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Knit a Face aka Sticka ett ansikte Free Pattern by Katarina Brieditis

What can you make from this pattern? 2 of the most amazing art pieces are from The Interior of My Brain: A Knitting and Fiber Arts Blog. The first one is titled DNA. You can read about her process here.

Here's another titled Faces Come Out of the Rain, and you can find that here.

On Ravelry.com, which is free to join for thousands and thousands of amazing free knitting and crochet patterns, Titacha made her daughter a sweater called Frankenfaces here. You can see all 24 pictures at the link - the faces wrap around the entire sweater.

Or Lip Mittens made by tokkyu2222.

I also like this plant pot cover made by aahhhdjectives.

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Love how this turned out! In comments it was mentioned that you could use wax paper and iron the waxy part side to the shirt. But @whyenn-reader used tape on this stencil so it can be used again. Good for people like me who don't have a cutting machine.

How to print your own graphic T-shirts like this at home for less than 5$

You are going to need:

- acrylic paint in your desires colours (if you want to put light colours on dark fabric pick up white paint too to use as an underpainting so your colours show up)

- paper sheet

- masking tape

- exacto knife

- makeup sponge you don't mind ruining

- printer (optional)

This is made using my trusty method of stenciling. First you need to pick up a pattern - for biggest chance of success pick something high-contrast and with as many details as you think you'll be able to cut out by hand - if in doubt go simpler so that there's higher chance you finish the project.

I picked the danse macabre skeletons (imagine the background is black)

If you have a printer put your image in an editing progam (if you don't have one downloaded use canva, its online and free) and invert the colours to use less ink.

If you don't have a printer I suggest taping a piece of paper to your monitor and tracing by hand, or you could even do it by putting the picture on your phone zoomed in and tracing it part by part moving the paper as you move the picture underneath. Of course you can also just design your own print, add stuff, change em, anything.

Then what you do is you cover your paper in a layer of masking tape from each side - this is to give it structure and pervent marrying of the paper to the fabric.

Then you get an exacto knife and slowly cut out everything you want to print. Don't rush this step or you'll risk ruining your stencil. Make sure to leave structural supports for your stencil, you can either incorporate them into the design or just leave out stripes that you can fill in later. You can check how your stencil will look like by bringing it twoards a light source, to track if you like the direction the project is heading.

This particular stencil took me 2 hours I believe (i did it last year I don't remember)

Then you masking tape the stencil to your shirt, pant, bag, whatever honestly, this will work on any flat fabric and make sure to put a barrier inside so the paint doesn't bleed to the other side - it shouldn't do that but it can so why not pervent it.

And now using acrylic paint you dab on the paint thin layer by thin layer - the goal is to have not a lot of paint on your sponge so it doesn't bleed but to work it into the fabric really hard so your graphic is durable and doesn't crack. You don't need fabric paint or to mix in any medium since you're working the plastic so deep into the fibers. For white paint i usually do 4-5 coats, for dark paints on light fabric usually two is enough, but it's up to you entirely.

And now just let it dry for a while and it's ready! It's safe to wear probably within 10 minutes, just check if it's not sticky. Best thing is that the stencil is reusable so you can make more, you can do it in different colours, different garments, you can do just about anything. Have fun!

Washing care is how you would take care of any graphic tee - wash inside out on the "hand washing" setting in a washing machine and let air dry and also use minimal detergent - If this is too much to ask just turn it inside out when putting it in the wash, that's where most protection comes from.

This whole thing took me maybe 3 hours total. The shirt I used I thrifted for maybe 2$ and the materials I bought once and have been using for years, so the total cost of putting this print on this shirt to me was nearly 0$.

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Love this bag @killdear4 ! Here's the free pattern.

I made a cat bag! The color change pattern is that one free cats afghan that's been around forever -- you can find it online just by searching "cats afghan crochet" or something along those lines I think. I've been wanting to make something with it since I first saw it, and I really like how it turned out!

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to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

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These are some of the best soda pull tab jewelry pieces I've ever seen. I especially love the choker, the flower shapes made from pull tabs, and the spikes.

There are tutorials online for basic pull tab jewelry. This is one of the better ones.

I made some solarpunk soda tab jewelry!! Again. And I'm making more. (Image ID at the bottom of he post)

A choker, a pair of earrings, a belt/waist chain and some bracelets using 100% thrifted/recycled materials! The choker and the bracelets have two layers so that the sharp aluminum edges on the back of the tabs aren't making contact with skin, you can kinda see it in the pictures. Here are more pictures:

[Image ID: 8 images. The first one shows a choker made out of soda tabs, with black cord weaved through it forming x shapes. There's a silver spike charm hanging from every other tab about an inch apart from each other. Im in the picture wearing the choker, my face is not in frame but my pale as fuck neck is visible and so is my dark brown hair.

The second image shows a pair of clip-on earrings laying on a sage green background. Each earring is made of 6 soda tabs weaved into a flower shape with green yarn, and three dangles hanging from the bottom. The dangles are made of a wire link with a black bead on in and a silver spike charm hanging from that. The same spike charms I used for the choker.

The third image shows a 2 ft 7 inch long belt chain made of the soda tab flowers from the earring image. Each flower is made of six tabs weaved together with the same green yarn but they yarn fades to yellow towards the end of the chain. 16 soda tab flowers are linked together with large jump rings and there are large silver clasps on each end to attach to a belt.

The forth image is my hand wearing a black compression brace and two soda tab bracelets. They are weaved together the same way as the choker, with the cord forming x shapes, but the cord is orange and not black. The bracelets are the same size, 8 inches long when laying flat including the clasp. There are two layers of soda tabs which makes the bracelet a little thicker.

