Loop de Loop Pillows I am a chronic doodler. My school notebooks always had more scribbles of flowers, geometric shapes, and animals than actual notes. To this day, my Purl Bee notes look more like mysterious outsider art than useful information. One of my recurring doodle themes is a loop de loop motif. I love the hypnotic repetition of it. With this penchant for doodling, it’s no wonder that I love embroidery so much. These Loop de Loop Pillows combine the simple, breezy feeling of a notebook jot with the beauty of embroidery. Materials For a set of three pillows, two 14-inch square and one 18-inch square: Note: If you'd just like to make one pillow you will need 1/2 a yard of fabric for each 14-inch pillow and 1 yard for each 18-inch pillow. Cutting For the smaller pillows cut : 2- 15-inch squares4- 11-inch X 15-inch rectangles For the larger pillow cut: 1- 19-inch square2- 13-inch X 19-inch rectangles Put all of the rectangular pieces aside until you reach the sewing section of the pattern. Marking For pillow A:
Book Lamp This project is very simple and if you already have a book that you're willing to sacrifice, the cost is just $5 for the lamp from IKEA. Some people freak out when books get destroyed for projects like this. Well, tons of unsold books get destroyed every year. Materials IKEA Lampan lamp hardcover book at least 2" wide inside rubber band Tools Pliers X-acto knife safety glasses
Recycle | Woven Rag Rug Recycle Tutorial: Woven Rag RugMaterial1. Old bed sheets (3 king size flat sheets, more if you have fitted sheet)2. Sturdy corrugated cardboard of your preference size (mine is 28 x 20″)3. Tapestry needle or masking tape5. Mark the short side of the cardboard 1/2″ apart and 2″ down. Cut or tear the old sheets into 1″ or 2″ wide strips. Take a strip and slot it into the eye of a tapestry needle and start weaving. Since there are 12 strips in a slot, make sure you have all the strips weaved. Weave the last row in close to the previous row, with needle up or down to make a crisscross to the previous strip, pull the weaving strip and tie the warp strips in place. Hide the weaving strip in the warp strips by passing through the strip within the weaves. Take the woven rag rug out from the cardboard by lifting all the strips from the slots. Trim the end to the length of bout 4″ or to your preference. {More photos and story on Page 1.} Pages: 1 2 Print / Download PDF Get all updates via email:
Wire-Edged Fabric Flowers **This tutorial is intended for personal use only.** Hi! Moving on......... Okay, so you say that you're a scrap fabric saver just like me. **This tutorial is intended for personal use only This tutorial will show you how to create wire edged fabric plumeria or frangipani flowers from scrap pieces of fabric. Supplies: You will need fabric scraps, 26 gauge cloth covered floral stem wire in 18" lengths, a sharpie or a dowel approximately 1/2" in diameter, a plastic seed bead container or a dowel approximately 7/8" in diameter, Tacky Glue, scotch tape, floral tape, sharp scissors, and a pair of wire cutters/pliers. Please note: The length of wire that you choose to use for each of your petals will ultimately depend on what project you will be using these flowers on. To begin, twist the center of the wire around the bead container or dowel with the help of a plier if needed. Slide the wire off of the bead container or dowel taking care not to distort the shape. Let the petals dry completely.
suitcase I’ve mentioned before that I use suitcases in our bedroom for extra storage. But that’s just one way to repurpose a vintage suitcase. For some gobsmackingly creative ideas, scroll on! Giftwrapping box Better Homes & Gardens Collect all your wrap, tags and tape in one place in a mobile wrapping station. Sewing kit Mini macs Similarly, use it as a hobby or sewing kit to keep everything together and make it portable. Blanket box Design*Sponge Use large trunks at the foot of the bed for blankets, shoes or out-of-season clothes. Shelving Casa Sugar Add shelves to a trunk to create a mini closet or shoe rack. Liquor trolley Apartment Therapy Go one better and add wheels to create a rolling booze cabinet. File rack / pinboard Design*Sponge Affix to your study wall for a memo board and hidden file storage – genius! Vanity/medicine cabinet Vanity Case How incredible is this vanity cabinet? Bedside table Apartment Therapy Simply plonk a suitcase on a stool for an instant bedside table with plenty of storage. Table Chair
Darkroom and Dearly: {diy: shower curtain} First of all, can I say how in love I am with this Anthropologie shower curtain? I mean, really. Freaking gorgeous. Then again, the price on it is $118.... gulp. Just when I decided to stick with my own lacy, $20 curtain from Target, I discovered a clever blogger who made this beautiful ruffly creation from scratch! {Elle Apparel} takes $20 worth of fabric, endless time and patience, and creates this amazing wonder: When you're finished picking your jaw up off the floor, visit {her tutorial} and see how it's done! DIY Stone Sconces This is a super easy project that anyone can do on the super cheap. I wanted some nice sconces for my guest bath downstairs. I looked high and low and couldn’t find anything I wanted and the ones I did like were about $20 a piece….story of my life. A few weeks back I was strolling the Dollar Tree trying to see if there was anything that I could fashion into a sconce. Anyway let us continue. I walked back into the Dollar Tree and grabbed 2 bags of decorative stones, glass tealight candle holders, a pack of glue sticks and some sponge brushes for $6. I already has some wood at the house and some dark brown paint. We had a wood board that was 1/2 inch thick. Once the paint dried I nailed the picture handing hardware to the back, top part of the larger rectangles. Then hot glued the small bottom piece onto the back. Lay the sconce down on it’s back and glue the stones onto it, trying to fit them together as tightly as possible. Checkout the finish product proudly handing on the wall.
