Ideas For Home
Now available Miss Scarlets School of Patternless Sewing by The Crafty Chica.
What do you do when you wake up one day and realize the career in engineering you worked so hard for just isn’t for you? Drop out of the corporate life and start sewing! That is just what Scarlet Santana did. This over the top, vintage wearing personality in Miss Scarlets School of Patternless Sewing not only proves to everyone in her life that if you dream it you can do it, she proves it to her self and to the spirit of her teacher, her nanna. Thanks to her secret admirer Marco, a local record store owner, she has the space and when the students show up with issues of their own, the adventures begin.
This book is sparkly and glittery all over as all of the characters learn to celebrate life, loves and sewing — pattern free!
Piñatas often hit the recycle bin as fast as the candy’s punched out of their guts. But I grabbed this one from a family Christmas party and help on to it to re-work it for Beatrice Moore, owner of Bragg’s Pie Factory. The annual Mutant piñata show opens this Friday at Braggs.
If you want to make a piñata you have two options: Do all the work and start from scratch, or you could use an existing piñata’s structure and restyle it into a mutant.
Learn how to restyle a piñata into a mutant from my piece at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog post: A Piñata, Restyled (into a Mutant!)
Lasagna can seem like an ingredients-heavy meal with a lot of steps and full of fat from the noodles and cheese, but there are ways around all of the road blocks. Make it simple by using “no-boil” lasagna noodles, skip the meat and add in grated vegetables for a sneaky healthier — and affordable — option.
Learn how to make this quick recipe from my piece at The Phoenix New Times Chow Bella blog: Quick and Sneaky Lasagna
What do you do with hundreds of yards of soft grey fleece after it is taken down from an exhibition? Give it to other artists to make things. This fleece project came about after an exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art called 90 Days Over 100° by Atherton and Keener, was taken down. This is the result of the scraps re-styled into a functional rug.
Learn how to make a woven fleece rug from my piece at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog: Art to Rug, a Restyle
