I made my own Duct Tape dress form to be identical to my daughter’s body and it was easier to do than I thought it would be. It actually turned out to be a fun mother-daughter activity that both of Read More …
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Make Your Own Purse – My Homemade Laura Scudder’s Potato Chip Shoulder Bag
I made a potato chip shoulder bag today. I was in the mood to make something. It’s been a while, I started messing around with some plastic and before you know it I made this really cool bag. It could Read More …
Jean Crafts – Turn Old Denim Blue Jeans into a Purse
This is a really simple craft that allows you to recycle your old blue jeans and give them new use. All you need is an old pair of jeans that you don’t mind cutting up, some velcro, sewing needles, thread, Read More …
Homemade Chester Cheetah Trash Bag Purse
I finally got around to taking some half way decent photos of my latest Chester Cheetah Trash Bag Purse. I hand wove the fused plastic to create a basket weave pattern, added a zipper, some d-rings to the straps, made Read More …
How to Fuse Plastic Trash Bags to Create a Custom Fabric
With more and more fashion designers looking to use recyclable materials in the making of their clothes it only makes sense to fuse plastic together to create new and unique textiles. Yard lengths of material can be made from fusing plastic Read More …
Homemade Hot Cheetos Purse
Guess what I did today? I made a purse out of Cheetos bags. For my first Cheeto bag purse I chose to go with a simple square shape to get a feel for what it’s like to work with Cheetos Read More …
Trash Bag Dress Project Comes to An End
I am pleased to say that I have finished my trash bag dress project. There are some mistakes and not everything came out perfect but for my first time working with a material like this I think I did damned Read More …
Trash Bag Dress Project Update #3
Here’s another update on my Trash Bag Dress Project. I spent hours and hours hand making all the flowers I’m putting around the waistband of the dress. It took a little experimenting with the plastic to achieve the look I wanted for the flowers but they are so adorable I love them.
Trash Bag Dress Project Update #2
The Trash Bag Dress is coming along really well, especially considering I’m not using a pattern. I have some alterations left to do to the bodice, some final touches and of course I still have the dress’s accessories to make. Here’s some photos of how the dress is looking as of right now.
Trash Bag Dress Project Update #1
It’s been pretty difficult pinning down my daughter for fittings so my progress has been slow to say the least I had a major meltdown – literally – one night while fusing my dress pieces together. I failed to realize Read More …
How to Make Your Own Tutu – Free Lessons
This is awesome! Miss Tutu herself is giving free lessons. If you are looking to learn how to make your own tutus then go sign up but first you’ll need know what name to use so she’ll know I sent Read More …