How to make a recycled sweater and doily sunglass case inspired by Zakka Handmades

I am so excited to be part of the Craft Buds Craft Book Month blog hop! To celebrate, we are giving away a copy of  Zakka Handmades: 24 Projects Sewn from Natural Fabrics to Help Organize, Adorn, and Simplify Your Life.This book is filled with so many cute ideas and I was inspired to make this recycled wool felted sweater and doily sunglass case.

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Enter above and answer the question, "What's the cutest craft project you have seen lately?"

Recycled wool felted sweaters are one of my all time favorite materials to work with.

And I happen to collect doilies. When I spotted this cute little pouch project in I though about my doily stash and thought I could recycle one using it as the flap.

Simply lay your sunglasses on the bottom edge along one side of the sweater and cut out a rectangle on the inside and top.

Sew up the two sides of the recycled sweater to form a pouch. The turn right side out and sew half the doily to one top edge.

Find a shank button that will fit through one of the openings in the doily. Sew it in place on the opposite side from where you sewed the doily.

More about the CPi book

Zakka Handmades: 24 Projects Sewn from Natural Fabrics to Help Organize, Adorn, and Simplify Your Life

byAmy Morinaka

Learn how to sew simple, clever things that organize your home and help with daily tasks with  Zakka Handmades! These incredibly useful projects include pouches and bags, small toys and baby items, and handy kitchen accessories. Some of the author’s sewn items also incorporate simple crochet. In Japanese, zakka means “household goods,” referring to items for domestic use—tableware, kitchenware, containers of various kinds, even simple clothing. What all the items have in common is a simple, fresh, handmade aesthetic; a subtle, clever wit; and absolute usefulness and practicality.

Originally from Japan, Amy Morinaka is currently living in sunny Torrance, CA, with her husband and two girls. She is an accountant, a green-tea drinker, and a chocoholic who just loves to sew, patchwork, embroider, crochet, and more! Visit her blog at http://chickchicksewing.blogspot.com and browse her handmade goods on Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/chickchickhandmade.

And all the Blog hop details:

 

It's time for the 3rd Annual Craft Book Month at Craft Buds! This year, we're excited to celebrate all month log with a blog hop of your inspirational craft book projects, a crafty contest, free patterns and prizes!

Don't let those craft books sit on your shelf and collect dust! We want to see what you've been making. That's why I've teamed up with some fabulous bloggers who will be showing off their projects made from craft books, all month long!

Blog Hop

Week One
Monday 9/2: Fabric Mutt / LRstitched
Tuesday 9/3: Stitch This! The Martingale Blog / Stitched in Color
Wednesday 9/4: Fabric Seeds / Pile O Fabric
Thursday 9/5: The Feisty Redhead / Rae Gun Ramblings
Friday 9/6: Sew-Fantastic / Clover + Violet
Saturday 9/7: A Prairie Sunrise / Small Town Stitcher

Week Two
Monday 9/9: Hopeful Threads / Go To Sew
Tuesday 9/10: The Sewing Rabbit / Sewing Mama RaeAnna
Wednesday 9/11: Marci Girl Designs / imagine gnats
Thursday 9/12: Sew Sweetness / amylouwhosews
Friday 9/13: Lindsay Sews / 13 Spools
 Saturday 9/14: Inspire Me Grey / Angela Yosten 

Week Three

Monday 9/16: Sew Very / Craftside

Tuesday 9/17: The Littlest Thistle / CraftFoxes  

9/1-9/30: Link up your craft book project at Craft Buds from your blog or Flickr account, and enter to win prizes. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, October, 1!

 

2012 Craft Book Month Projects (L to R):
Sew Crafty Jess, Sewing Rabbit, Stitched in Color, MissKnitta's Studio

To participate in the month-long contest, just link up any project you've made from a pattern in a craft book. That easy! You'll tell us a little about the book, the project, how you personalized it, etc.

Rules

1) One entry per person. 
2) Your craft book project must have been completed in 2013. 
3) Create a new blog post or Flickr photo (dated September 1, 2013 or later) and link back to Craft Buds/Craft Book Month in your post or photo description. In your post or photo description, make sure to list the craft book you used and provide a link if possible.
4) All winners chosen via Random.org. Some prizes available to international winners, so please join us!

Prizes

Visit Craft Buds and link up your craft book project during the window of Sept 1-30 and you'll automatically be entered to win some fantastic prizes from the Craft Book Month sponsors!

No time to make a project? You can also follow Craft Buds all month long for your chance to comment and win some new sewing and quilting books for your library.

 

 

Comments

[Bonney]

I'm waiting for some inspiration! The summer melted away and I'm ready to get back in the crafting ring!!

[Jessibeth Viera]

I think a Halloween pillow :) Yeap I do love Halloween a lot, and I go cookoo for it :)

[AngieSue]

My favorite cute craft project continues to be punkin patterns' sweet tooth pouch - posted 2 years ago, but I keep going back to it!

[Robin]

I saw some owl pincushions on pinterest, ordered the magazine and made a few of them this weekend. I am a sucker for a cute pincushion!

[Denice Metz]

there are so many cute things not one stands out

[Kathy E.]

The cutest craft project I've seen just recently is a bowl of painted acorns. They were just so sweet looking and really caught my eye...must give it a try.

[DeborahGun]

I saw a cute rag doll pin cushion on the Pin It Blog Hop recently.

[M]

I saw some cloud cushion recebtly:)

[Marilyn Tucker]

Martha Stewart Living magazine had a bowl of felt acorns with painted acorn caps. Love it!

[Katherine]

Love the vintage pencil case pattern in Patchwork, Please! The paper pieced pencils are so cute.