howto - journal

How To :: Making Butterfly Bobbins

I first learned how to make these great little bobbins in my beginning weaving class at Northern Illinois University. They are great for weaving, especially tapestry weaving, but also when working brocade on the floor loom. The thing is, they are great for knitting and crochet and pretty much any […]

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redress

Apartment Redress :: Lamp Remake :: Part II

Today was so rainy. I actually really liked it. I worked on crochet stuff earlier, and then was a kit making machine for the rest of the morning. The rain was nice but completely foiled my plans for the Lamp Remake today. You see I picked out my spray paint […]

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book review

Basic Crochet Stitches :: The Harmony Guides

I have waxed poetic about my love of Erika Knights books before and here I am again. She edited this great series of books called the Harmony Guides and after purchasing Harmony Guide: Basic Crochet Stitches: 250 Stitches to Crochet, I am considering buying the other guides. I feel like […]

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fabric - patterns & tutorials

Love Bug Clutch

DSC_0015 I have been making quite a few clutches lately for Green Prairie Fibers and from that I wrote up a pattern for Craft Leftovers. Well, I wanted a clutch just for me for my accessories. And I also had all of these great 9” X 9” squares paired up for a kit that ended up not selling. So how do I get a cute clutch for craft accessories out of just 2 small squares of fabric that isn’t just a plain liner and an outer with a zipper.

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journal

Delay of Game

I just wanted to post really quick to let you know that I won’t be getting the pattern up until tomorrow night. I didn’t realize that they would have me filling in so soon and I am working tomorrow at 8am, so again I need to be up at 6:30. […]

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journal - redress

Apartment Redress :: Lamp Remake

Lamps are expensive. This one is free and in our possession already. It’s not half bad either, just a little, well…. “out dated”, not in a fun funky interesting vintage way either. Jason also needs a lamp for his work area, but this one isn’t so great because the shade […]

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journal

A Postal Giveaway & a winner!

The last Give Away was for two issues of CRAFTzine (vol. 07 & 08). And well, I only had one entry! Haha. I’m not sure what happened because the last giveaway had a dozen or so entries. That’s okay. It must have just been lost in all the posting I’ve […]

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howto - nosew - patterns & tutorials

Boxing Up Giving

These boxes are great to add a little extra something special to any small gift. I like them for any kind of jewelty, stitch markers, and other small handmade goodies for friends. I love these boxes and have been making them for quite awhile. I figured it was about time […]

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journal

An Update and a Note

Well, really they are one and the same in a way of cause and effect. And Update: I’ll be posting the pattern for today, tomorrow afternoon.

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howto - journal

How To :: Potato Stamping

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I love printing, just about any kind really. From the copy machine to silk screening to block prints and monoprints. I love it all. And one of my favorites, that’s the easiest, quickest, really fun and super easy to clean up is potato printing. You can print about on anything with them and they are cheap and the supply list is short unlike silk screening or even block printing really. Granted, you can’t get realllly detailed, but it’s great for greeting cards, pots of plants, even fabric really.

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Apartment Redress :: Sewing Chair

I had the highest of high hopes that I would have time to clean our bedroom and take a picture of the dresser where is should be… well… that didn’t really happen. I did manage to start cleaning in there, so that is good. I also did finish the dresser, […]

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crochet - patterns & tutorials

Guest Pattern :: Itty Bitty Anything Bag

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I worked mine up using two strands of sport weight yarn and it is just perfect for putting all my scraps of yarn into and hanging up on my tool rack. I’m loving hanging things up on my rack lately. I use the yarn scraps to tie tags to my hand dyed yarns and handmade goods. Enjoy this sweet little project!

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Grand Re-Opening of the CL Shop!

It’s been a long time since I really updated the Craft Leftovers shop and it’s mainly because I had a limit of just 25 items on big cartel, with such small ticket items I really need to be able to list a ton at a time so you all have […]

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