The next 2 images shows a dress form wearing the belt chain from two different angles. It had a black skirt with a soda tab belt, with various spikey chains hanging from it. There's a black strip of grommet tape hanging on the right side of the belt and my soda tab flower belt chain hanging on the left side.

The next image shows one of the bracelets at and angle so the double layers are visible, and the last image shows the bracelets, the choker, and an unfinished soda tab choker with green ribbon weaved through it all laying flat on a sage green background. End ID]

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The second of the 3 leaf vests I made in my video is dark green cotton with free motion quilting and corded veins. I'm happy with this one up close, but disappointed in how none of that work is visible from farther away.

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Finally finished the leafkerchief tutorial video! It's just under 35 minutes, and I sew & paint 3 different examples and also show how to draft the patterns.

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The first leaf vest in my video is this light green one made from a textured cotton I found at the thrift store. The veins are painted, and I did a running stitch along the edges because the texture of the fabric made the painting turn out a bit rough, but I don't think it made much difference.

I was inspired by a couple of bolero vests that Marlowe Lune made, because the shape of the front edges looked like they would translate well to a leaf. I traced one of my waistcoat patterns and cut it down to make this one, and closed up the shoulder seam so there's only one pattern piece. It just has a centre back and a side seam, and the side seam is hidden in one of the veins (last photo). (All of this is thoroughly covered in the video!)

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These are gorgeous! The pattern costs $5.80 and you can find it on Ravelry. There are so many free patterns on Raverly and you can set up an account to view patterns, other people's projects, and their search engine for patterns is amazing.

From the designer on her Ravelry page:

Owl mittens with knit-on ears. The PDF has longer and shorter mittens option. There are also some owls needing coffee (on the very last page). You can knit them in straight or negative colors; in latter case you may also need to embroider the pupils dark.

Hey gang!

I thought you might enjoy seeing the second pair of Owl Around Mittens that I finished yesterday. This time, I'm not going to keep them. They are an exchange gift for my coworker, who gave me some of her handspun alpaca yarn. She saw my mittens and was enchanted by the cute details. So of course I immediately got to work.

Here they are together with their green and blue sisters, that I made for myself a while ago. They all look like they are about to drop a mean mixtape and also all of them match perfectly with my favourite scarf.

And here is my (wip) part of the gift exchange, or rather the socks I made from the gifted handspun yarn. They are sooo soft and the texture is super interesting with the inconsistencies in the material, because my coworker is a beginner spinner. But it was fun knitting with her yarn nontheless.

The pattern for the mittens is from Kulabra design, if anyone wants to know. The material I used for them is on my Ravelry page.

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@free-will-is-stressful - finally a craft I've never done or heard! Love how this basket looks. Did you weave this?

For others, this is a good tutorial for making your own from Pine Needle Basket from DIY Joy here.

Here is her DIY Pine Needle Basket with Lid video here.

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@mesterspets I love these! Such a good idea. What a great gift for a sewer.

I made a small collection of pin cushion rings for a craft market. They’re actually super useful!

The core is a wine cork, so you’ll never be able to stab deep enough to hurt yourself!

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I love shrinky dink jewelry and DIYs. I've posted so many DIYs on my blog since 2013. Instead of buying shrinky dink plastic you can also use plastic with the nymber 6 on it. Here are more shrinky dink DIYs from my blog. All links work and all have templates.

Sloth Necklace DIY

Anatomical Heart Shrink Plastic Heart

Paper Airplane DIY

DIY Shrink Plastic Phases of the Moon Necklace and Bracelet Tutorial and Template from Gloria Fort

Shrink Plastic Bowl DIY

How to make shrinky dink keychains maybe, probably not, tbh I’d be surprised if you just have these tools laying around, but here’s how you’d do it if you did 🤠

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I absolutely love your "this is fine" made out of fucks pattern! Would it be okay if I made one too? I don't plan on selling it or anything, I'd just like to have one and will need a new project once I've finished the Christmas presents I'm making for people.

It’s a super easy pattern. I’m a beginner and it was quick and easy to do. https://screamingheartdesign.gumroad.com

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LOOK AT POST ABOVE THIS FOR A ''PAY WHAT YOU CAN" FOR THIS PATTERN.

Finished a new piece. I think it speaks to my state of mind. Notice the fine details. :)

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2024 🎃👻💀

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Easiest Halloween Costumes Ever! 50 Shades of Gray and Social Butterfly

Find the original source here: https://x.com/coreytimes/status/1454156917522243588?s=46

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Made a hood to wear at home because my head was cold. The hood is just a big square folded in half and sewn part way into the middle in a Y shape to make sort of a pair of little darts, and then the other two edges sewn together and the remaining hole in the back gathered in somewhat uneven cartridge pleats, with the extra fullness being pleated into the neck.

The cape part is the rest of the fabric (which was a 1.3 m piece of cotton flannel from the thrift store) with the larger leftover rectangle forming the back and the smaller rectangle being cut in half mostly diagonally and added to the front.

It was a very quick project done almost entirely on machine, which is unusual for me. There are a few things I'd do differently next time - I'd make the hood a bit shorter so the front edge doesn't block my view so much, and I'd put the button loop right on top of the neck seam instead of sandwiching it inside the front edge seam of the hood. I'd have to cover the ends of the loop with a patch, which would be a good use for the neck hole cutout.

I think this pattern would work on a wide variety of sizes of fabric cut, as long as you cut the hood out first. Then the remaining piece could be cut into the cape portion and it might be very small or very large, and the two angled front pieces could be made to fit the edges on either side of the neck hole by adjusting the angle at which you cut that second rectangle apart.