We Simplify Crafting
We Simplify Crafting
First I made a pants to fit a 6 to 12 month old.Then I made the jumper. With some of the scraps, I appliqued some flowers on a pillowcase dress. My husband’s pants was torn at the crotch and worn at the hem, so it would be of no use to anyone.So I decided to …
I’ve been wanting to knit a multicolored child’s blanket for a long time. Our local library allows us to use one of the rooms for the knitting club, where one of the librarians teaches for one week and we’re on our own the next.The teacher encourages us to try different methods and patterns.We thought the …
I have a very talented sister who starts a project and always seems to have a reason for not completing it.She has several half completed smocking pieces which she started more than a decade ago. Fortunately she has an eye for good fabric, colour and design; so that her pieces while unfinished, never date. One …
I enjoy doing embroidery but haven’t been doing much lately.This time I chose to embroidery on black cotton, since I need to make some cushion covers. *****It is very important that you plan your project and stitches before you start and make sure that you have enough floss for the stitches you choose for the …
A great way to use your scraps of yarn for a good cause. On Thursday evenings at my local yarn store knitters get together to knit African Comfort Dolls or Teddy Bears. These dolls are used by ICROSS Canada to keep medical supplies safe during the journey to Africa.They are then distributed to Aids orphans …
Here is an example of how I used an design from my coloring book to paint on a canvas bag. You can find the coloring book at my store gunksdesigns.etsy.com or gunksdesigns.artfire.com Enlarge or reduce the design.Mark the centre of the bag and the centre of the bag. Line them up. Transfer the design onto …
My late mother used to do the most amazing embroidery with her antique singer machine. As you know those old machines only sew straight stitches. I used to watch her for hours but I could never understand how she did it. I recently realized that you need to use a free motion foot and some …
Dana is tall and slim. Because I wasn’t sure of her length I decided to sew a pinafore and a top, so I didn’t have to worry about the sleeves being too short. Also if the dress was too short she could wear it a pants underneath. I made a square neck and armhole. I …
Many years ago my sister and I bought mini rolls of this fabric at a factory.We bought one of each, the plain as as well as both prints in both colours and they threw in some extra odd pieces of a third colour.We didn’t realize how much fabric we really bought.Over the years I made …
I thought I ‘d make some peasant dresses this time. With the orange cotton shirt I decided to use the whole of the short sleeve to make a 3/4 sleeve.Since the rest of the shirt was faded,when I unpicked the pocket it left a darker patch. So I left the pocket in place and used …