http://patchworkunderground.com/blog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:22:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a fun little project I've been meaning to post for a while now.  I made these in several colors since the first ones I made in purple.  I had to edit out my face in this picture because I looked super silly.  Don't laugh! These earrings sell themselves.  They're big, ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/02/tutorial-scrap-earrings You should NEVER do these things. Here are five former bad habits of mine, for the world to see, in no particular order: 1. Not pinning. Just like, not at all. Ever. Why?  Because pinning is for wussies. If things didn’t match up, it was because I wasn’t trying hard ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/02/my-5-worst-sewing-habits-ever If you sew or press your clothes a lot then eventually you’ll need to clean your iron. Why? The tap water you use in your steam water reservoir starts to calcify and/or oxidize and you start getting whitish and/or reddish crud in your steam water - and it will leave ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/02/help-my-iron-is-staining-my-clothes-or-how-to-clean-your-iron I was so excited when my good friend and craft compadre, Lara, agreed to do an interview with me this week! So who is Lara?  Well, when you look up "Earth Mama" in the dictionary Lara's picture is there.  She is a fierce felter and fairy-maker who keeps a ridiculously cute ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/02/crafters-i-love-lara-colley-of-a-mountain-hearth This made my morning..... These Lady Gaga cookies were made by FadedLines6 and Catatonicpatient - you can see closeups of each outfit on their flikr stream. Can't pick a favorite - too many awesome ones.  I was happy to see that even when she's fat and cookie shaped, Gaga still looks ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/01/happy-day-after-national-lady-gaga-day I put my two cents in for Fave Craft's monthly craft question this month.  The prompt:  What was your worst crafting disaster?  Click on the screen grab to read all of this month's responses! Do you have a craft horror story to share?  Bad craft gone good or good craft gone ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/01/yay-failure Hello Plastic Canvas 5th Wheel Tissue Paper Cozy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best .99 cents I've spent at Goodwill in a while.  If you or anyone you know has any information about the origin of this artwork, please contact me.  I love you! http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/01/thrift-score-09845-rv-art Yahoo for the holidays and thank god they're over.  These are the place cards I made for our big vegan x-mas dinner.  The theme was Rockstar Virgin Christmas.  I like that the Virgin Mary, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga are all represented here.  I made these on a whim at ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2010/01/rockstar-virgin-christmas-place-cards Less than 2.5 weeks until I get my cast off for good! I've been meaning to pimp my crutches for some time but inspiration really struck the other day when I was playing with the boxes of trim I talked about in my last post.  I can't decide if the crutches ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2009/12/pimp-my-crutches So, I had just finished watching Lady Gaga's Bad Romance music video (for the I-don't-know-how-many-eth time) and I was thinking about how hard I could rock it in those 15" heels she wears in the video.  I closed my laptop and stood up.  And then I fell down.  OW!  My ... http://patchworkunderground.com/blog/2009/11/broken-footed-crafter-crafts-on