I made this a long time ago as a celebration of the writer's strike ending and my favorite show coming back, and after seeing this (http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=257162.0) post, I mimicked it. Being new to craftster, I posted my version as a comment and commandeered stentorian's thread a little bit. Oops.

So, reposting.

It's just your basic t-shirt, freezer paper stenciled with black acrylic paint. If I were to do this again (I probably will) I'd iron the paint after it dried... methinks that's supposed to heat set it. Impatience (and forgetfulness) got the better of me, and I ended up washing it. It faded so now it has more of a vintage look than a nice crisp look. Which works too, I guess.



I promise, it's not as skewed as it looks in the picture. Bad angle.

Comments welcome, as always!

Yay stash busters! This project was fast and easy, and I really like the way it turned out.

First, I covered an old notebook with leftover fleece (so the spiral wouldn't snack on my lovely fabric), and then hot glued the sparkly denim to the fleece. [Enter ridiculous button stash.] I took contrasting thread and tacked the buttons down, sealing the knots with a little hot glue so they wouldn't fall off.


^ Inside


^ =)


^ Not slouchy view.

Thanks for looking!

Does anyone know how to put an applique on something curvy? I know how to do normal appliques, but I'm trying to put a big sparkly design on the chest area of a dress. any ideas are helpful!

I'm going to start bringing a lunch to school more often & I need some help brainstorming some foods that are good cold.

Besides the standard turkey sandwich and PB&J's. Those get old fast.

I'm semi-proficient with cooking & can usually manage most recipes... just not the ultra confusing ones. =)


Thanks!
-Katie

I made my first not-scarf!! yay!

in short, this is what they are:


Even though I made tons of mistakes (which bugs the crap out of me), they're still suuper comfy. And huge. And tacky.
My band friends borrow them all the time so they can just pop off the tops & shove them in a pocket to play their instrument during freezing Minnesota football games =)

here's some better pictures:





Comments & criticism welcomed!! (Are they too tacky/gigantic?? Can you really notice all my screwups?) Thanks for looking!



*edit*

pattern: "sacred & profane convertibles" from book "knit wit" by amy r. singer =)

I <3 this knitting book because the projects are pretty unusual (but also a little bland...) idk

my locker at school is dark green metal
SUUUPER dark and dingy
all warped and whatnot.
gross.
so I was thinking I shuld brighten it up
(but we can't do anything that's permanent)
so I'm going to put panels on the walls.
except now I'm stuck and I don't know what to put on the panels.

there's 3 panels
8-1/2" wide and about 16" long each
covered in white canvas
blank as can be.

any ideas what to do with them?
(i'm having a mind block.)

anything goes


thanks
-kaatie