Quarry books sent me this wonderful book and when I received it in the mail I was so excited to dig right in. I really love the author’s path in her life – from painter to paper cutting – which seems so similar to my own – from painting to
Read MoreI was planning on getting this posted yesterday, but it took 6 hours of handwork on this great little guy and it’s was around 12:30 when I finished up. I thought it would just be like 2 hours of hand sewing, oh how I underestimate things like that. So here
Read More++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I’m happy to share the great news with you that Craft Leftovers and the Sewing Rebellion will be co-hosting a workshop at the Maker’s Faire! It will be all about mending, learning to sew, making sewn projects! There will be demos every hour on sewing and mending skills. Stop
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I really love my stash socks and now that it’s getting warm again, I’ll most likely be making another pair. I’ve been making a lot of market bags lately from Hempathy yarn and have some leftover- perfect for some stash socks for the summer!
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I don’t know if any of you remember from awhile ago when I posted about my Knitting Basket and how it’s broken down and I want to fix it. Well, I’ve finally got around to it and thank you so much for all your suggestions!
Read MoreWhen I went to check my mailbox on Monday I was delighted to find a Cross Stitch kit in the mail! What a pleasant surprise! Barns & Noble is putting out this great kit for their book stores and it’s packed with great goodies. It’s the perfect thing for someone
Read MoreI’ve had a hard time with shoes because while I don’t like them to be complete plastic, I’m excessively allergic to leather of any kind when it comes to my feet. It’s really bad and I’m not going to share with you a gross foot story. it’s not fun. Enough
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“Crap!” And there goes my button. Now only if I had a little pocket kit to carry in my bag so I could quickly attach it before it goes missing. And what about those times you snag your favorite skirt while on vacation? What’s one to do? Well, mending on the go maybe isn’t ideal, but with this little kit you sure can make it a lot easier. Everything right where it needs to be just when you need it. Even some fabric for patches in a pinch and replacement buttons when you can’t find the one you’ve lost.
Today is my 26th birthday and I didn’t anticipate all the running around that would happen today – special lunch, getting a new driver’s license, going to the garden center, and then just the have to do random things that I can’t talk about because they are top secret even
Read MoreI think that one thing that is the most confusing and scary for me is taxes. It’s not that I’m bad at keeping track of things, making spread sheets, or saving my receipts. It just seems like a great unknown to me and everything I’ve read on the subject just
Read MoreHi ya folks! This upcoming month’s issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop! It’s really a great issue this month and I think you will all really love it! I changed up the format a bit, so now it’s super easy for me to tuck goodies into the
Read MoreThere have been some great projects coming out of the Craftzine kitchen lately and I’m happy to report that April (my birthday month) is Crafting with Nature Month over on the craftzine blog! You can see the archive of projects here so far for this month, and don’t forget to
Read MoreHi ya folks! Sorry about the lack of posting tonight. I’m afraid it’s going to continue until Wednesday. I’m going to try to post a little something each day, but I have quite a few separate projects that are all due next week – including a workshop for a crocheted
Read MoreEarlier this week I posted a tutorial for the Coupon Catcher and posted it on Thrift Kitchen as from the studio of Craft Leftovers. Well now I’ve posted a tutorial on Thrift Kitchen about making laundry detergent and I’m sharing it here with you. In a way it actually is
Read MoreFor about the last week or so I’ve seen more and more Easter themed crafts coming up in my RSS feed. It think it’s about time I share with you some of my favorite tutorials, project, and inspirations. Painting Easter eggs has always been my favorite Easter craft and, rightly
Read MoreThe other day I was so happy to receive this great little bundle of weaving delights. That’s right it was issue number 2 of the Telaic Fantasy DIY Weaver’s zine by Su Mwamba! I love how she has made each zine by hand, folding the paper this way and that
Read MoreCoupon Capers = Organizing all those Clippings! I have a lot of issues with coupons. Mainly I forget I have them, forget them at home and buy X without them, buy random things I don’t need just because “I have a coupon for it! what a deal!” From what I’ve
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Ferrets are cute and cuddly, mischievous, and above all else: sleepers! They sleep for about 16 hours a day and are only awake for 8 hours – and that’s when they are young. Beuler – my old man ferret whose 6 now – is only awake for 2 -4 hours each day. It’s important that they have good places to sleep during those long hours. They will curl up just about anywhere, but hammocks are great because they keep the light out, are soft, warm, and good for snuggling in.
This month’s Craft Leftovers Monthly I wrote an article about Springing into Action and how charity knitting/crochet/sewing is a great way to make an impact in people’s lives who are having a hard time, make a dent in your stash, and in general feel better about yourself. The original plan
Read MoreI’ve been overly fascinated by crochet lately and have started to use it more and more in my paintings. I’ve working on this particular piece and while I want the crochet to be flat across the painting I do not want a lot of tension on the sides of the
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