Everything Golden
I recently made these pillows for a wedding gift. I found these awesome vintage national parks posters that I re-worked in photoshop and designed custom prints to match. DIY – Find a cool landscape photo and have it printed via Spoonflower, then choose an existing fabric as a cool contrast for the back.
Free printable mandala coloring pages
Everything Golden » DIY – Hot Pads
DIY – Hot Pads Here is my latest contribution to Sugar & Charm. This is a very simple sewing project that makes for a great, personalized gift that’s both functional and attractive to display in the kitchen. I had some black and white photographs printed via Spoonsflower. I then found some colorful printed fabric to give a cool contrast to the black and white. How to: You’ll need batting for the stuffing, I used 3 layers. Place the handle in the open side then close it up by sewing all the edges(this gives a nice border and helps the batting stay in place). Most hot pads are sewn in a checkered pattern to give a quilted look but I kept it simple by sewing only a small x in the middle to keep the batting in place without complicating the image. That’s it!
Peyote Stitch Beading: A Tutorial for Getting Started
You may be familiar with bead weaving – either you’ve given it a go yourself, or you’ve seen other people’s work. Bead-woven work can be to be terribly daunting; it appears intricate and complex, and it certainly can be time-consuming! However, please don’t let first impressions put you off having a go. Yes, bead weaving takes time and patience, but it is very much worth the effort! A good place to start is with peyote stitch beadwork. There are many variations – even-count, odd-count, circular, tubular, and 1-, 2- and 3-drop variations of each of these. Example of a peyote stitch ring – peyote stitch in the round, increasing and decreasing, even-count peyote band. First of all, you need to gather your materials. Beads first! Seed beads are available in many different sizes and colors, and for a stitch like peyote, you want beads that are fairly even in shape and size. Needles Needles, like seed beads, decrease in size as they increase numerically. Thread Other tools Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:
DIY Bleach Tie Dye
Last summer, we were obsessed with shibori indigo tie dying. No, really . . . we just about dyed anything white in sight. So when Free People asked us to include a DIY in their guest blogger series, we knew a new tie dye project was absolutely in order. To make a grid-like pattern, fold the shirt like an accordion and bind it between two pieces of wood or other flat shaped objects. Before you start bleaching, make sure you are wearing gloves and working outdoors or in a well ventilated area. The rusty brown color will slowly fade into a beautiful lighter shade as it begins to set. Your reverse bleach tie dye shirt is ready to wear! (top image from here, rest of images by HonestlyWTF)
paper dress
Everything Golden » DIY – Block Printing
DIY – Block Printing For my latest contribution to Sugar and Charm, I created hand printed napkins. This is a fun and easy way to add personality to anything…napkins, tea towels, t-shirts, onesies, you name it! What you need: 1. Instructions: To make the stamp, you’ll first draw your image on the rubber block and start carving away the areas that you don’t want to show. Also, check out DIY – Hand Dyed Vintage Linens for instructions on how to make the tie dyed napkins.
An Introduction to Sun Printing on Fabric
It’s been about 25 years since I’ve used sun printing paper but it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while! Who knew there was sun printing fabric?! I made this easy little square pin cushion using 8.5″ cotton cyanotype fabric squares and buttons: This applique shirt was so simple… …and I love the extra button detail: The squares I used are the Blueprints on Fabric(pink on blue) shown below: In a nutshell, the 8.5″ fabric squares in the kit are pretreated with a chemical that makes them change color in sunlight. I pinned buttons to the fabric in the shape of a heart: I pinned one of my mother’s old necklaces in place: I layered different types of lace: I used a transparency with a superhero “POW” on it: Stay tuned for more sun printing soon!
Products & Pricing – Spoonflower
The prices below are for all custom printed fabric, wallpaper and decals throughout the Spoonflower site. Your final price will be based on three things: how much you order, which product you choose, and whether you own the design. How do you qualify for our 10% designer discount? The answer is simple - everyone who uploads a design to Spoonflower qualifies! The 10% discount applies only to orders of your own designs, and only to orders that are larger than a swatch. When ordering fabric, the discount becomes 20% if you order 20 yards or more of your own single design. Like most textiles, Spoonflower fabric will burn if exposed to flame or direct heat.
DIY Brandy Melville Moon Phase Crop Tank
Bleach Painting on Textiles D.I.Y.
Today Jill of Lune is going to share the next part of our textile printing series, how to paint with bleach. I love the simplicity of her design and can't wait to try this. Enjoy! Bleach painting is a fun, easy and inexpensive way to play with fabric dying and I know you'll love the results! I chose to create a simple tank with the phrase "We are made of stars" which is adapted from a famous Carl Sagan quote. Supplies Needed: Fabric safe household bleach, inexpensive synthetic bristle paint brush, glass or ceramic bowl, dark colored cotton blend top, a white towel or rag, white chalk, cardboard. Safety: Bleach is toxic, so be careful to keep it safely out of reach of children. 1. There are so many options for bleach painting. Thanks so much for sharing this technique with us today, Jill.
DIY Shibori
Today marks HonestlyWTF’s four year anniversary. Four years! To celebrate, we’re revisiting the very first tutorial we ever featured on the site: shibori tie dye. Lauren and I first discovered shibori after discovering an old photo on the web. The idea of recreating an ancient Japanese dyeing technique inspired us to spend an entire weekend experimenting with our favorite deep blue, indigo. After dyeing just about every white article of clothing in sight, our blue stained fingers excitedly uploaded the tutorial – we couldn’t wait to share it with our 30 readers. You’ll need:an indigo dye kitnatural fiber clothing or fabric2 5 gallon bucketsrubber glovessmall wood squaresrubber bandstwinea PVC pipea long wooden sticka drop clothrubber glovesscissors When choosing fabric or clothing, it’s important that made of natural fibers. Itajime shibori is known as the shape-resist technique. Fold it again in the other direction – again, like an accordion. Wrap the twine around the fabric.
