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Recycle Style

Here is a great project that I came across over at CRAFTzine: I love what they are doing over on Tree Hugger with plastic bags, not to mention a list of how to use them as a raw material. And over at Magpie and Cake, they’ve made a whole quilt […]

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Ceiling Milk Bottle Lamp

I saw these over at CRAFTzine and thought they were super amazing and thought you might too. You can read about how it was made, all from stuff on hand, over at Whimsy Inc. And this is pretty cool too. A neat way to avoid all those photo albums and […]

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Soap Trick

Heather has a great idea for using those bits of soap for sewing. Her site is really amazing all around. Check it out here.

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Loopy Fabric Bow

Look what was done with all of those leftover fabric strips from making a quilt over at Craftlog! Deffinately spruces up any gift.

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Fortune Cookies and Other Neat Stuff

What a great way to use up those little bits! This was sent to me by Kristi, she’s a pretty swanky cat, and her name is spelled like mine, sans the N. You can find other pictures of this little project over here on livejournal. She also sent me a […]

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Criss Cross Coaster

Jenny over at All Sorts posted a great tutorial about how to make these cute coasters. It is an older post, but I hadn’t seen it. Maybe I’m behind the times. Maybe some of you are too. So if you haven’t already made a billion of these great little ladies, […]

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Arm Rest for the Needle Artist

This great project was put together by Racheal H. She said she made so she wouldn’t get needles in her arm while embroidering in her fav chair. I too tend to stick my needles in the side of my chair and forget about it until I get poked later on! […]

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Rick Rack!

This one hits a special place in my heart. I love this stuff and if I could, and heck why not, I would put it all over everything! You can find ideas for creative ways to use rickrack over at Primrose Designs. I found a link to her site over […]

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Update!

Okay folks two things.1. I have finally put together direct links to the Craft Leftover patterns in the side bar. It’s the Pattern Archive! Check it out! I had no idea there were so many!2. I’m having so much fun looking around for tutorials/projects/makers that exhibit the CL aesthetic. Just […]

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Cozy Up the Kitchen

This is a super great idea for cozying up the kitchen with an old felted up sweater. There a quite a few ideas here too. Find it here over at Wise Craft. It’s an older post (2006), but pretty amazing idea all the same.

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Fire Starter

I know it’s the summer and all, but I’m thinking bonfires here, not fire places. Danny Seo over at Simply Green has a great idea here. I really hate those “fire starter” logs. They seem, somehow, not so great. It’s kind of sad most of us don’t know how to […]

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Cover Your Own Fabric Buttons!

I saw this over at CRAFTzine and just had to go check it out. What a great way to use up scraps of fabric and leftover buttons! You can see the tutorial here over at Little Thing Tutorials. And then in a related post there was this little tutorial on […]

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Placemat Purse!

Ann from over at the Sewing Geek made this great little purse. What a great idea to use a placemat as the body of the purse!

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Duct Tape Dress Form Tutorial

Here’s another great tutorial from Etsy Labs. It’s on how to make your own dress form (something I have always wanted, but resisted because of the price tag) out of duct tape and a large t-shirt. I am so going to try this one out this weekend!

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Picnic Napkins

Hey folks, guess what? School is out for the summer! I have not had a summer break for three years now (the first one here was all about moving a getting a job and working lots of hours and unpacking, so I’m not counting that). I’m so excited. There are […]

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Great Idea for Using Plastic Bags and an update

Amanda L. from over at Etsy Labs posted a great tutorial on how she makes fabulous totes out of shopping bags. I really love this (wish I would have thought of it!) because plastic bags seem like one of those unending resources that are hard to reuse. They rip and […]

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Magnet Fantastic

So I completely changed my mind on the pattern today, which caused an extra delay. It turned out for the best there because what I had planned on, well, I had no idea how to explain it, so it wouldn’t have been posted at all! Geeze. I did have a […]

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Pattern on Sunday

Well yes. Choices sure are hard. Sometimes, like today, I do get hit with guilt that I should be working on my school work. I have been pretty good about it so far, but this week, what with breakdowns, studio refashioning, and working extra hours, I don’t have nearly enough […]

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DIY Screen Printing

I just found this tutorial on a do it yourself without fancy supplies screen printing. No photo emulsion, no crazy cutting of stencils. Just some old fabric, embroidery hoop, water proof glue, and fabric paint. Fantastic. Go check it out here. This was put together by Threadbanger over at Curbly! […]

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Host Tote

I was in a bind. I wanted to do a knitting pattern, but the one I was working on was taking too long. There was no way I was going to get it finished in time. So I asked my friend Andrea if she could think of anything and immediately […]