Projects category

  • Handmade Holiday Gifts for Her

    Christmas is less than two months away! But there is still time to make a thoughtful handmade gift. Over the next week we’ll be giving you lots of ideas from our archives for gift you can make f...
    Nov 04, 2013 2 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 21

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country) This Halloween week appropriate ornament i...
    Nov 01, 2013 3 Comments

  • Project: Winter Skies Mittens

    After I made my grey ombré handwarmers, I wanted to make some mittens with that same sort of changing grey feeling, but not exactly the same. The stripes give a sort of a modified ombré effect movi...
    Oct 31, 2013 2 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 20

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country) Let’s head to Poland for this week&#...
    Oct 25, 2013 4 Comments

  • Princess Towel Dress: Part Deux

    I had fun making a Princess Towel Dress, the original (Cinderella)  is here, so I made a companion dress! The second one is a “Belle” princess. Supplies: a dress or tank to use as a t...
    Oct 23, 2013 1 Comment

  • Iron Craft ’13 Challenge #21 – Traveling Tea and Honey Set

    Ok, it is official, I can sew with my left foot! So, I decided to sit down and whip out my Iron Craft project. And I do mean whip out, this took less than an hour. We were to make something to do with...
    Oct 22, 2013 2 Comments

  • Just Creepy Enough – Halloween Projects

    Decorations: Zombie Baby Head Zombie Siamese Twin Dolls Tomato Cage Ghosts Spider Lampshade, Napkin Rings and Garland Spider Wreath Doll Face Candles and Other Creepy Glassware Graveyard Terrar...
    Oct 21, 2013 1 Comment

  • Advent Calendar Project ’13 – Week 19

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament. Each one will be traditional to or inspired by a different country) This week we are headed to the Czech Repub...
    Oct 18, 2013 No Comments

  • Project: Godzilla Costume

    Last year Jenny figured she was done making costumes for Thing 1 since he was 13 and the years of Trick or Treating were over. Well, then came the invitations for boy/girl costume parties and believe ...
    Oct 16, 2013 5 Comments

  • Project: Zombie Siamese Twin Dolls

    One of the Iron Crafters, Tawny Bee, did this great siamese twin embroidery for our Iron Craft Halloween challenge and it reminded me of a party I threw years ago for the release of the Smashing Pumpk...
    Oct 15, 2013 35 Comments