
CraftyRie
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A happy mix of craft, creation, and chaos! Crochet, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Baking, Cooking, Parenting, Gardening, and Tasmania.
CraftyRie
1M ago
I made myself a dress! I'm pretty happy with myself, even if I meant to sew it months ago & even if I did make some pretty major errors when making it (oops!).
The pattern is the Olive dress from Boo & Lu, you can grab the sewing pattern from here.....
If you'd like to see my sewing journey including my crazy errors and the joy of finishing it then go check it out here...
This is my first make of the year, so currently on track with my 2025 Year of the Making thing that talked about here.....
I'd love it if you popped over to my YouTube channel & subscribed to it ..read more
CraftyRie
1M ago
My son was turning 14 and what do you give a teen boy? Well, you make him the best gift ever, a big hairy monster head! He absolutely loves the monster, I do too! Do you?
You need this in your life! The pattern is this one: https://tidd.ly/3ZM3eMA
The key to getting it too look awesome is the yarn, which is this yarn: http://bit.ly/3ZuAEy1
I found the eyes hard to source, so here ya go, I'm making it easy for you: https://amzn.to/41t8LJf
Now this project looks harder than what it is! I filmed me making it here: ...https://bit.ly/3ZYf8mD... so you can crochet along with ..read more
CraftyRie
2M ago
Yes, the season of giving has arrived and I love to give gifts that are unique but also used! I hate when a gift is given that just sits there taking up space because they (or you) don't know what to do with it. So let's make gift giving fun & practical and totally unexpected but thoroughly loved!
I think we all know either the dog or their human that needs this lead. Buy them (or you) a lead or collar here: https://tidd.ly/3Vg3mBs
And if you know their shoe size then these shoes are awesome: grab a pair here
Everybody has keys and these keyrings are the best thing ever ..read more
CraftyRie
4M ago
Sometimes when we wear our favourite clothes, we want an excuse to wear them more often but something holds us back ... like cold weather. I love wearing my linen pinafore dress all year round but it gets cold here so I often have to wear a jumper over the top of it BUT I don't like how it looks with the dress.
So I came across a cute sewing pattern called the Alpine Top that had a curved front so it would actually look like I'm wearing a dress not a skirt when I'm wearing it. So yep, I purchased the pattern, got it printed and also bought some fancy warm material and made it.
I love it ..read more
CraftyRie
5M ago
Oops, I was a bit late getting a quilt sewn for my daughter's 11th birthday (late by a week!) but here it is, all finished!
I cut the squares at approx 8.5" and sewed them together then joined it to a minky backing. Ohmygosh, the minky is so soft!
I filmed it all here: https://youtu.be/-P6S5BK9zu0
I think I'll pop it aside for Christmas, it'll be mid summer then but I think she'll still enjoy it!
I'd love it if you popped over to my YouTube channel & subscribed to it & even liked some of my videos. Every like, every follower, every comment is like a great bi ..read more
CraftyRie
6M ago
Please be in awe of my latest sewing creation, this fabulous dress made from an old vintage tea towel and the dress itself is made from 90% used (upcycled & free) fabric.
The pattern is the Joy Mini Tea Towel Dress from Afrayed Upcycling. I filmed myself making it & have a major question to ask you, so please click here to see me make it & tell me what you think.
I made a 4xl top with a 5xl skirt. The pattern was super easy to follow, I was originally going to add a ruffle to the length of it but decided to leave it at this longish tunic length. If I find that I'm not wearin ..read more
CraftyRie
7M ago
Are you curious (or maybe somewhat jealous!) that some people craft. That some people are happy to sit with their hand sewing or think adding stuff into journals is super exciting? Do you want to feel the joy of finishing & then wearing something that you made? Do you want to feel, like me, that the best way to party is to actually stay home & knit! But where do you start? There are so many hobbies or crafty things to do, how can you express yourself in a way that gives you joy & satisfaction?
#1 Discover your Crafting Passion
One of the first things to do is to find out which craf ..read more
CraftyRie
9M ago
I just finished sewing this awesomely cute bag for myself. Do you like it?
It's the Orbit Bag from Helen's Closet and you can do it with or without the pieced quilt star front, in fact you can use no patchwork at all. You could just use a decorative fabric panel, maybe an old favourite tshirt that's been interfaced so it's sturdy. You could do any type of quilted panel for the front, maybe your favourite dresdens or you could use EPP too. It's only limited by your imagination.
There are some tips that I have for making this - the perfect hacks to make this sew easier for you, if you'd l ..read more
CraftyRie
9M ago
Some fun smaller projects that I made just to use up some unused, unloved fabric in my stash.
I didn't use any pattern, I just kinda made them up as I went along. I think my little alien friends turned out ok.
This was the first one I made, I love his big eye! I named him Archie for the arched shaped of this legs/body.
This is the second guy I made, can you see his lil tooth in his mouth? I named him Coney for the cone shape of his body.
These are kind of addictive and a great way to use up unused yarn in my stash. I think I'll keep going and make more! I'm not sure what I ..read more
CraftyRie
9M ago
I was packing my stuff to head up to my Mum's for the week when I realised that all my pj's were olddddd. Like really old, worn out, faded, holey and stretched out. So I decided to hunt through my fabric stash and came up with some soft cotton, chose an awesome sewing pattern (this one......) and made it.
I even filmed myself making them if you'd like to see the process, click here..... to see it.
I love wearing the top, it's so comfy and I feel pretty wearing it so I'm definitely going to make myself a bunch more as it's a great way to use up that fabric that isn't your favourite and d ..read more