Projects category

  • Project – Knit Heart Washcloth

    Years ago I made these pretty, little cotton chenille washcloths for all my girlfriends for Valentine’s Day. One of my friends told me they were the best facecloths she had ever used, super soft...
    Jan 23, 2012 15 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #1 – Paper Cut Map

    Our first challenge for the second year of Iron Craft was to make something with paper. I channeled my inner Dr. Russ and did a paper cut map of the city of Amsterdam. We recently had the bathrooms r...
    Jan 17, 2012 23 Comments

  • Project – Reversible Fleece Mittens

    I’m one of those people who always has cold hands and feet, not great for someone who lives in Minnesota. I’m always looking for mittens that will keep my hands really warm. I saw some cut...
    Jan 05, 2012 3 Comments

  • Project – Easy eReader Sleeves

    It seems like a lot of people got Kindles or Nooks this year for Christmas. My husband Matt asked for one and also asked that I make him a sleeve for it. He didn’t care for the extra bulk that s...
    Jan 03, 2012 3 Comments

  • Top Just Crafty of 2011

    Seems like everyone else is doing the top 10 of 2011 lists, so we wanted to play along too. Here are the top 10 patterns and tutorials from Just Crafty Enough in 2011. (click any picture to see the or...
    Jan 01, 2012 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #52 – Shiny Friendship Bracelets

    I was so inspired by this week’s Iron Craft challenge of bling that I did two projects. I showed you my first yesterday, the icicle bracelet. My second one is a set of shiny friendship bracelets...
    Dec 29, 2011 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft Challenge #52 – Icicle Bracelet

    This week we are celebrating the final Iron Craft challenge of 2011 with a little bling. I had an idea for a bracelet rattling around in my head and I decided to see if I could make. My sister sells v...
    Dec 28, 2011 5 Comments

  • Project: Fabric Gift Wrap Bags

    For this week’s Iron Craft challenge, I made fabric gift wrapping. Here is how I did it: Supplies: Fabric (1 yard works well for 1 big and two smaller bags. But anything over 1/2 yard will wor...
    Dec 15, 2011 2 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #50 – Gnome Ornaments

    This week Iron Craft was all about wrapping gifts, ’tis the season right? I tend not to get very creative with my wrapping paper, I just buy the nicest I can find on sale after Christmas, but I ...
    Dec 14, 2011 7 Comments

  • Project – Mary Jane Slippers Pattern

    ** Hey, all there were some errors in the post which I fixed on 1/1/12. The sizing on the PDF and on the post didn’t match. I thought the PDF was correct, but after going back and doing some mea...
    Dec 12, 2011 26 Comments