Today’s post comes to you at the request of Twitterer @safaiagem. Team spirit has never been my strong suit. In high school I went to our football games (the largest of our school’s social gatherings) mainly in an attempt to brush elbows with that cute guy I was crushing obsessively on. But when I did show […]
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smooth-edged, hidden-hem patches
Sometimes life is about laziness, sometimes it’s about busyness and sometimes it’s about delayed gratification. This week it’s about all three. Because I’ve been busy packing all my possessions into cardboard boxes, I got lazy and decided to just watch Arrested Development at the end of the day (several days in a row), thus you’re […]
Posted by Tally on May 26, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/05/smooth-edged-hidden-hem-patches/
Scaled Wurm – bonus post
So, after hours of pattern re-making and sewing on colourful scales one by one, I’ve got another Magic the Gathering plushie project to show off. This was made for a friend who has a special fondness for the card Scaled Wurm, which figured prominently in his Ice Age deck, back in the day. Like the […]
Posted by Tally on April 12, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/04/scaled-wurm-bonus-post/
felt scraps garland
Y’know those cartoons where some hapless mom opens their kid’s bedroom closet and is engulfed by an avalanche toys, clothes, dirty dishes, rabid dust bunnies and heaven knows what else? Well that’s becoming the state of my crafting corner. The biggest offender is my fabric pile, which I never seem to reduce quite enough, partially […]
Posted by Tally on March 25, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/03/felt-scraps-garland/
zippered t-shirt sleeves and front
Two weeks from now, on March 20, my friends at LoadingReadyRun are holding their 7th anniversary screening at the Victoria Event Centre. It just so happens that on that same day, I will be celebrating my birthday. In anticipation of these two simultaneous events, I present you with a new t-shirt modification method, altering a […]
Posted by Tally on March 12, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/03/zippered-t-shirt-sleeves-and-front/
Pipe Vault t-shirt dress
Ok y’all, I was going to start out nice and simple with my tutorials on t-shirt dress-making, but where’s the fun in that? Let’s just jump right into the deep end. What’s the worst that could happen? This dress was made from a unisex 2XL t-shirt, specifically the Pipe Vault shirt by Fangamer. (If you […]
Posted by Tally on January 28, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/01/pipe-vault-t-shirt-dress/
simple pattern-making – the Basics
One of the main purposes of crafting (the other one is creative outlet & sharing, of course) is making your own of something. An original, one-of-a-kind something. This is why I’ve never liked scrapbooking die-cuts. They’re super cute and can be really useful, but even if it’s a pain in the butt I prefer to […]
Posted by Tally on January 28, 2011
https://tallystreasury.com/2011/01/symmetrical-pattern-making-the-basics/