It turns out that I’m going to be leaving out of town right after work tomorrow and will not be able to revamp shop this weekend. Some stuff is backordered and just isn’t going to arrive on time too. I guess everything doesn’t always turn out just right. I’m hoping
Read MoreI’ve been kicking around the idea of making a monthly subscription for Craft Leftovers for a couple of months now. When the Babylock sewing machine was donated to me, I wanted to do something special for Alice to repay her for her kindness. I started thinking about a kit a
Read MoreI’ve been thinking for quite some time now that there was a need for a knit version of the perfect dishcloth. I really like it half felted, or even just with two different colors it looks really nice. It make doing the dishes quite a bit easier and quite a
Read MoreAfter many set backs this summer, things are calming down a bit and working themselves out. I took my ibook to the apple store (a day trip really, it’s an hour and a half away) and was confirmed in my fears that it was indeed kaput (not capute, hehe, woops).
Read MoreGrand Prize: Alice for outstanding massive scrap use upSecond Prize: Anary for using all those bits and some yo yo fun!Honorable mentions:Rachel from https://www.notsosuburban.comKimberly from https://artistikdiva.etsy.comLaurieLauren W.Laura from https://minnie.typepad.com/halfassedcrafter/ The prizes are as follows:++First Place: $15 gift certificate to the Craft Leftovers Shop; Craft Leftovers Pin Back Button++Second Place: $10
Read MoreI always get these grandiose ideas about polymer clay. I think I’m going to make these wonderfully maticulous little doo dads… and then nothing. Maybe some mashed up bits, but not much else. Combine that with the fact that I made some earrings a while back and you get 20
Read MoreAll those yarn strands, just a few yards long are filling up all my little containers and what the heck can you do with those except pitch them in the trash? About a year ago I was introduced to crewel needlework and wouldn’t you know it, it’s the perfect thing.
Read MoreWell… it’s happened again, my sewing machine broke. Seriously though, what was I expecting? The poor little guy just wasn’t made for what I was dishing out on almost a daily basis. Not only is the bobin tension way off, the needle is misaligned, and I’ve over heated the motor
Read MoreI first came upon this necklace by chance. I was trying to restring a shell necklace that I had purchased while in France. I wore it so often that after 2 years it finally gave out. Well, there was no way I could re-string it in the same way because
Read MoreI’m going to talk about the “and stuff” first off so hopefully more people will read it, then I’ll post about Blogher. Okay so first off, in my haste to get the pattern up on Saturday I made a typo and messed up the pdf link. It’s fixed so go
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