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Iron on decals from plastic shopping bags I've been playing around with this idea for a while (you can tell from the Christmas tree in the background of a few of the photos). It's quite fun and a good way to cover up stains that can't be removed from well, nearly all the tshirts my kids have. Ages ago I started collecting interesting coloured plastic bags from friends, thinking that I would make some reusable shopping bags by ironing them together to make a kind of Tyvek material. This has been done a lot in the last few years, and there are a lot of tutorials out there on the internet showing how to fuse plastic shopping bags into a more durable kind of material that can be sewn like fabric. Before I got around to collecting enough to make a fused bag project. I decided to start off by trying to iron a disney princess onto an old vest. You're basically melting the bag into the surface of the fabric enough that once it has cooled, it won't peel back off. Here's a flower laid out before ironing. Here's one that shrivelled.
Collages In this tutorial we will learn how to make a mixed media collage. Things we will need: 1. Acrylic paints (or other paints of your choice). 2. Some brushes. 3. Before I do anything, I usually paint my surface. Don’t try to be perfect. From looking at it I eliminate a few things. I applied the picture of a crying girl. I glued on a couple of more pieces. And some more. Before we continue, I will show you how to transfer images onto other surfaces. Flip the image over with the ink side down (you should have the gel medium on the ink side) and press into the fabric. Wait until everything is completely dry. Use more water if necessary. When I dipped the fabric into the dish, I rubbed it against the bottom of the plate to get some red on the fabric. I glued some more pieces on And some more images on. You can continue with putting more images on or stop right here. Cover the canvas with a gel medium of your choice (glossy, matte) to secure everything in place and to provide a coating.
marble magnets I finally gave in and made marble magnets. Not surprisingly they are quite fun, smooshing the glue out to make a perfect little magnified image is very satisfying. Here, in order of appearance, are the places I referenced: paper candy instructions with pictures (this is the first place I saw this project) dogmestic with instructions and pictures photogeek pictures ugly green chair cute ladybug magnets – pictures with packaging threads at Glitter:onetwothree I bought all of these supplies at Michael’s, including the glue I went back for since I got the wrong kind to start with. These are great packaged in those Altoid-sized tins, I’ve seen them in office/gift shops like that. The "Times" They Are A-Changing: How to Make a Basket from a Newspaper May 3rd, 2012 Email 1339 users recommend A charming basket (or comfy pet bed) is crafted from an issue of the Sunday New York Times. Recycling never looked so good. Jeff Rudell Weaving newspapers is a perfect activity for kids who are stuck inside on a rainy May Sunday (and it works with adults, too). A simple ribbon or two can turn even the most modest of materials—in this case an old newspaper—into a thing of beauty. Photo: Jeff Rudell The entire 126-year-old farmhouse I grew up in was insulated with old newspapers, wadded up and stuffed behind the walls and between the studs. With such a long history with newspapers, it struck me as odd recently to realize that most of what I did with newspapers these days (besides read them) was bundle them up and deliver them to the curb once a week in anticipation of the 6:00 a.m. recycling truck that comes every Monday to retrieve them. View 3 member project galleries
Fused plastic sandwich wraps | Chica and Jo As brilliant an invention as disposable zip-top baggies are, they are potentially very wasteful as well. How many of them do you think we’ve thrown away this year just from lunch sandwiches alone? Ugh, I don’t even want to think about it! Instead, I want to show you how to make a reusable sandwich wrap that not only replaces zip-top bags, but it even recycles some of those pesky plastic shopping bags. And if being “green” by recycling and reusing isn’t reason enough to make these, how about this — we’re going to make them crazy cute with personalized sayings! The first step is to make some sheets of fused plastic. Okay, have you practiced enough to be confident with the process? Now sandwich the layers between two large pieces of parchment paper. If you don’t have parchment paper, you can use regular white paper (make sure there’s no ink on it) or blank newsprint paper, but parchment paper really works a million times better. Here’s where things are gonna get fun. You got that?
4 Ways to Make Paper Flowers with Jeffery Rudell April 8th, 2011 Email 23 users recommend What an unexpected treat it would be to find this bouquet waiting for you in your office mailbox. A great project for kids (and a wonderful gift for mothers), this whimsical arrangement will brighten any office or cubicle. Jeff Rudell Photo: Jeff Rudell Paper artist Jeffery Rudell makes beautiful floral bouquets simply out of scraps of paper. How to Make Perfect Paper Daisies These cheery blossoms brighten any table and make a wonderfully unexpected bouquet to give to a friend. How to Make a Pencil Box Bouquet A fresh spray of colorful paper flowers turns any old pencil box into a reason to smile. How to Make Simple White Paper Flowers This bouquet of delightfully airy flowers is as easy to make as it is beautiful. Crumpled Up: How to Make Paper Flowers Make beautiful paper flowers from scraps in your stash.