freezer paper stenciled reverse applique hand stitched pillow - artsy-crafty babe Now there's a title for ya! Totally inspired by Alabama Chanin, here's my spin on it. What you'll need is: 2 (two) 1/2 yard pieces of jersey knit + 1” strip of the under-layer piece long enough to go around the perimeter of the finished pillow coverfreezer papercraft paintspongeironsafety pinsneedle & buttonhole threadscissors For a 16” pillow cover, I start with an 18” square. Cut two pieces of freezer paper 18” square (pretty convenient that freezer paper is 18” wide), then cut two pieces of jersey 18” x 18”. Using one piece of freezer paper, fold it in half, then quarters, then diagonally if you choose – cut out shapes as you would if you were making a paper snowflake. With your design unfolded, place it plastic side down on the front of the jersey square that you plan to use as the outer layer. Thin your craft paint by about half with water. Lay your stenciled jersey square on top of the second jersey square. I'll now use my finished pillow for the remainder of the tutorial.
Earth Day: Free As A Bird Pillow A horizontal pillow injects an interesting shape into the ordinary pile of pillows. This one features an envelope style opening on the front rather than the back, so we can show off a set of three beautiful cherry wood buttons. The buttons are not only fabulous, they are also keeping the pillow cover closed. Who says beauty and brains don't mix? We love how the free-as-a-bird silhouettes on this print swirl and swoop between the live oaks. This is the third in our collection of three pillows celebrating Earth Day. Fat Quarter Shop has even put together a kit for this project so you can order exactly what you need to make a pillow just like ours. Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome DC4030 ) ½ yard of 44-45" wide fabric for the pillow's right side: ½ yard of 44-45" wide fabric for the pillow's left side: Pillow fill or 12" x 22" pillow form: All-purpose thread to match fabric Three 1¼ buttons: Scissors or rotary cutter and cutting mat See-through ruler Fabric pen or pencil Straight pins
Modern Wall Art with Paint Swatches! Looking for a way to fill that blank wall but don't have permission to paint? All you need is a trip to a major hardware store and an afternoon in front of a good movie to take care of that little dilemma. Supplies Needed: Large frame with paper insert, a ton of pretty paint chips, double-sided tape squares, and vinyl letters appropriate to the size of your frame or phrase (4" - 6"). I went with a color scheme that involved a variety of tones from some of my favorite colors. It's basically a muted rainbow with plenty of lighter shades to keep things from getting too busy. 1. 3. Paint chip art is a great option for renters looking to fill a big space without spending a small fortune!
Cool Finds: Gorgeous Painted Floors Hardwood flooring is a weakness of mine. I can’t get enough. Actually, I’m fortunate enough to be renting a home that’s full of it — every room, save for the bathroom, has this amazing, original flooring and it’s a thing of beauty. Another thing of beauty? Painted wooden floors. Here are just a few that have me reaching for my brush! 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. I used to feel like it was sacrilege to paint wood, especially old wooden furniture or floors, but now I’m not so sure… it’s just so pretty! How do you feel about painting wooden floors? [ad#large-rectangle-adsense]
Useful Ideas and Layouts to Create a Photo Gallery Wall My most popular post to date that you, my awesome readers, just swoon over is how to create a photo wall display. This post alone has received well over 70,000 views and today I’m sharing even more great ideas and layouts to create your own photo gallery wall. Knowing where to begin when creating a montage of photos can often be intimidating, so I’ve gathered some handy examples on how to find the right balance and layout for various sized photos in all the different areas of the home. Here comes a long post with alot pictures, but it’ll be worth scrolling all the way through… Staircase, gallery wall, and ledge display ideas by Brenda Knight Photography Gallery wall ideas via Pottery Barn Photo and wall decor ideas via One Click Design Studio I really like the asymmetrical foyer photo layout. Room vignettes with photo gallery ideas via RobinWood Photography Wall Display Templates by Gradybug Designs Lots of display ideas – source unknown Gallery Wall idea by Jen of World of Dennifer
Painted Wood Wall Art | Via Salvage Love Photo: Claire Ferrante of Little Dog Vintage Materials: -2 pieces of MDF 30 inches x 24 inches and 1 centimeter thick which equals one piece that is 60 x 24. -approximately 100 pieces of wood various sizes and depths -7 paint colors. -bag of sponge paint brushes -sand paper -Liquid Nails (this stuff is pretty amazing) -table saw. Time: This is definitely a time consuming project. Cost: paint- 7 / 7.25ML cans of paint -$24 2 pieces of MDF- $24 sponge brushes- $5 Liquid Nails- $3 sand paper- already had some wood strips – free! Total Cost: $56 for materials (I was lucky to not have to pay for wood. With the help of my wonderful father and his table saw, we got to cutting the strips of wood.