| How-To: Machine Quilting Loopy Flowers Elizabeth at Oh, Fransson! shares her awesome technique for creating beautiful loopy flower patterns with machine quilting. As she mentions, it's a technique for seasoned quilters, but what fun it would be to try! Also be sure to check out the amazing vintage quilts she shares in a subsequent post. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Crown Crafts to Present at Midwest IDEAS Investor Conference Crown Crafts, Inc. today announced that E. Randall Chestnut, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Olivia Elliott, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at the upcoming Midwest IDEAS Investor Conference to be held at The University of Chicago Gleacher Center in Chicago, Illinois. biz.yahoo.com |
Bea Szenfeld: Sur la Plage Swedish fashion designer Bea Szenfeld's latest collection Sur la Plage consists of a dozen handmade paper costumes inspired by seaside folklore and ambiance -- water spirits and sea nymphs, the nets of fishermen, crashing waves, seaweed tangles, glimmering shoals, and shellfish clusters. That's right. Handmade. From paper.The compact cardboard is cut and folded into tiny architectural concoctions, which are assembled together by hand into incredible creations that lead your mind to Jules Vernes' fictitious sea demons. Photos by Ulrich Lofgren.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Fashion | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Knit or Crochet Squares for the Maker Faire Rocket Yarnbomb Robyn Love will be at World Maker Faire NY making a special yarn bomb installation over one of the rocket sculptures on site. To prepare, we need your help! Our friends at Lion Brand Yarn are sponsoring the project and have set up two nights leading up to the Faire to come out and knit or crochet sections of the massive garment, all materials and supplies provided! It's sure to be a good time, stop by and say hi. If you can't make it, you can contribute on site at Maker Faire.Come Knit or Crochet for the Rocket Yarn Bomb!Monday, September 20 and Tuesday, September 21, 6-8pmLion Brand Yarn34 West 15th Street, 7th floorBetween 5th and 6th AvenuesMore: 10,000 Gallon Water Tower Cozy The Knitted MileRead the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Maker Faire | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
How-To: Baked Salt Dough Organ Platter For Halloween Channel your inner-Hannibal Lecter with the latest project from Claire at Poopscape. She mixes old-school crafting (salt dough) with her brilliant dark sense of humor to create a platter of baked salt dough organs. Organs like the liver and kidneys are pretty easy to replicate and all the naturally occuring cracks in the salt dough actually help with the realism. However, organs like the heart and brain are a little more complex and needed some time finessing. It was a challenge, but it was totally worth the effort.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |