crafts – Page 41 – the long thread

January 31, 2008January 20, 2011

Valentine’s Craft-a-Day!

Well, since I have many things to procrastinate and my house is a mess, I thought that it would be a good idea to craft more! Ha. So I am going to try to make a new little Valentine’s craft every day between now and February 14. I think that I can at least manage to make a card or bake some cookies, right? We’ll see how it goes. Anyone want to join me?

So I made these hair clips today. I just cut out a couple of hearts (hair-clips-template.pdf) and sewed them together with embroidery floss. I have never really done any hand embroidery before, so I had to draw dots with a fabric marker to evenly space the stitches. Do you see that those are supposed to be an x and o? I didn’t think I could sew a nice circle, so I used a button instead. Then I used a glue gun to attach them to the clip. All in all, a pretty simple and quick project. You can search Etsy for all kinds of hair clip ideas.

January 30, 2008March 21, 2008

Valentine’s Softies

We haven’t really started making much Valentine’s Day stuff around here, but hope to start tomorrow. Here are some sweet little things available on Etsy.

Little Red Caboose: Matryoshka Dolls, $65 each.

Stacey Jean: Sock Monkey, $24.95.

Plants & Animals: Valentine Owl, $18.

January 29, 2008March 21, 2008

Pincushions

I decided to see what all the fuss is about with these pincushions. Entire books dedicated to pincushions, tons of Etsy sellers featuring pincushions in every imaginable shape, and blogs with photos of….pincushions! So I gathered some stuff off the sewing room floor and made an easy one with some vintage ribbon:

Personally I am a fan of the magnetic pincushion because I can just snap them up when they are strewn all over the floor and you can throw your pins back on while you are sewing. So I will try my new pincushion and see if form beats function. But I’ll be thinking about creating a pattern for a pretty magnetic pincushion!

I found so many lovely and inspiring pincushions around craftland that I had to show you. Oh, and there are so many more! Click on each image for a link.

January 15, 2008January 15, 2008

Felt Fairies & Flowers

We made these quick little flower fairies over the weekend. It was hard for the kids to keep their hands off them just for me to snap a photo. My five-year-old tells me that baby fairies do not have their wings yet. Interesting.

I saw the photo of these felt flowers in a pot over at b.delicious and wanted to share since it would be a great spring project. I would probably use a real pot, but I love the use of buttons.

January 11, 2008January 15, 2008

Embroidery Hoop Frames

Since finding the photo of Liberty of London fabrics framed in embroidery hoops at Purl (see post here), I’ve been meaning to try the idea. Here’s my interpretation with some embroidered birds on linen. I painted the hoops matte black. But I think that these would be great unpainted or painted with different bright colors and used in a child’s room.

I simply hooped the fabric and cut the excess, so this was a quick and easy project. I plan to add more to this grouping, mix in some plates or find some flea-market style small round mirrors. I embroidered the birds myself, but I think that vintage handkerchiefs would make a great display. You can find lots of vintage handkerchiefs online here and here.