…compilation of tutorials
Recently I presented the quick bag from a t-shirt, the pillowcase tote is of the same kind.
If you don’t really like both, I have already presented several other bags, purses and totes, I’m sure that there is something for you ;-)
Links:
Pillowcase Tote Tutorial
Here at unikatissima:
Quick Bag from T-Shirt
Entries with the tag ‘bag/purse/tote’
I never sewed much but I think that I could try something new in the new year.
Perhaps I should design my own sewing patterns? ;-))
Links:
Pattern Drafting
Hm, at the end of the year they say that one must tidy up a little to have a good start into the next year.
What about making a scrap quilt to work up all those little left-over pieces of fabric from the different projects?
Or can’t you finish a quilt that fast?
;-)))
Links:
Scrap Quilt (Crumbs, Crumbs Crumbs!!!)
Perhaps also interesting: a Scrap User’s System
On the photo is one of the first Beaded Art Dolls I’ve ever seen and it impressed me deeply.
I always wanted to make one but haven’t had the time yet.
Up until now I only made my freeform bead embroidery ;-)
But I looked for ‘Bead Art Doll’ already ;-)
In doing so I found a mermaid and a butterfly craftalong (in a craftalong several people work on the same project and compare notes). Furthermore I found a most beautiful bird, a blog entry on the subject of ‘Beaded Art Dolls’ and several wonderful finished Beaded Art Dolls, where I like most the Wise One and the little Alien Doll.
If you want to make one, too, you can get patterns for the dolls here.
Links:
Beaded Art Doll on the photo (Coral beaded art doll (first ever!))
Mermaid beaded art doll craftalong with descriptions
Butterfly beaded art doll craftalong with descriptions
As inspiration:
Blog entry (Use Beads as Art:Beaded Art Dolls)
Photos of Beaded Art Dolls
Wise One
Alien Doll
Google image search result for ‘bead art doll’
Free patterns: Doll Forms & Figures – you find the links on the top left: FREE PATTERNS! Bird Goddess, Tiny Goddess, Butterfly Goddess
Here at unikatissima:
Freeform Bead Embroidery
I don’t quilt, although it’s hard for me not just to try it out. I simply don’t have the place.
Anyhow I found this very simple way to make heart appliqués very simple way to make heart appliqués inspirational.
Perhaps just one try…?
At least a little bit?
;-))
By the way, I don’t find the stamped appliqués very orthodox, too ;-)
Links:
Unorthodox Applique
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive: Unorthodox Applique
Here at unikatissima:
Stamped Appliqués
Well, I guess that it’s too late now to finish the Christmas Snow Flower Quilt before Christmas, but 1. you can’t begin too soon when quilting (and in a manner of speaking it’s close to Christmas 2010 ;-)) and 2. they have much more patterns on the page not only holiday patterns :)
Links:
Christmas Snow Flower Quilt (Download Gallery Quilt Patterns) – the pictures are very large (although they’re not shown large), therefore it takes it’s time to load the page
Ok, ok, today is Saint Nicholas, but here the show is already over, the boot wasn’t only filled but emptied already and life goes on.
And to let it go on neatly (at least concerning sewing) the bobbin holders from spiral binders can help ;-))
So in case that you still have to sew something for Christmas everything should go more easily now :)
Links:
Bobbin Holder (Bevy of Bobbins- corral your unruly bobbin thread! Pics, too!)
Saint Nicholas – Celebration in Central Europe
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘sewing’
Actually I prefer photo tutorials to video tutorials because I can look at photos as long and close as I want, but I find the instruction for a quick bag out of a t-shirt so great that I wanted to present it anyhow.
The way she’s making it it really takes only five minutes to make from the t-shirt a nice bag where the flap still can be embellished, e.g. with embroideries, but also with Freeform pieces crocheted extra for the flap or bead embroidered Paisleys or crochet squares or (paper) flowers or whatever you can think about ;-))
(By the way, I ‘nicked’ the photo from the entry T-Shirt Yarn ;-))
Links:
Quick-Dirty-Cheap: Upcycled T-Shirt Mini Messenger – (Video)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ’embroidery’
Entries with the tag ‘crochet’
Entries with the tag ‘flowers’
Freeform Needlework
Bead embroidered Paisleys
T-Shirt Yarn
crochet medaillon
These ‘fabric flowers’ are actually pouffes but I think that you can make wonderful Advent decoration this way, don’t you?
Links:
Geometric Fabric Flowers => Wait until petals scroll past and click it
Na, doesn’t this sock necklace look great?! ;-)
And about the advent calendar: you can insert here easily little paper strips into the socks just as for the simple spool advent calendar and wham!, ready is your advent calendar ;-))
So, that’ve been the advent calendar ideas for this year, now you may begin…
;-))
Links:
socks necklace
More photos of recycled socks of tabychan
via: tabychan recycled work
via: Fiber Jewelery – Summer Fashion
via: art for housewives
Here at unikatissima:
Simple Spool Advent Calendar
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’