I had the pleasure of receiving an email from Tiffany Pang of Muntedkowhai the other day. She’s a creative artist who has coupled lace crochet work in a polygamous with metal and vintage buttons resulting in some of the most beautiful jewelry I have seen in a long time. The […]
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Knit Sock Rockin’ :: Free Knit Ornament Pattern!
My friend Carolyn has been knitting up little mini sock ornaments like a whirlwind of crafty goodness. And I have been envious. They are just so cute! So i decided that this was just the perfect thing for leftover sock yarn and wrote up my own litlte pattern for using up this bit and rockin’ around the christmas and jazzing it up a bit with little mini replicas of socks you’ve knit over the year. And best of all, it’s a sock you can finish in just 2 hours or so! and no need to worry about second sock syndrome because you only need to make one to be done with your project instead of two.
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Wet Felted Ornament Experimentation
It’s been quite awhile since I played with wet felting and things, so I thought it would be a good idea for me to get the kinks worked out of my memory before possibly teaching a workshop on it next weekend. I grabbed cookie cutters of all shapes and sizes, […]
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How to :: Fixing broken ornaments
Last night I had a bit of a tragedy. After I took my pictures of the popcorn garland the whole tree fell over! It was my fault. I had put all the ornaments on one side because I haven’t had a chance to make enough to cover the whole tree […]
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DIY Popcorn Garland!
I love garlands. I think they are one of my favorite Christmas decorations. And my favorite type is a popcorn garland! There are so many variations that you can make:
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Craft Leftovers Monthly Zine in the shop!
Go get it in the Craft Leftovers shop! Or in the Kro Postal Shop! (correct link this time!)
nosew - patterns & tutorials
Paper Snowflakes :: Free Paper Craft Template
My friend Carolyn of Knitting Crimes told me the other day “you know, you should make a paper snowflake pattern. It would be a lot of fun, really cute, and make great decorations in your windows or on your tree.” Now that’s not an exact quote, but pretty close. I […]
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Calling in Sick
It’s just the way these things work I suppose. I’m looking forward to a little Thanksgiving break with the family and what happens, I totally get sick. I think I’m going to call it a night and go to bed. It’s one of those can’t talk and feeling exhausted things. […]
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How To :: Quilling Leaves
When I was growing up I loved putting ornaments on the tree and there were quite a few that really burned their way into my mind. One in particular was curly Q’s of wood shavings, glued together, and lots of sparkly glitter. Of course the glitter was globbed on not […]
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Handmade Martha Holidays
I’ve been getting into the spirit of Christmas, an early onset for me. Usually it doesn’t strike me the semester’s over. I guess now that I don’t have that end of semester deadline it’s hit with the flush of new holiday magazines, music, and of course crafts! Yep, well before […]
embroidery - patterns & tutorials
Guest Designer :: Free Needle Point Leaf Ornament Pattern!
I was lucky enough to be contacted by Janet of Napa Needle Point about doing a guest pattern for Craft Leftover! Splendid! Of course! And I think the fates are aligning because it was while I was working on 2 needle point embroidery kits and then doing the first sketches […]
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Stitching School :: Counting Rows
I was so happy to get a How To request over on my FaceBook wall from an old classmate of mine: “Hey kristin, I LEARNED HOW TO KNIT ! AND HOW TO PURL! AND HOW TO DO CABLES! all from youtube! I’m so excited because now i can make really […]
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Post Election Crafting!
For this month’s e-newsletter giveaway, I asked subscribers to email me their favorite election crafts. It was the day after the election and I just couldn’t resist. These were my favorites: Obama Bean Portrait – Love this! Legumes in Action! Hallmark Magazine’s Hartford Election Cake – I really like this […]
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Vellus :: Free NeedlePoint Ornement Pattern
Vellus simply means Snowflake. I thought Latin would give a nice twist to the simple “Snowflake Ornament” title that popped into my mind initially. When I first started this project I mapped it all out on paper, made sure everything fit, and then after stitching the border threw it all […]
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Pushing things around
Well, you all know about the tire issue, so no need for explaining why clm getting into the shop got pushed back. But what I failed to see was that I from the delay last night (not getting home until after midnight compared to the 4pm I was planning) everything […]
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Craft Leftovers Monthly :: Holiday Issue :: In the Shop!
I told you I would be back after 4 hours (turned out to be more like 5) to say “Hooooooray!!!!!!” And that’s how I’m feeling! I’m happy to report I had my tires fixed and arrived home safely at about 1am. It was a good drive, nice and boring with […]
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Flat tire Hold up!
So I got into the car, was pulling out into the road and “thump thump thump” I had a flat tire. Thankfully Farm and Fleet was open still and my Dad helped me take it down there. It is fixed and I’m finally heading back home to Ames. The good […]
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Making Craft Leftovers Monthly :: Holiday Issue Preview
Craft Leftovers Monthly will be on sale from Sunday Evening, November 9th, 2008 – Wednesday, November 12th and all subscriptions will be sent out Monday, November 17th. And it will be in the etsy shop! That’s right, I’m moving it back to etsy! I guess the same reason why I […]
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How To :: Transferring Embroidery Designs :: Free Pattern!
For quite some time I’ve been curious to know, “what’s the best way to transfer designs from paper to fabric for embroidery?” And “what’s the easiest way to that doesn’t use iron on transfers?” These are pretty simple questions I’m sure, but as a novice embroidery, the answers have defied […]