26 Clever And Inexpensive Crafting Hacks
You don’t need to spend a fortune on fancy supplies to fulfill all your DIY-loving heart’s desires.
You don’t need to spend a fortune on fancy supplies to fulfill all your DIY-loving heart’s desires.
Without having to embroider!
The days of the “God Bless This Home” cross stitch are long gone.
At Brooklyn Craft Camp, there are more pop-poms, paper flowers, and Project Runway winners (read: one) than you’ve ever seen in your life.
You can thank artist Davey Gravy for these hip hop and cross-stitching mashups you never knew you needed.
These are NSFW only if your workplace looks down on cross-stitched penises.
Christophe Thockler’s gorgeous stop-motion video for Black Books is made up of over 10,000 photos and took a kilometer of thread to complete.
From Breaking Bad to Mean Girls, these embroiders pay homage to iconic moments in entertainment.
Crafting with a healthy dose of teen angst. (NSFWish.)
St. Louis based artist Cayce Zavaglia has a background as a painter, but now she embroiders highly detailed portraits. When turned over, the portraits take on a new life.
These Sewtara Cup Cozies are made from re-purposed materials and designed with re-use in mind. These handcrafted trinkets sport some cute, geeky and sweet sayings embroidered into them.
Someone has immortalized Kanye West’s craziest tweets as framed embroideries. You can get them on Etsy.
Sorry Grandma, Sarah from Totally Severe is my new favorite embroiderer.
My favorite xkcd comic has been made manifest in felt and embroidery floss. Huzzah! View Image ›
Brb, gotta go embroider this on some throw pillows. View Image ›
Valentine’s Day is coming up in a couple of weeks, dudes. Which means there’s still just enough time to embroider a romantic barfing unicorn for that special lady in your life. But seriously, you should probably get started on this right now - whatever else you had in mind is going to be pretty lame in comparison. View Image ›