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Saturday, 19 May 2012

Upcycled Fiber Coasters Free Tutorial by Alisa Burke

If you have a bunch of denim and ribbon scraps laying around that you want to recycle you'll want to check out Alisa Burke's Upcycled Fiber Coasters tutorial. Enjoy!

upcycled fiber coasters tutorial

Here's what Alisa had to say about her tutorial: Recently I met up for a day full of fun with my friend and fellow artist Jane LaFazio. We met at Liberty Station; n San Diego and visited Visions Art Museum, took lots of photos, ate a fabulous lunch and exchanged materials to create with. I gave Jane a bag full of painted canvas scraps and Jane gave me a whole bunch of denim and ribbon scraps. I knew right away I would put these scraps to use for a holiday gift tutorial- a set of fiber coasters.

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Alisa's Bio: Alisa Burke is a freelance painter and mixed media artist who studied fine art at Portland State University. With a background in painting and printmaking, a desire to explore and push materials, Alisa is always looking for new ways to break the rules and redefine art. She draws inspiration from street art, graffiti, art history and fashion and it is not uncommon to find her digging through the trash in hopes of recycling something unique use in her artwork.

Alisa’s paintings have been exhibited in a variety of galleries and her handmade, painted accessories are carried in a number of boutiques across the country. Her artwork has been featured in publications such as Cloth Paper Scissors, Quilting Arts, Where Women Create, Somerset Studios’ Haute Handbags, Art Doll Quarterly, and the University of San Diego Magazine. In addition to making art, Alisa teaches a variety of workshops nation wide. Alisa appeared as a guest artist on the DIY Network show Craft Lab and book Canvas Remix was released in spring 2008.

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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Easy-Peasy Coaster Idea by Carina Envoldsen-Harris of Carina's Craftblog

Easy-peasy coaster idea

Here's what Carina had to say about her tutorial: This is an idea. I would call it a tutorial, but it is so easy, it can hardly be called that. I had a few smallish scraps of fabric (lightly coated with something so it can be wiped clean.. what do you call it?) that my mum gave me a couple of years ago.

It's very pretty (tiny strawberries!) but the scraps weren't large enough to use for a 'proper' project like a bag or something. But then I had this idea to use it for coasters. Not that we need *that* many coasters, it's just the two of us, after all. However, I'm always afraid that I'm going to set down my glass on the edge of a coaster and it'll tip over and drink will go everywhere (yeah, I should just look when I put down my glass, oh well).

So these coasters help avoid clumsy-ness related spillages as well as use those scraps for something!

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Carina's Bio: Carina is a Danish girl living in Essex, England with her husband. She's an artist and crafter who loves to crochet, draw, sew, paint, and embroider.

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Saturday, 5 May 2012

Make A Modular Felt Trivet and Modular Felt Coaster Free Tutorials by Jessica Jones of Jessica Jones

Don't you just love colorful and different trivets? If you do check out the two felt trivet tutorials by Jessica Jones. Enjoy!

Make a modular felt trivet

Here's what Jessica had to say about her tutorial: Related to yesterday's coaster project, here's a template for making a larger modular felt trivet. No sewing or gluing required. Connect as many pieces as you like to make bigger projects, too--placemats, a runner, or sew two pieces together for a pillow cover.

Modular felt coaster tutorial

Here's what Jessica had to say about her tutorial: Modular pieces that fit together make me really happy, and on a recent Google hunt, I found felt rugs here and here made with interlocking shapes. Very cool. So I tried a pared-down pattern for coasters because I'm way too impatient to fit 847,236,780 pieces together to make a rug.

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