ReadyMade: Instructions for everyday life

Think soft. From unique place settings to custom curtains, yoga-mat bags to the patchwork sweater blanket from Issue 1, if it can be made with a needle and thread, you will find it here.

Home Sewn [+] More

Like many manufacturing towns in the northeastern U.S., Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a city of remnants; a patchwork of houses and factory buildings that come together to form a community...

Concert-Tee Pillows [+] More

Zoe Roche of Looner finds a new gig for a tired band of festival shirts. “While my husband and songwriting partner, Angel, is on tour with Ziggy Marley, I like to take on make-it-up-as-I-go-along craft projects...

Patchworked Pot Holders [+] More

These supereasy appliqué pot holders steal the show in the kitchen. Start with three layers of quilt batting, then appliqué away using flower motifs, quirky fabric scraps, decorative stitchings, ribbons, and tags...

Beach Blanket Babylon [+] More

THE INSPIRATION For this project, I used four standard beach towels, each approximately 30" x 58 ½", which make great-size beach bags when folded into thirds...

Gee-Whiz Quilt [+] More

Inspired by the modern folk-art quilts of Gee’s Bend, we decided to make one of our own...