craftpassion.com tutorials When it comes to making art, I'm all about the process. While I love working on a project from start to finish, I've found that it's in the "journey" and the time spent experimenting that I grow the most. There are days when I will spend hours playing with a technique, supply or process simply to learn! All you really need for this process is photo paper and color. PHOTO PAPER: Just about any photo paper will work and by photo paper I mean the paper that you use for printing photos. COLOR: You can use pretty much any type of ink or paint for this process but I found the more fluid the paint (or ink) the better results. RUBBING ALCOHOL: Isopropyl Alcohol is my favorite supply to use with this process because when you drop it onto your surface, it will react with the color and repel that color leaving an area of the surface exposed. There are so many different ways to work with these materials! pretty paper from Alisa Burke on Vimeo. Drop color on the surface.
Transfer a Photograph to Canvas Previous image Next image I recently returned home from a long vacation and 800 or so photos later, I vowed that this trip my pictures would make it off my computer. While I'm still working on the album, I decided it would also be fun to display a few of my photos in an unconventional way, but without spending a lot of money. Aside from the linen canvas boards, this project was fabricated with materials I had on hand. What You Need MaterialsPhotographIron-on transfer paperLinen artist canvas boardCotton or linen fabric (slightly bigger than the size of your photo)Contrasting thread Multipurpose Adhesive (I used 3M Super 77 which is photo safe and works on fabric)Photo Protectant (I used Krylon Preserve It! ToolsComputer and printerImage editing softwareScissors or shearsSewing machine or needleIronHard surface or cutting board (do not use an ironing board!) Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Images: Kimberly Watson
Kodachrome Curtains So, it's been a while since I've made anything Craftster-worthy, but my husband and I busted out the Dremel tool a few days ago and we made this: It's a pair of curtains made out of old Kodachrome slides! I'm really interested in photography, and will buy old cameras in antique and thrift stores in order to develop film that's inside of it. From time to time, I'll find collections of old slides and will buy those, too. Last fall, driving back from vacation, we stopped at an antique store outside of Kansas City and I found a box of a ton of old slides, mostly Kodachrome, from the 50s and 60s. I hate the idea that these pictures would just be resigned to the garbage or something, and wanted to display them (besides just scanning them in and putting them on Flickr - here's a link to my old found negative/slide collection, though, if you want to check that out: ). Then I connected them all together with chainmail rings.
Lunchbag Books Look out, I'm about to whip out the nasty crafty on you in a way I want you all to forget about as soon as you've read this and I've posted something else. It will be our little secret. For some of you this idea may come a little too late - your kids may already be shirtless and barefoot and soaking up the sun in the name of summertime. But for a lot of us here in California, we're still in the thick of school drop-offs and pick-ups, end-of-the-year plays and award assemblies and OH SHIT did I get the teacher an end-of-the-year gift?! realizations. That's where I come in. Wink. Brown paper lunchbag books (Feel free to add your own ideas & change it up as you wish or based on your child's age and capability to contribute to the project) Some tools/supplies you should consider buying: These tools come in a set and are highly recommended. Any one of these tapes/glues will work although if you want my opinion on which works best, I'd go with the one on the right - Dotto in "permanent." Ready?
Silk Lotus Flower The silk lotus flower is easy to construct, but looks very luxurious. You can make it in any size, but pick fabrics that tend to be stiff, like silk taffeta or dupione. You can singe the edges of the petals with a flame, or just leave the cut edges raw. After you master the basic technique, you can experiment with different petal shapes. Become a Threads Insider today to get access to this and other exclusive Insider-only blog posts. Become an Insider and enjoy unlimited access to: All-time favorite articles from Threads Special Insider discounts and offers Digital access to our most recent issues And so much more!
c h i l d r e n's - b o u t i q u e - f a s h i o n s: Tutorial Gathering is pretty easy, but can be a pain if your machine doesn't have a gathering stitch or if you set your stitch length to small. Here I will give a step by step tutorial on how I gather for skirts, dresses, aprons, etc...You can click on the images to blow them up on your computer screen for a better view. 1. To gather I usually use a basting stitch set at 1. This gives me a pretty loose stitch and makes it easy for me to pull the thread that creates the gather. It spaces the gathers a nice distance apart and allows you to move the gathers closer together or further apart depending on your preference. Start about 1/4" from the edge with a normal stitch and back stitch 2 or 3 times to secure it and then start the gathering stitch: 2. 3. 4. (I also have an alternate way to gather if you are having trouble with your thread breaking a lot.