Posts tagged with 'pins'

Make It Monday: Flower Pot Pincuishion

POSTED BY LINDSEY CHEN, SEPTEMBER 01 2008 08:18 AM | PERMALINK

The Long Thread has these great posts that publish on Mondays.. not every Monday, but quite frequently. Here's her latest post on how to make a flowerpot pincuishion. What a necessary tool and would look great with your new Threadbanger Sewing Machine, don't you think? Also, you could take this project one step further and decorate your flowerpot!

I thought I’d try to make one of the little pincushions in a flower pot that I’ve seen lately. It requires no sewing! Ha, but you probably...
How to Make a Button Necklace

POSTED BY SARA FRANKLIN, JUNE 06 2008 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

Thanks so much to forum member Mama Sass for teaching us how to do this, and to Making Stuff: An Alternative Craft Book. For more information, check out the video!

Materials:
Bunch of buttons
Hammer
Wire Cutters
Needle Nose Pliers
Nails
Necklace Chain
Block of wood/hard surface

1. Take one of the buttons and pull the pin part back with the needle nose pliers.

2. Cut off the tip of the point part very carefully with your wire cutters

3. Flip the button over and...
Recycling Jewelry with Bead Simple!

POSTED BY LEE MEREDITH, APRIL 21 2008 08:00 AM | PERMALINK

When I heard that one of my crafty heroes, Susan Beal, was coming out with a new book on beading, I was excited, but I also cringed at the thought of diving into yet another craft. I was into jewelry making back in junior high and high school, but have hardly opened my bead box in the last decade. The last thing I need with my already impossible schedule is inspiration to dig that out from the depths of my studio. But alas, the book is awesome, and not only did I get out that old bead...