Category: Embroidery & Sewing
The “I Dig You” Chocolate Bar Envelope
A chocolate bar is wrapped in an embroidered paper bag envelope to make a sweet and thoughtful Valentine…
Valentine Candle Craft
This Valentine’s Day, dress up inexpensive candle tins to give as a burning reminder of your love! These make great Valentine’s Day gifts for teachers too – have your kids help.
You Can Sew A Can
This Valentine’s Day project makes a fun and unusual gift.To make this just paint a can with a few coats of latex paint, pierce a design into the surface using a hammer and nail and pull embroidery thread through the holes with a needle…
Canvas Vases
A canvas cover in the shape of a vase gives a jelly jar a quick makeover. To make this vase cover – take a jar or bottle, lay in on top of a piece of canvas fabric and sketch out the vase shape you would like…
Poison Gift Bag
To wrap a few treats for Halloween – try making this simple canvas gift bag. I cut two rectangular pieces of canvas – roughly 8″ x 10″ in size and sewed the three sides together using the serge setting on my sewing machine…
Paper Yo-Yos
One thing always leads to another. My T-shirt project from a few weeks ago started me thinking about yo-yos. I wondered if it were possible to apply the same technique to paper. I love brown paper bags so, that was my first choice and it turned out to be a successful venture…
This Is Not A Magritte
It’s not a shirt – it’s a creative experiment. The famous “ceci n’est pas” works of René Magritte inspired the thinking behind this t-shirt project. I picked up a plain, black shirt at Michael’s for $3.99 and created this simple design – mixing French and English for fun…
Sock Rocks Rock!
Yesterday’s post put socks on my mind. Using a rock I found at the beach and a lonesome sock from my drawer, I created a paperweight for my desk. You’ll need a smooth rock, a sock, a needle and thread…
Pretend Produce – For A Healthy Imagination
My 5 year old daughter loves to pretend that she is a shop owner – it keeps her happily occupied for at least an hour or more. The other day, I made some felt fruits and vegetables and we set up an imaginary roadside stand – complete with twine, bags and signs. Now I have to keep an eye peeled at garage sales for a scale…
Funny & Fake Braid Hat
Yarn braids are stitched into the inside of a plain hat to give it a fun and funky twist…
Dressing Up A Bottle Of Wine To Give As A Gift
I cut the sleeve off of a thrift store sweater and sewed the bottom closed to create a gift bag to hold wine…
Small Burlap Tree Bags
Burlap is inexpensive and can be purchased at most fabric stores. A 7″x14″ strip of burlap is folded in half, sewn along each side and turned inside out to create a small rustic bag…