Search Results for “coaster” – Page 6

Origami Placemat

Isn’t the origami placemat beautiful? :)

Links:
Origami Placemat (Origami How-to: Placemat unit / Square coaster) (video)
via: Video tutorial: Making an origami placemat

Water Colour Wall Art

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I find this water colour wall art as beautiful as the recently posted sharpie coasters – but it is made in a compleeetely different way ;-)

Links:
Water Colour Wall Art (IKEA Hack: DIY-Aquarell-Bild im Großformat) (German)

Here at unikatissima:
Sharpie Coasters

Woven Paper Rug

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You have possibly a lot of used gift paper laying around at the moment, make yourself a colourful woven paper rug from ;-)

It is made in the same way than the woven magazine coasters and you can use here also the folded paper strips of equal width :)

Links:
Woven Paper Rug (Paper Rug)

Here at unikatissima:
Woven Magazine Coasters
Folded Paper Strips of Equal Width

Knitted Leaf Washcloth

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To tell the truth: I like the knitted leaf washcloth also as coaster and table decoration :)

Links:
Knitted Leaf Washcloth (Free Knitting Pattern: Leafy Washcloth)

Self-made Gift Wrap

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After I presented a woven gift wrapping today a self-made gift wrap from stamped newspapers.
Another great idea :)

Links:
Self-made Gift Wrap (Day 914: Guest Post – Gift Wrap) (English) and
(Tag 914: Gastbeitrag – Geschenkpapier) (German)

Here at unikatissima:
Gift Wrap becomes Coaster

Cardboard Hot Pad

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I find it a nice idea to make new coasters for hot things from old cardboard.

Links:
Cardboard Hot Pad (Hot Pad Tutorial)
via: Freebie Friday – Cardboard Craft Tutorials for Grown Ups

When working with polymer clay there is a technique called ‘Filigree’ where you press long ‘noodles’ from polymer clay to be laid in (e.g.) spirals.
That’s what I did on my Tray Sommerfreude (see photo) and the Coasters Sommerfreude: I had a lot of fun making these!
Usually the strands of polymer clay are made with a so-called clay gun but I found an instruction which uses successfully a garlic press (the garlic press may not be used for food afterwards!).

If you feel like working with filigree then take a look at the links where I listed some tutorials.
And if you don’t feel like working with filigree then take a look at the Google image search results, I’m sure that you will change your mind ;-))

Links:
Making Clay Strands With a Garlic Press

Tutorials about Filigree:
Beaded Filigree – that is the page succeeding ‘Noodling’ polymer clay with a garlic press
Blended Filigree Egg
Rainbow Filigree Lesson
Fold Over Beads – Polymer Clay Filigree Bead Project – here she doesn’t cover items in filigree but makes crescent-shaped beads from the polymer clay spirals

By the way all tutorials present polymer clay strands in gradient colours, the first tutorial also talks about single-colured strands.

Google image search result ‘polymer clay filigree’
Google search result ‘polymer clay filigree’
Google image search result ‘clay gun’

Here at unikatissima:
Tray Sommerfreude
Coasters Sommerfreude

Clothesline Sewing – A Fabric Bowl

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After having presented clothesline crochet and clothesline knitting I have now ‘clothesline sewing’ ;-)

The point here is to take a cord and at the same time cover it with fabric and coil a basket from the whole thing just as with the ‘real’ basket coiling.

I find the little baskets absolutely cute, but I have a sewing machine so old that it doesn’t even have a zig zag stitch and I won’t do this by hand! ;-)

Links:
Clothesline Sewing – A Fabric Bowl (How to Sew a Fabric Bowl)

via: craftster: Coiled Fabric Bowls!
via: craftster: Rainbowl! Rainbow Coiled Bowl and Coasters

Here at unikatissima:
Clothesline Crochet
Clothesline Knitting or Filled I-cord
Coil a Basket

Square ‘n’ Fair – Lacy Crochet Square Margarethe

Square 'n' Fair - Lacy Crochet Square Margarethe

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I proudly present my first self designed
Square ‘n’ Fair – Lacy Crochet Square Margarethe (PDF ~705 KB)!

It is a PDF-File that contains the diagram for the crochet square Margarethe that I designed (it is my first! ;-)).
On the photo you see a big scarf I made with this pattern (but I haven’t blocked it yet – it will look much more beautiful then ;-))

I also included several matching diagrams in the PDF-file to this square (‘elements’): a rectangular half square, a triangular half square, a ‘squeezed square’ and two patterns for matching ‘ribbons’.
Additionally I have inserted several ideas on how to combine the different elements and project ideas about what to do with the elements.

Because different terms are used for the same stitches in British and American English, you can find photo and text descriptions of the used stitches in order to easily identify them (not meant as a tutorial).

Best try it yourself:
Use different materials, as e.g. thick wool yarns, middle acryl yarns ;-), fine cotton yarns, embroidery floss, raffia, package string, gift ribbon/gift curling ribbon, yarn made from plastic bags…
Make different items, as e.g. sweaters, vests, tops, cardigans, scarves, shawls, headbands, hats, mittens, wristwarmers, skirts, purses, wallets, totes, scrunchies, collars, appliqués, insertions, book or journal covers, tablecloths, place mats, glass coasters, pillows, window or door decorations, bedthrows, ornaments for greeting cards …

If you want to make clothing, check again crochet patterns for/from square medaillons (you won’t need the medaillon patterns this time, but only the women clothing models ;-)) and the basic woman measurement charts for clothing patterns at the website of Jessica Tromp.

Links:
Square ‘n’ Fair – Lacy Crochet Square Margarethe (PDF ~705 KB)

Jessica Tromp:
Crochet patterns for/from square medaillons
Basic woman measurement charts for clothing patterns

At craftster: Curling Ribbon+Crochet Hook=Many Purses

At Marlo’s Crochet Corner: Cutting the plastic bag ‘yarn’

At Craft Chi: Doily Racerback

Here at unikatissima:
Plastic Bag Tote
Clothes From Crocheted Medaillons