Welcome to this special Halloween ACrafty Interview with Justin Newton, costume maker extraordinare!When and why did you start making Halloween costumes? JN: It was 2005. A group of my co-workers decided to have a Halloween costume party. I bought a Chewbacca costume on line and started tinkering to make it better. First, I made cuts …
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The idea for this Denver Broncos cross stitch project originated from the Fantasy Football League I’m in this season, the commissioner of which is none other than Diane of CraftyPod fame. Early in the season, we came up with the idea of a crafty football blog hop and invited others to join us. At …
Welcome to Part 2 of this fascinating ACrafty Interview with Arlee Barr, textile and quilt artist. Arlee’s responses are so engaging that the interview was split into two parts! Here’s a link to Part 1, if you missed it or would like to refresh your memory. I took a look at some of your first Flickr …
This Washington State Highway road sign pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! The stitched example, Highway 20, runs for roughly 435 miles across the state, and has been called the most beautiful mountain highway in the State of Washington. I can easily customize this pattern for any of your favorite Washington roads! And …
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Welcome to today’s ACrafty Interview with Arlee Barr, textile artist. Arlee’s responses are so thorough and engaging that the interview has been split into two parts! Here’s Part 1 to start your fascinating look at her art and process: When did you start making art? AB: I’ve always considered myself an artist, whether it was my …
This week’s Link Love theme is “Five posts you {actually} made something from.” Well, I have yet to make something from a post, but I have made projects from five books! The only difficulty with this post is that I don’t have photos of most of the projects I’ve completed. This is silly, I know. …
I wanted to share that my needlepoint sampler has been used in a collage by artist Eugenia Loli. How interesting and fun is this piece: [FemNanoBot by Eugenia Loli via Tumblr] I think it’s a very worthy use of the image of my original sampler from 1996, although the sampler on it’s own is pretty …
Welcome to healthy water themed crafts part 4! These are crafts that encourage us to drink more water and that help us appreciate clean rivers, lakes, and oceans. Update 2020: This post and it’s predecessors were published back in 2014, so many of the links and photos may not go to active blogs anymore. To see …
This Texas cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! The pattern is based on a Texas Farm Road sign. The standard Texas highway sign (photo at right) is a bit plain so I thought these farm road signs would make a much more interesting cross stitch pattern. The Farm-to-Market and Ranch-to-Market road system was established …
Welcome to healthy water themed crafts part 3! This series is all about crafts that encourage us to drink more water and that help us appreciate clean rivers, lakes, and oceans. Update 2020: This post and it’s predecessors were published back in 2014, so many of the links and photos may not go to active …