will be gone and then you can fall back on your own – if you like even evergreen – leaves.
There’s something to be said for that ;-))
By the way I imagine them also nice as pin.
Made e.g. with some stash yarn matching your purse.
Links:
Corrugated Leaf Tutorial
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘purse’
I really like knitted and crocheted bags but I never knew how to line them.
Now I found a tutorial on how to line a bag as on the photo.
Let’s see what I’m gonna make of it ;-))
Links:
Line a fat bottom bag
I found this bag when looking for Furoshiki and find it great!
It is very easy to make: crochet (Or knit. Or sew. Or weave ;-)) a big rectangle and then you only have to fold it appropriately, that’s all!
Links:
Masa Bag
Instructions for folding the Masa Bag
Here at unikatissima:
Furoshiki
Entries with the tag ‘crochet’
Entries with the tag ‘knitting’
Entries with the tag ‘sewing’
Entries with the tag ‘weaving’
Again a scarf from scraps ;-)
But this time it’s not only about scraps nor scarves: It’s about this technique, where you arrange fabric pieces and/or yarns on water-soluble sheet, where you make it ‘unslippable’ by spraying it with fabric glue where necessary, where you cover it with water-soluble sheet again and then sew more or less wildly in all directions to connect all elements with each other.
After rinsing it (thoroughly!) you get a more or less delicate fabric that you can use as scarf like on the photo, but you can also make a top top top or a one-of-a-kind vest one-of-a-kind vest poncho from.
There is even a book that shows how you can mix this technique with felting.
I really must do this once ;-)
Here at unikatissima:
Tammina brought the Kelly bag to my attention, and I find it very chic, too :)
I didn’t make it yet because I have an idea about but not the time to test ist.
Besides I don’t need a purse because I’m always using my knapsack.
But I like it so… ;-)
Links:
Kelly Bag – click there always on the picture of the bag in the Flash animation, then on the desired bag (the white one is down to the right) and for the template click eventually on ‘I want it’.
At flickr: photos of the Kelly bag
Here at unikatissima:
Shoulder Pad Purse
Entries with the tags ‘bag’, ‘purse’ and ‘tote’
I presented already the tote which is crocheted from plastic bags which were cut in stripes and the makeup bag made from fused plastic bags, this is yet another bag that uses nevertheless both techniques.
I find it great but won’t make it because here all plastic bags look the same and frankly, I find that it would look boring, then.
Links:
Woven Plastic Bag (Tone twister bag)
Here at unikatissima:
Plastic Bag Tote
Fabric from Plastic Bags
I really like crochet bags ;-), therefore the tutorial on how to make bags from crochet squares came in handy.
It remembered me of Inga’s Häkelbeutel, but is still easier to make.
You can make it also with my Lacy Crochet Square Margarethe but I think that the holes will be too big if you don’t line it.
Anyhow: Have fun crocheting the next beach bag ;-)
Links:
Bag from Granny Squares (Get Your Granny On~ bag)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tags ‘crochet’ and ‘bag’
Inga’s Häkelbeutel – German Granny Square Bag
unikatissima’s Lacy Crochet Square Margarethe
crochet medaillon
Once when I took a look at instructables I found the instruction Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki? which fascinated me: Japanese use since a long time a cloth to wrap all sorts of things, as well to transport as to decorate them. And the Japanese Minister for Environment created an initiative to reduce waste to propagate Furoshiki as an ecological wrapping.
When making a little research I found even more Furoshiki folding instructions.
On the photos I wrapped four apples in a dishcloth – I just didn’t have a bandana or an old pillow case ;-) at hand.
In principle the dish cloth can be used but the knots get too big and it’s simply not the real McCoy.
Wikipedia says that the ‘real’ Furoshiki cloth are from cottom, rayon, nylon, a fabric called ‘chirimen’ or silk, in either case they are thinner and thus better to be knotted.
Also the sizes seem to be of a great variety, sure, you’ve always something different to wrap ;-)
Anyhow, I will try this more often :)
When researching I found also a nice idea: to wrap a gift for someone into an interesting cloth and include a printout of the diagram of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.
I like this ;-)
Links:
At instructables: Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki?
Wikipedia entry for ‘Furoshiki’ (English) (I haven’t found a German entry)
Initiative for waste reduction (‘Mottainai Furoshiki’) of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment
Furoshiki folding diagram of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment
Blog entry with the nice idea about wrapping a gift
Google search result for ‘Furoshiki’
Google image search result for ‘Furoshiki’
I stll have some old cassettes I don’t listen to anymore. But because I’m always reluctant to throw anything away I’m thinking of making some purses from the cassettes by following the tutorial at craftster ;-)
Links:
At craftster: Cassette Tape Coin Purse
The description how she made the purse is somewhere in the thread.
I find bags, purses and totes somehow interesting, especially when made from unusual materials (although I think that I will always stick to my knapsack ;-)).
That is the reason why I like the shoulder pad purse (scroll down to “Shoulder Pad Mini-Purses,”) so much!
Unfortunately I have only found boring white shoulder pads.
Well, they’d never make a knapsack ;-))
Links:
Shoulder Pad Purse (scroll down to “Shoulder Pad Mini-Purses,”)
Note: When I downloaded the PDF file, it had about 2.5 MB.