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Cotton Monsters! The Work of Jennifer Strunge
See some of Strunge’s amazing and fun soft sculptures made from recycled clothing and linens.
Eco crafts- Credit card bobbins
How to recycle old credit cards into bobbins for embroidery […]
Oh my goodness, you’ve got to check out the amazing embroidery and fiber art on “Postmark’d Art“!
Postmark’d Art is a group of 50 fiber artists who create postcards from fabric, fiber or any number of cool mediums. The postcards are actually sent through the mail, and travel all over the world.
Check out the gallery - […]
We’re going through a heat wave in my neck of the woods - what does that make me want to do?
Why sun print on fabric of course!
To sun print using acrylic paints, you’ll need cotton fabric (I like a densely woven quilting cotton) Pebeo Setacolor transparent textile paint (only the transparent colors will work for […]
I’m spending my summer trying to keep kids from getting paint on their shoes - this could be a fun alternative!
Craft Chi has come up with a clever idea to use kid’s sneakers or running shoes as fabric stamps - that sure sounds like a fun summer activity to me :-)
image: Stock.xchg
Tags: easy craft projects, […]
I love working with hand-dyed embroidery flosses - there’s something about the richness of the colors that I find incredibly inspiring.
I’ve dyed quite a bit of fabric over the years, but I’ve never attempted to dye my own floss. This video from Melanie Testa makes it look quite do-able:
Ah, one more project to add […]
My talented mom, Noreen writes b5media’s yarn blog, Hankering for Yarn - but did you know that it’s more than yarn?
Noreen has written some posts that will work great for fabric folks as well as yarn fans:
How to make a yo-yo circle.
Snip catchers - saves you a lot of time cleaning up!
Creative clutter control in […]
My friend Karen sent me this cool link from Craftster - an creative person has taken an old army uniform and turned it into a diaper bag… complete with changing pad!
The link is quite a detailed how-to as well - very cool :-)
Tags: diaper bags, diaper bags from army uniforms, Freebies, How To, links, project […]
Setting the pattern: Adventures in sewing and stitching and the artful use of fabric and fiber
Written by Chloe Findlay-Harder [email] for b5media.
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