Craft Leftovers

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

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

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

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!

I really hate having to do this, but it seriously cannot be helped. Because of time constraints there will be no Craft Leftover pattern this Saturday. But. There is a but. I will post twice next week. I’m looking at Tuesday most likely for this week’s make up and then

I’m really depressed by this April winter that has interrupted my spring riding joy. Didn’t mother nature get the memo, winter was to end promptly on March 20th and spring to start March 21st! Anyway, regardless of missing memos I’m sure she will get around to it in the next

First off I want to thank everyone for the super nice comments that were left the past couple of days, it’s what makes posting these patterns worth it. Also, thanks for ordering more kits too! I’m super excited about the response they are getting. Now I do have some bad

So this pattern completely has to do with impulse buys… Cotton Fine in Rue and Hempathy. Two of my fav yarns and, especially when it comes to the hempathy, I just can resist picking up a skein and feeling it and then, of course, buying it… only one skein. I