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From prom dress to cape - front view

From prom dress to cape – an overview

Techniques

A prom dress rarely gets worn more than once. There should be a way to change up a special dress and make it more wearable without making it more ordinary…

Make covered wire hangers using t-shirt yarn

Projects

Wire hangers are hard on your clothes, they get tangled up in the closet, and they are easily bent out of shape. But covered wire hangers are a completely different …

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Picture shows how to make t-shirt yarn with a strip being cut, a portion pulled, and another section already bundled for use.

How to make t-shirt yarn – a cheap and versatile crafting ingredient

Techniques

I use t-shirt yarn for crafting, for sewing, and around the house. The colour range is huge and the process is dead easy…

SeeingSquared studio walls are shown with wallpaper made from tissue paper sewing patterns.

Make your own wallpaper using papers you love

Techniques

Just about every person who visits my studio comments on the wallpaper. It was such an easy (and inexpensive) thing to do, I had to share it with you…

Preparing for an Arts Market booth at the Open Streets Festival in Waterloo, the picture shows a rack of clothing on the right with several garments hung on display mannequins on the left

Going to market at Open Streets Festival, Waterloo

Announcements

What a scramble! The last time I was part of an in-person public event was pre-Covid. I’m out of practice. The City of Waterloo hosts Open Streets Festival on Saturday, …

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Six handmade dryer balls are shown with a variety of decorative stitching on their surfaces

Make your own dryer balls – no special tools required

Projects

Felted wool dryer balls were beyond my budget so I invented my own using fabric and yarn scraps. Here I’ll show you my version so that you can make your own…

This one's for me - a re-woven shirt underway. It is pinned to the weaving board and the first half of the weaving is nearly complete.

This one’s for me – a re-woven shirt underway

From the studio

I make (or remake) a lot of stuff but it rarely gets diverted to my personal closet. None of my made-by-me, made-for-me options are right for spring. So this one’s for me…

Red monster face that will be used to show how to attach eyes from behind or inside an object.

Now eyes see! – how to attach eyes to objects

Techniques

It’s fun making eyes, but unless you want to display them in a jar on your desk, the only way they’ll get noticed is if you figure out how to attach eyes to things. In this post I’ll show you how…

Fabric eyes with eyelids and lashes added for a realistic effect. The eyes are ready to be attached to something.

Add eyelids and lashes to make fabric eyes look real

Techniques

In the previous post we made basic round eyes. Here I’ll show you how to upgrade those eyes by adding eyelids and lashes…

A pair of 3D fabric eyes peeks out from a pile of acorns and oakleaves

How to make easy 3D fabric eyes

Techniques

You can turn almost anything into a character just by adding eyes to it. Making 3D fabric eyes is easy. In this post I’ll show you how…

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