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Easy No Sew Denim Suitcase Tutorial

23rd October 2015 by Claire Armstrong 30 Comments

Upcycled Patchwork Denim Suitcase - No Sew tutorial

How To Upcycle A Vintage Suitcase With Old Jeans. When I saw a beaten up suitcase that was destined for the bin I decided to rescue it with one of my denim upcycles. It was so easy and fun to make this patchwork denim suitcase, without a needle and thread in sight.     I…

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Filed Under: Denim, DIY Upcycling Tagged With: denim, denim suitcase, jeans, old jeans, suitcase, upcycle suitcase, upcycled jeans, vintage suitcase

Upcycled Sweater Mountain Cushion (Pillow)

16th October 2015 by Claire Armstrong 53 Comments

Sweater Mountain Cushions

Upcycled Sweater Mountain Cushion (Pillow) Mountain Cushion : As a reminder of my love of mountains I upcycled some old wool sweaters into a mountain cushion / pillow. I love living in Bedford, but there are a couple of things I don’t like, it’s as flat as a pancake, and is probably as far from…

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Filed Under: Crafts, DIY Upcycling, Sweaters Tagged With: cushion, felted jumpers, felted sweaters, fjords, jumpers, mountain cushion, mountain pillow, mountains, pillow, repurposed jumpers, repurposed sweaters, sewing tutorial, sweater cushion, sweater pillow, sweaters, upcycled jumpers, upcycled sweaters

How To Make A Craft Caddy With Copper and Denim

9th October 2015 by Claire Armstrong 57 Comments

Copper Denim Craft Caddy

Handy Upcycled Tin Can Craft Caddy I made this craft caddy as not having my own studio and having to craft on the dining room table can be a real pain sometimes. Basically, because I have to tidy it up and can’t just shut the door on it. I find it a real faff having…

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Filed Under: Denim, DIY Upcycling, Tin Cans Tagged With: caddy, copper, craft caddy, craft storage, cutlery canteen, picnic caddy, storage, tin can caddy, tin cans

12 Fantastic Coffee Crafts

2nd October 2015 by Claire Armstrong 8 Comments

Fantastic coffee crafts -

Coffee Love and Coffee Crafts My favourite drink has to be coffee; I start and finish my day with a cup of coffee with several in between. I regularly catch up with friends over coffee and have at least 5 loyalty cards for local coffee shops. There’s even a coffee kiosk on my daily dog…

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Filed Under: Round Ups Tagged With: coffe theme, coffee, coffee coaster, Coffee Cosy, coffee craft, coffee crafts, coffee crochet, coffee ottoman, coffee pillow, coffee pot cosy, coffee sack, coffee scrub, coffee soap, coffee tray, Gretchen Peters

How To Make A Fabric Stags Head With Free Pattern

25th September 2015 by Claire Armstrong 21 Comments

Fabric Stag Head - tutorial Pillarboxblue.com

Simple Fabric Stags Head Tutorial and Pattern Animal heads especially stag heads have become a very popular home decoration over the last few years. I even made a paper mache moose head as a memento to a fantastic family holiday to Canada a few years ago. My craft buddy Wendy gave me a gorgeous fabric…

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Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: Amy Butler, antlers, christmas gifts, christmas sewing, fabric, fabric antlers, Fabric stag, fabric stag head., fabric stags head, homemade gift, sewing tutorial, stags head, tutorial

How to make Lego Figure Push Pins

11th September 2015 by Claire Armstrong 14 Comments

lego figure push pins

Upcylced Lego Figure Push Pins Last week when making a frame out of old toys, I thought it would be great to make some push pins out of the old Lego figures. These Lego figure push pins went really well with the frame. We liked these lego figure push pins so much, that we decided…

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Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: cactus, drawing pins, el wire, electro-luminescent wire, lego, Lego figure push pins, lego figures, medal board, pins, push pins, thumb tacks, toys frame, upcycling

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