Handmade Review: The True Cost
If you’re into fashion.
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Clothing + Fashion
Craft for Good with Halos of Hope
Your friends and family have enough hats by now. Make your next one for Halos of Hope, an organization that puts handmade hats on the heads of cancer patients.
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Make 2 Matching Skirts from 2 Yards of Fabric
My daughter wanted to figure out how to make matching skirts for her and a friend. With just two yards of fabric, you can do this, too!
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Make a Treasure in a Bottle Charm
If you’ve got something small that you want to show off, but don’t want to get damaged, keep it safe AND on display by turning it into a treasure in a bottle charm!
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Here’s an Easy Way to Make a Hogwarts Robe
If you want to be a character from Harry Potter, you need yourself a good Hogwarts robe.
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How to Repair a Child’s Ballet Shoe
Here’s how to repair a child’s ballet shoe, the quick and easy way. You can even teach your kid to do this herself, so she can fix her own ballet shoe next time it breaks.
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How to Replace a Drawstring
ell whoever pulled it out in the first place to be more careful next time, because that’s five minutes of your life that you aren’t going to get back!
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2 Easy Ways to Hem Cut-offs
Quick, easy, and when you’re done, they’ll look like a pair of store-bought shorts, not last year’s winter pants with holes in the knees.
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One Dozen Sun Hats to Sew this Summer
Looking to sew some summer sun hats? Check out this list of my favorite patterns and tutorials for all ages and sizes!
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Sew an Easy One-Seam Skirt
This simple, one-seam skirt is super easy to make from a single length of fabric.
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Craft Book Review: Graffiti Jeans from This Belongs to Me
Because who cares if it came from Goodwill if it’s got your own personal dragon logo painted on the pocket?
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A Refashioned Dress from a Graduation Gown and Formal Dresses
Every year since she was four, my younger daughter designs an outfit, I create it from thrifted and discarded clothing and other fabrics, and then she models it on the runway at our town’s annual Trashion/Refashion Show.
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How to Replace a Button on a Button-Down Shirt
Even if you can’t sew, you can sew this.
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Freezer Paper Stencil an Old Shirt
I have an unwritten rule for my kids that whenever I mend something for them, I also add something new to make that thing a little cuter.
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3 Ways to Repair Embellished Clothing
Repairing clothes with embellishments on them sometimes requires a bit of finesse. Here are three methods to repair embellished clothing, so it looks good as new!
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Sewing for Tweens: The Chambray Dress from Handmade Style
Sewing for big kids, however? It’s a whole new pastime, and it isn’t necessarily for the beginner, nor the faint of heart.
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How to Make a No-Sew Puppy Ears Headband
To be a dog, all you REALLY need are puppy ears.
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How to Mend a Rip in the Thigh of Your Jeans
Thigh rips in jeans are the nemesis of anyone who has thighs.
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How to Replace the Elastic in Elastic-Waist Pants
Elastic-waist pants are the easiest to modify, of course, since the absolute only thing that you have to do is swap out that elastic.
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How to Replace a Coat Pocket
Check out this relatively simple way to completely replace a coat pocket, so it’s even sturdier than the original.
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Make a Blanket Scarf
Now that holiday craziness is winding down, settle in and do a bit of crafting that’s just for you. Here’s how to make a blanket scarf. It’s a quick, easy, and satisfying sewing project that even beginners can do!
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Sew a NICU Smock for a Preemie Baby: The 2nd Annual Craftsy Charity Sew-Along
If your fingers are itching to get started on your holiday sewing, there’s still time to participate in Craftsy’s 2nd Annual Charity Sew-Along by sewing a NICU smock for a preemie baby.
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How to Upcycle Tights into Arm Warmers
Outgrown tights don’t have to be destined for the trash, especially not in the autumn, when there are chilly bare arms to cover!
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Upcycle Your Cargo Pants: Here are 13 projects!
Here are my favorite ways to upcycle your cargo pants.
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Sole Hope: Your Old Jeans Can Save Kids’ Lives
Sole Hope heals kids, and they use old jeans to do it.
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Craft Book Review: The Shirtmaking Workbook
Altering a pattern is a learned skill, and even if you’re new to sewing, you can absolutely learn this skill.
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Label ALL THE THINGS! DIY Eco-Friendly Labels for Everything
It IS possible to DIY eco-friendly labels for all your stuff.
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Embossed Aluminum Pendants: An Upcycled Kid Craft
If you’ve got kids (or a Scout troop, or a day camp…) who love making jewelry, then they’ll love making these embossed aluminum pendants.
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The Awesomes: Superhero Costumes Sewn from Old T-shirts
Here’s how I constructed two superhero costumes out of nothing but old T-shirts, fold-over elastic, and some thread.
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How to Applique Jersey Knit without Using Fusibles
It is really not that hard to sew jersey knit fabric, and even to applique it, without any kind of fusible webbing whatsoever.
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How to Make a Leotard from an Old T-Shirt
If you, too, have a well-fitting leotard to copy, then you can make your own comfy cotton leotard out of a T-shirt. Here’s how to make a leotard from a tee.
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How-to: Make a Drawstring Backpack
Because these drawstring backpacks are so quick and easy to make, and because they take so few materials (you probably have all of it in your stash right now), it’s simple to make one for each activity that you or your enthusiastic young one likes to do.
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How-to: Make a Double-Sided T-Shirt Quilt
This quilt is light but warm, it’s nice and versatile, and it definitely includes the maximum number of T-shirts that you can possibly squeeze onto a T-shirt quilt.
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How to Make a Poncho from Your Favorite Blanket (no sew!)
Do you have a favorite blanket that’s outlived its usefulness as a throw? Heres how to make a poncho from it!
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Make a No-Sew Hood from a Babywearing Wrap
You don’t need a sewing machine to turn your kid into a vampire, assassin, young Jedi, ranger, or any other hooded creatures this Halloween. All you need is a wrap used for babywearing, and you’ll have this no-sew hood configured in no time.
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