This week for Iron Craft we were to create something using bottles or jars. I’d been playing with making creepy trees for Halloween terrariums and thought a mason jar would make for a great vess...
Oct 05, 2011
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One of the greatest joys of having a kid, for me, is getting to sew Halloween costumes. Last year we had just started watching Sesame Street, and Big Bird was one of our favorites. So the costume of...
Oct 03, 2011
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This cute tote bag comes together quickly because you start with a zippered throw pillowcase for the body, meaning you don’t have to sew the body together or insert the zipper yourself. All you ...
Sep 30, 2011
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Here’s a little black owl to haunt your trees for Halloween. Too bad he’s much cuter than scary!
This project is a pretty easy one if you can knit in the round on double pointed needles a...
Sep 21, 2011
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Last week as part of the UFO challenge for Iron Craft, I finished one of these potted button trees that I had been sitting for almost a year. I promised I would share the pattern with all of you this ...
Aug 22, 2011
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I put my knitting project down a little while back and this week was the time to pick it up. It turned out the pattern for the sleeves was a little crazy. So there was some ‘figuring out’ work t...
Aug 17, 2011
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Since I spent two days perfecting the embroidery pattern for this week’s Iron Craft challenge I thought I’d share it with all of you.
(click the pattern to download a bigger version from ...
Aug 10, 2011
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This week for Iron Craft we were asked to sculpt something. I have taken pottery and clay classes and know there isn’t a sculptor in me, but I remember having fun making salt dough ornaments as ...
Aug 03, 2011
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Last week, I made button rings that were inspired by a couple of the other Iron Crafters’ projects from the button challenge. Well, I was also inspired by the button bracelet made by QAMom that ...
Aug 01, 2011
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This week’s challenge was to figure out a way to beat the heat.Here in San Francisco, our summer is not due to start for another month or so. The heater still clicks on softly in the evening, when...
Jul 27, 2011
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