These baskets can be made out of fabric scraps and used for storing wool, handicraft equipment, toys… and you will always know exactly where to find what you need. What you need: For the basket: 85x50 cm piece of strong, unbleached linen 85x50 cm piece of A inside fabric round piece of strong, [...]
Whenever I sew something, there are always scraps of fabric that can hardly be used for anything substantial. I decided to combine them, creating something new in the form of a unique make-up bag. What you need: pieces of leftover fabric 45x45 cm piece of wadding fabric 45x45 cm piece of “inside” fabric [...]
A makeup bag that will keep your brushes, liners, lipsticks and mascaras always on hand What you need: 1 50x48 cm piece of strong fabric 1 50x48 cm piece of fabric with a pattern 1 50x48 cm see-through plastic sheet (similar to a table cloth) 3 m bias cut strip of fabric 40 [...]
What you need: 2 43x35 cm pieces of strong cotton fabric with a pattern 2 43x35 cm pieces of cotton fabric (single-colour) 2 76x3 cm pieces of fabric with a pattern 2 73x3 cm pieces of fabric (single-colour) Place the rectangle pieces of fabric with the pattern on top of one another, face-side in [...]
What you need for 1 pencil case: 2 10x6 inch pieces of unbleached linen 2 10x6 inch pieces of cotton fabric 1 coloured zipper, 14 cm long 2 inch wide bias cut strip of fabric stamps and permanent ink for fabric Method: Stamp one piece of unbleached linen using the permanent ink for [...]
The measurements fit a 33x20x14-cm dish. Before tailoring, measure your dish and adjust the measurements. a piece of cotton fabric a piece of wadding fabric 25 cm velcro 2 wooden spoons or sticks (each 35 cm in length) for the handles Cut the cotton and wadding fabric to get: 1 piece 92x35.5-cm [...]
After one too many times in the dishwasher, porous glass corrodes and your glasses get white smears that are not nice to see. That’s no reason for you to discard them – turn them into something new! What you need: a glass pieces of broken plates or plastic mosaic tiles (available at hobby [...]
These highball glasses are simple to make and make great presents for cocktail lovers What you need: long drink glasses glass paints (black, yellow and green) – e.g. Hobby Line Glass Color Pens a piece of paper scissors a pencil scotch tape Method: Measure the glass height. Choose how wide you want [...]
I really like the German tradition of presenting first-graders with a big cardboard cone filled with useful items, toys and candies. Here is how you can make one yourself: What you need: 1 sheet of coloured paperboard 1 roll of crêpe paper 1 sheet of thin wrapping paper collage paper glue scissors a [...]
The quilt can also serve as a playground – all the “toys” are fastened to it by means of velcro straps, which enables your seafarers to rediscover the world over and over again. What you need: 9 35x35-cm squares of cotton fabric with various patterns 160x140-cm cotton fabric 120x150-cm wadding fabric various pieces [...]
