From prom dress to cape – an overview
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
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 …
How to make t-shirt yarn – a cheap and versatile crafting ingredient
I use t-shirt yarn for crafting, for sewing, and around the house. The colour range is huge and the process is dead easy…
Make your own wallpaper using papers you love
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…
Going to market at Open Streets Festival, Waterloo
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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Make your own dryer balls – no special tools required
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
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…
Now eyes see! – how to attach eyes to objects
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…
Add eyelids and lashes to make fabric eyes look real
In the previous post we made basic round eyes. Here I’ll show you how to upgrade those eyes by adding eyelids and lashes…
How to make easy 3D fabric eyes
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…