Pattern Drafting: How to Draft a Curve
Enlarging an existing pattern by a fraction of an inch is a pretty common thing to have to do.
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Pattern Review: The Oliver + S School Bus T-Shirt
Sewing for kids gets harder as they get older.
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Craft for Good with The Snuggles Project
Cats and dogs deserve our crafty love, too, especially when they’re all alone in an animal shelter.
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How to Reuse Brown Packing Paper
The paper that companies use to cushion packages is so handy! Here’s how to reuse brown packing paper, whether you need it to look fancy or just functional.
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How to Sew an Upcycled Denim Skirt from Your Old Blue Jeans
If you sew, and especially if you love to upcycle, the upcycled denim skirt is a rite of passage. Here’s how to make one!
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17 Valentine’s Day Nature Crafts
Bring the outside in for Valentine’s Day this year, with any one of these nature crafts!
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12 Sugar Scrub Recipes to Beat Winter Skin
Treat yourself to some of these sugar scrub recipes for winter skin. The sugar and oils soften your skin while the scents improve your mood.
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“The Craftys” Awards Show Comes to NYC
The Craftys is the awards ceremony that celebrates the best in DIY and craft across the United States.
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Two Dozen Recycled Crafts for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be a time to spend money or buy a bunch of new junk–not when you can use your own junk to make all of these awesome things!
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13 Eco-Friendly Groundhog Day Crafts
If you need an excuse to make something adorable this week, don’t forget February 2!
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Maple Lemongrass Energizing Sugar Scrub
Aromatic sugar scrubs are my favorite remedy for dry skin. You get to exfoliate, moisturize, and treat yourself to a little aromatherapy all at the same time! This Maple Lemongrass Sugar Scrub is energizing and revitalizing.
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Crafting for Good: Touching Little Lives
Do you love to knit, crochet, or sew?
Do you love babies?
If so, you should be making something small and adorable to donate to Touching Little Lives!
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11 Upcycled Mandalas from CDs, DVDs, and Vinyl Record Albums
CDs, DVDs, and old vinyl records are a great base for constructing mandalas on top of, because they’re already perfectly round, and so sturdy that you can display your finished, upcycled mandala anywhere you’d like.
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Growing Preschooler Math Games in the Garden
The garden is a place for growing flowers, chasing butterflies…and preschooler math games. Start planning now for a spring and summer full of learning!
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Join the Valentine’s Day Artist Trading Card Swap with Mark Montano
Looking for a little more love in your life? Then check out this love-themed artist trading card swap, run by Mark Montano of Big-Ass Craft Book fame.
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How-to: Make an Upcycled Mandala with Buttons and a CD
This mandala, made from an upcycled CD and plenty of buttons, is an easy craft to make, and an easy craft to make look cute.
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18 Feed Sack Crafts
Check out this list below, and see how easy it is to upcycle that empty sack into something super awesome.
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Make a Lightbulb Terrarium
Are you ditching incandescents this year? Save those old bulbs and make yourself a cute lightbulb terrarium!
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5 Projects to Make with That Netflix Envelope Flap
The next time that a Netflix DVD comes to rescue you from your lonely life, don’t just toss that flap. Instead, check out the list below, and find your next favorite upcycling project!
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Craft for Good with Bridge and Beyond
Bridge and Beyond is an organization that provides warm handmade goods for individuals experiencing homelessness in Central Ohio.
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Craftivism: The Pussyhat Project
Marchers and supporters for the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2017, have inspired an international craftivist movement called The Pussyhat Project.
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6 DIY Natural Cold and Flu Remedies
Tried-and-true, DIY natural cold and flu remedies to help you get well soon.
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20 Eco-Friendly J.R.R. Tolkien Crafts, Because You’re a Nerd
Whether you’ve named your kid Samwise and your dog Frodo (and yes, I’ve met people who have done each), or you just have a hankering for second breakfast while you marathon Lord of the Rings (I’m talking about myself, here), check out the following list of super-nerdy, eco-friendly J.R.R. Tolkien crafts.
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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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DIY: Mason Jar Hanging Light Fixture
Mason jar lights? They found me.
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Our Top 10 Green Crafting Posts of 2016
It’s always fun to take a look back at the start of a new year, so I did some digging and found your favorite posts of 2016.
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DIY: Our Handmade Wooden Headboard
I was able to get the look that I wanted in a single day for less than sixty dollars.
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Crafting a Green World’s Best of 2016
We did a lot of crafting here on Crafting a Green World in 2016.
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Handmade Review: Fabric-Covered Frames from Girls’ Night In
When I saw a tutorial for fabric-covered picture frames in the copy of Girls’ Night In that my tween was flipping through, I snatched it out of her hands (don’t worry–she’s used it it!) and took it as my immediate excuse to stop cleaning the house and refinish a picture frame right that second.
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Exercises to Recover from Holiday Crafting
Crafting for long periods is tough on your body. Try these simple exercises for crafters, broken down into categories, so you can target what ails you.
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Handmade Review: Star Wars Felt
You probably know by now that I LOVE Star Wars crafts, so a review of Star Wars Felt?
Kind of a no-brainer.
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10 Nature Crafts for Hanukkah
If it’s important to you to have a green Hanukkah, then check out these Hanukkah crafts that you can make from natural materials!
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16 Hanukkah Crafts from Recycled Materials
A great way to have an eco-friendly Hanukkah is to make your decorations from stuff that you’d otherwise throw away, especially when there are so many really cool Hanukkah crafts that you can make from recycled materials.
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Guide to Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap
It’s giftwrap time, y’all. But you know that rolls and rolls of paper aren’t the best choice for wrapping holiday gifts. Try these eco-friendly gift wrap options instead!
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