Spreading some of that mixtape lovin’! Amy P stated, “I just hear fabulous stuff about Mixtape everywhere I go!” And now she happily will have her very own copy. Hooray for giveaways! I’ll be back a little later today with a free pattern for fingerless, crocheted mittens. See you soon! Kristin
Drawing and Painting: Crafty Buddies
Do you remember awhile ago how I made the Crafty Buddy embroidery set? And the little freebie thimble guy? Well, I’ve had a lot of fun playing around in the studio lately and wanted to show you what I’ve been up to. I have to say, that I really wouldn’t […]
Playing Around the Christmas Tree: Mini Tree Skirt
I nabbed this super cute piece of Christmas fabric while I was at the Ames C.art Sew n’ Swap. I had entertained many project ideas. This week I finally made the leap and jumped feet first into tree skirt making.
Snow Day: Getting Back to the Studio
I am so happy I live in an apartment right now. You know why? I’m bundled in a quilt with a cup of coffee and eating warm spoon fulls of oat bran with apples and honey. Outside my sidewalks are shoveled and my feet are not even wet. When we […]
Playing with Paper
Lately I have been loving paper crafts. Maybe it’s that you can get a lot done in a short period of time. Or that it combines my love of illustration, xacto knives, and glue of all types. Or that there have just been some really freaking cute projects floating around […]
A few of my favorite things: Ornaments!
I love making handmade ornaments and this week, the internet craftdom has been ripe with great ornament patterns! Aren’t these just beautiful? The way the fabric is cut up and pinned makes them wonderful for using up scraps. You can get the tutorial on Knitty Gritty Thoughts. This one is […]
Holiday Update: heading out of town + shop stuff
I’m going to be heading out of town today to see my folks for thanksgiving. I’ll be back on Sunday and normal posting will resume on Monday :) I do have a post scheduled for tomorrow already for you, but there will not be a post of Friday. Because of […]
A pile of fabric = a pile of fabric
I always see pictures of people’s studios and everything looks so pristine. Their cuts of fabric in particular are in tidy mode. It makes me jealous. And drives me a little batty. No matter how hard I try, my fabric always looks like a very unsexy pile of fabric on […]
Quick Knits Club: Another awesome mail day!
The mail has been pouring in lately. On Friday I was so happy when Jason checked the mail and brought back the first package delivered to my new studio address: Lee sent me her awesome Quick Knits Club! The yarn is gorgeous, it’s recycled, respun, and over-dyed. An amazing amount […]
Contribution Page Updated!
The new themes and deadlines for upcoming Craft Leftovers Monthly issues are now updated! You can see all the details on the Contribute page. Original articles and tutorials earn between $35 – $65 depending on complexity and if it’s on or off topic. Contributors retain all rights, Craft Leftovers Monthly […]
Miss Michelle in Interweave Knits – That’s my pattern! Hooray!
I’m so excited and I’ve wanted to tell you this for so long! I wrote a sweater pattern for the Winter Interweave Knits magazine! Hooray, go me! Life goal #5 met! It is hot off the presses and in subscriber mail boxes. I think it’s on the newsstands on the […]
Shop Faster and Fixed Up!
Okay so Jason kicks butt and resolved quite a few issues in a very short time. It is so nice having a tech smart partner. Some things he fixed ::You no longer have to create an account to check out, you can just check out by adding your shipping and […]
Slow Shop and some kinks
Hi everyone! So I launched the shop, everything was working smoothly… or so I thought. It seems that we are having some issues with the shop site running really really slow. I’m not sure what’s going on. If you have tried to purchase something and been frustrated by the slowness […]
Good Mail Day: Postal give away and On great mail day!
Monday was an exceptionally great mail day! A bounty of beads and neat fabric from freaking Africa from my buddy Amy (I was lucky enough to meet her while out in California this past summer). Wrapped in this amazing fabric. Aren’t these absolutely amazing! And these too! And these! I […]
Day 2: Giveaway Winner!
The second gift certificate winner is: Aja of Colorado! Hooray and congratulations! You get $15 to spend in the CL shop on whatever your heart desires, and hopefully your heart desires some crafty goodies :) Now if you haven’t, go check out the new shop and pick yourself out a box set […]
Grand Opening Sale!
Hooray it’s here! It’s today! The Winter issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is on sale. Subscriptions are on sale! Box sets of Volume 1 are available! And everything in the new shop is 15% off today and tomorrow (calculated at checkout automatically, no code required). And when you place your […]
New Shop, Winter issue of CLM, and new Kits!
Grand Opening Celebration for CraftLeftovers.com/Shop is this Sunday and Monday, November 15th and 16th! Every month over the last year I have been continually wowed by the amount of subscriptions sold and the amount of orders placed. I realized that Craft Leftovers had out grown etsy and artfire. So I […]
Handmade Greeting Cards Workshop
There is nothing I love more than getting together with a bunch of people and make things together. Yesterday my friend Sarah co-hosted an Ames C.art workshop with me and it was a delight! She showed us all how to make these great little stars, how to use circle cutters, […]
February CLM Submissions: Deadline Extension
Hi there everyone! I just wanted to put up a quick post about the February issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly. I’m going to go ahead and extend the deadline by 1 week to Sunday, November 8th midnight for submission ideas for the Feb issue of CLM. So not finished projects, […]
Using Leftover Fabric Projects: Roundup
I’m not sure how I missed the Scrap Buster Contest over on Sew, Mama, Sew! in October, but I did! October was a great month tutorials on using up little bits. Here are two of my favorites from the Sew, Mama, Sew contest as well as projects around the web […]