Craft Discoveries

A place to share our love of crafts. And glitter. Feel free to submit photos of your own crafts or tutorials, but please do not advertise things for sale. Thank you for understanding. Some of the images we post are ours, the rest are re-blogged with links...

[iamdawt]

On a happy note, it's Index Card A Day challenge time again!

I've lost track of how many years I've done ICAD, somewhere around 9 years. It's 61 days of doing something with simple index cards, June 1st to July 31st.

I'm not doing the prompts, I'm going with my own book theme with simple watercoloring with images relating to reading. It may change so I can keep the creative options open. Whatever I do, I'm taking this as a great opportunity to use a bunch of my stickers that have lingered for far too long in my stash.

I haven't been doing anything crafty, so I'm glad to be given a little push every day. I feel so much better, mentally and physically, when I'm at my desk making something with my hands.

[craftdiscoveries]

Have you ever participated in ICAD? Are you doing it this year?

[iamdawt]

I've been in my happy place all day!

[spockandawe]

Okay, this was so exciting. When I did my last quilt and was getting ready to try handquilting, I mentioned to the quilt store lady that I've always really wanted to try longarm quilting and never really got my act together enough to figure it out. And it turns out, the quilt store near me had just put up their latest class for getting certified on their machines, and i just WENT for it.

The class was to get us checked out for safety/etc, and then we had to get a quilt top ready and sign up for our first session. When i got to schedule mine, I was being lazy, I had fabric but hadn't started cutting and sewing yet. And my options were either for a session in a week, or a session in a week, or a session in... five weeks. Anyways, I made this in about three days of dead sprint, and I'm so pleased with myself and I love it SO much.

And the longarm is such a thrill. I have so much room for improvement, but even my most amateur results make me SO happy!!! And there's so much to learn and experiment with. I love this so, so much, and I bought the materials for my next quilt before I left the door. I'm not moving quite as fast in getting ready for the next one, I have to pivot to getting ready for my brother's wedding, but I had the time of my life, I was practically vibrating with excitement as i finished this thing, and I'm obsessed with it

[craftdiscoveries]

This is gorgeous!

[inkflowergarden]

More abstract art, big and small canvases and some ink flowers.

[craftdiscoveries]

“It wasn’t really the nudity that made me want to knit her dress,” Moerup said, “but the absence of women who are remembered for their achievements. Knitting the dress was my humorous way to make people look twice and notice what’s missing.”

[iamdawt]

This is what remains of the watercolors I used throughout the month of February. I learned from the online Watercolor for Relaxation course with Willa Wonders that rinsing in-between each piece just wastes paint and to continue using it until it becomes obvious it's time to start anew. It's interesting to see how colors change with just the tiniest bit of another color or by adding more water to the brush.

I love seeing all of my tiny pieces of art together like this.

[craftdiscoveries]

These were done during Amanda Evanston's 28 February Flowers 2026. I followed her prompts each day using a journal I made during an online course by Ali Manning and Liz Constable. It's such a great feeling when several of my interests collide like this. Pure joy!

[iamdawt]

I made this for my grand niece who loves pink, heavy metal music, and works in real estate. She wanted a fun journal for ephemera and to use up some of her stickers. If you know anyone who's crafty, you know we tend to amass quite a collection of both.

The cover is an off brand similar to Kraft-Tex. I lined it with fabric and edged it with black trim with silver metal eyelets. I sewed along the edges, not only because I like the look, but also to make sure the iron-on HeatN Bond stays put. The edges are purposely frayed, and as she uses it, it should start fraying more along the bottom edge as well for a nice grungy touch. I used a wrapped long stitch to bind it.

My niece lives in another state, so I sent her a link to the video I made of the flip-thru. She really likes it and is genuinely excited about how it turned out, and so am I.

[craftdiscoveries]

(via 560 Bird Images (Bird Pictures to Print)! - The Graphics Fairy)

[fancyratlady]

I made this bag for my apparel technology class final. I call it the Lantern Bag. The final version took about 40 hours, but counting R&D it was probably more like 100. The outer fabric is 8 oz 100% cotton twill with computerize machine embroidery along the slashes, and the inner fabric is a horrible poly satin. The structural interlining is a spun poly about 1 cm thick which I think turned out much better than the buckram I was planning on using. The lighting component is 2 meters of EL wire in the area behind the satin, powered by a battery pack inside the bag. I wish I had chosen yellow instead of white, because the white looks very blue. It is inspired, of course, by the classic Chinese lantern and European slashing and puffing. Here’s a picture of the interior:

[kalamazu]

He's done! And it only took me 5 months.

[craftdiscoveries]

A work of art!

[iamdawt]

I'm not sure if I'll be sharing my February Flowers every day or not, but here's day two, COLLAGE.

I happened to have a piece of a dictionary page I dyed a long time ago with the definition of Prima Donna. I searched flowers and, by golly, found images of a flower with the same name.

[iamdawt]

It's time for 28 February Flowers 2026! Bonus, I get to use one of my journals I wasn't sure what to do with.

[ohclippy]

SCRAP PIECING

[craftdiscoveries]

(via 14 Printable Soap Labels! - The Graphics Fairy)

[iamdawt]

[craftdiscoveries]

Things on my desk that make me happy.

[angelacostumery]

Snapshots from the sewing room this month! Working on something overly detailed and time-consuming that I will probably faill to finish on time, as per usual 😭

At least it is pretty and the vibes are good. That has to count for something, surely?

[iamdawt]

I finally finished the January Pine Tree binding for the Handmade Book Club! I uploaded a video about it on my YouTube channel if you'd like to see it.

This was by far the most difficult binding I've ever done. I had to pick out my attempt to do the trunk three times! I don't know what I did, but I kept getting the hole count wrong, but things came together in the end.

The cover is made of unwashed Kraft-Tex lined with fabric, something I've had on the sidelines for months. I was so happy to finally use it for this project.

I watercolored everything but the inside cover. Everything was spattered with a few different metallic colors, and the shimmer is lovely.

I was happy to find the simple yet pretty metal closure, beads, and ribbon in my stash. There are pockets on all of the signature covers, and I even made a bookmark from the piece I cut off of the end.

I love how it turned out!