Arts & Crafts Tutorials

I have been experimenting with how to make a sturdy tube box packaging to store the Kanzashi Christmas Tree. The box must be strong enough to be able to withstand …

Thank you for writing in to ask the question about how to carve the pumpkin I showed in the Cinnamon Pumpkin Mantou recipe recently. I hope that my pumpkin carving …

Suddenly, I felt like I wanted to make something sweet, but I didn’t want the process to be complicated. I went ahead and roamed into my pantry and found some …

Do you have the habit of keeping your grocery plastic bags? I do, and have plenty of them in my cabinet. I know that I will make a Recycle Grocery …

Do you have a bunch of fabric scraps lying around your house? We do, too! Scraps can build up for several reasons. If you’re environmentally conscious, you could have saved …

A few weeks ago I posted a blog post of a group of sock monkeys in the July 4th theme that consists of Captain America Sock Monkey, Mabel Sock Monkey, …

Learn how to make this easy no sew pillow cover using 20″ x 28″ tea towels. This is a simple pillow cover you can make without using a sewing machine. …

This is the Water Bottle Holder I sewed using the intrecciato weave fabric made in the previous tutorial. I made it for 1.5 liters Tupperware water bottle but you can …

Lately, I’ve been really into creating woven patterns with all sorts of craft materials. In addition to making a knit messenger bag using the Entrelac knitting pattern, a cozy basketweave …

I thought I was going to stop making Valentine’s projects for this year as it is just a few days away, but when I saw Martha Stewart’s Felt Fortune Cookies …

A great addition to any Halloween-themed office or study. Easy-to-follow instructions for making a Halloween mummy holder complete with a pesky spider. Remember the yarn wrapped recycle pencil holder I …

Want to frighten off your trick-or-treating guests? Hang these DIY ghost lights onto some bare tree branches in the dark during Halloween to scare them and have fun 🙂 I …

If you have an old sweater that you are no longer wearing, let’s repurpose it! Let’s learn how to sew your old sweater into a kid’s rompers. I sewed another …

Basket weaving hasn’t been so easy with this method: weave around a cardboard frame. Originally, I saw this easy basket-weaving method in a Japanese craft magazine; I searched around for …

We often talk about upcycling trash and garbage, but one thing we all have in abundance that gets thrown out or donated is old fabric in the form of clothing, …

So, you have seen the denim vest and the denim skirt refashioned from an outgrown denim dress in my recent 2 tutorials. Today, the third tutorial in the series is …

This is the last tutorial on how to fully recycle an outgrown denim dress into a 4-piece outfit: make a denim rosette brooch out of a sleeve and its hem. …

This is the denim skirt I refashioned from an outgrown denim dress I mentioned in the earlier post. This is the second part of the refashioning project after I made …

This is the first tutorial to start off with the outgrown denim dress recycling series – splitting the denim dress and sew the top part into a denim vest with …

This week, I am going to write a series of tutorials on how to refashion old clothes. I have converted an outgrown jeans dress and sewn it into 4-piece kid’s …