Holiday Treepee

This is my holiday treepee.  I made it years ago when my boys were really little.  It has served us well but I now want to update it.  I want to change the material and decorate it differently.  With this first design I used wool felt and a Velcro closure.   Over the years the Velcro [...]

Apartment Therapy Post on Clementine Boxes

Apartment Therapy has a post with suggestions on  what to do with clementine boxes.  They included my doll bed in their post.  I’m flattered.

Recycled Sweater Dress on SlideShare

Have I already told you about this?  I forget who I tell things to.  This is a slideshow I made last winter for my sister-in-law in Denver.  It is a step-by-step guide on how to turn a second hand wool sweater into a cute little jumper.  Feel free to download the presentation over on Slideshare.  [...]

Guerilla Carolers

So the Button Factory Open Studios was this past weekend.  The energy wasn’t as high as last year but I did about the same.  There were some highlights.  For one — a woman I sold a dress to last year came in with a bag of old sweaters to donate to [...]

Felted Sweater Wreath – Almost Finished

I’m almost done with the wreath.  I just need to attach the bow.  I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out.  My favorite part, of course, is that it is made with just scraps of wool sweaters and a reshaped wire hanger.

Felted Sweater Wreath

I’m working on making a felted sweater wreath.  The image above is from an old VivaTerra Catalog.  It is my inspiration.  I’ve cut my felt scraps into circles and I have a long pieces of sweater ribbing from the waist of a red sweater that I will use to make a bow.  I am planning [...]