This giveaway has closed. You can still check out the awesome Wabi Sabi Scarf below and subscribe to this great magazine.
The randomly chosen winner of the Living Crafts prize package is Joy, comment #6. Congrats Joy! Please contact me at melaniem [at] mothering.com.
Thank you to Pardis Amirshahi, the editor of Living Crafts Magazine, for providing this special guest post and a giveaway!
You’ll definitely want to check out this great Mother’s Day craft project–and then leave a comment on this post letting us know that you are a fan of Mothering and Living Crafts Magazine on Facebook to enter to win 5 years of Living Crafts!
The prize includes 13 quarterly issues, in addition to a 2-year subscription in the U.S. If you are a subscriber already, they will add the entire 5 years to your existing subscription! This is a $135 value. In addition, any Mothering reader can subscribe online today or tomorrow to take advantage of their Mother’s Day discounted offers, both for U.S. and abroad. $15.
Giveaway Rules: US residents only, except where prohibited. Winner will be drawn randomly on Mon, May 9th, at 6pm ET.
About Living Crafts Magazine:
Designed for the natural mama, Living Crafts is a quarterly crafts magazine for families who embrace a natural lifestyle, and are interested in traditional forms of craft such as sewing, knitting, weaving, crochet, paper mache, mosaic, woodwork, and other handwork for the whole family. Living Crafts provides craft enthusiasts with the information, ideas, and inspiration they need to support their desire for self-sufficiency, sustainability and a natural lifestyle. In each issue there are projects for the entire family, including fun crafts for parents and children to do together.
The Craft: Wabi Sabi Flower Scarf from Pardis, Editor of Living Crafts
In the memory of my mother, who loved the arts, sewing, scarves and flowers, I’ve designed this wabi sabi scarf, repurposing old t-shirts, as if I would give it to her this Sunday, but I will be wearing it myself!
This scarf is the ultimate mother’s day project in my opinion, since it only requires spending love and time for your mother.
This project is ideal for a group of friends to get together (or mother-daughters) since it requires different colors of t-shirt fabric, you can create a mini co-op and exchange t-shirt fabric. Happy Mother’s Day!
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How to Make the Scarf
MATERIALS
- · One solid colored t-shirt. Dark purple is used in this project.
- · T-shirt scrap fabric in the following colors: Green, pink, light purple, medium purple, light yellow
- · Coat & Clarks Button and Carpet thread (you can also use regular embroidery floss or sewing thread)–Color of your choice. We used gray here.
- · Embroidery needles
- · Sharp scissors
Old t-shirts are soft and cozy!
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Place your purple t-shirt flat on a cutting surface, and cut it in half, cross-wise from under-arms to obtain the two large rectangles in front and back. Cut uneven edges and divide each side into 2 pieces, so you have 4 rectangles each about 10” wide and 14” high. Counting the 3 seams between the 4 pieces, the finished size will be approximately 10” x 54”
Notice the stains on the t-shirt, they will be covered by flowers later.
Here are two of the 10”x14” pieces.
2. Sitch the 4 pieces together on the width either with sewing machine or stitch by hand. Even if you machine sew, it is still nice to handstitch on top a simple running stitch for the authentic look. Your scarf is now ready for the flowers.
3. Cut various size circles from green, yellow, light and medium purple, and pink (1/2”, ¾” and 1”). In addition, cut some leaf shapes from the green fabric, at least 2” long. Since the circles are so small the best way is to fold the fabric twice, and cut ¼” of circle with a very sharp small scissors. The circles would not come out perfect, but that’s the beauty of this scarf. Nothing is exact and it is still beautiful!
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A) Thread your needle with the thick thread (we used the Coats & Clark Button & Carpet thread) and make a knot about half-inch from the ends.
B) Place a leaf, and three circles in various colors on top on the fabric, and pass the needle through the center, leaving the knot on top. Do not pull the needle through all the way.
C) On the other side, place two round pieces [in various colors] on the needle, so you have your flower with leaf on one side and the single flower with two circles on the other side of the scarf, then pull the needle and thread all the way so the knot is in the middle of the flower on the right side.
Each flower has one on the opposite side, each secured with a knot in the middle.
D) Then make a 1/8” stitch on the middle of the flower through all the petals and make a secure knot by looping the thread and needle into the stitch. Now you have a flower on each side of the scarf with a knot in the middle. Repeat randomly on the two end pieces. Now you have several flowers on each side of the two ends, so it is a double-sided scarf!
Pardis Amirshahi is the editor of Living Crafts magazine and also writes for their popular blog. Living Crafts is a natural crafts magazine designed for families who embrace a natural lifestyle. Although she always enjoyed sewing and other crafts, Pardis discovered the true joy of handwork when she became a mother. You can reach Pardis directly by emailing her at editor[at]livingcrafts.com.
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Melanie Mayo-Laakso is the Web Editor for Mothering.com. Mothering is the birthplace of natural family living and attachment parenting. We celebrate the experience of parenthood as worthy of one's best efforts and are at once fierce advocates for children and gentle supporters of parents.
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I’m a fan of Mothering and Living Crafts on fb! And in real life, too! <3
Love them both!!!!
I am a big fan of both!
i am a fan of both on fb…love all things mothering and crafty!
Absolutely a fan of both…and I “liked” them both too
Liked both on FB! What a great project!
Love the scarf! I am a fan of both Mothering and LC on FB
Fan of both!
Well “like”.. What a lovely scarf! This is a great prize! I’m so not crafty, but I can sure follow picture and instructions. 
i am already a fan of both, on facebook!
Looks great! I will definitely check this magazine out; it’s right up our alley!
I like you both on facebook! and in real life!
You are both well liked by me!
I am a fan of both
Love this- setting up crafting night with my girls for the summer, this would be a perfect place for inspiration!!
Old fan of mothering and new fan of living craft on Facebook! So excited to check it out!
Been a fan of Mothering for a while on FB, now definitely a fan of Living Crafts! Thanks for the tutorial!
Love the idea, and love Mothering and now Living Crafts too! Thanks!
I’m a fan of both
I like mothering and living crafts on FB
I am a fan of both on FB (and real life!). Thanks for the craft idea!
Happy Mama day to all the Mamas out there!
Hello! I am both a fan on FB of EACH Mothering and Living Crafts, and of course had subscriptions to both until Mothering had to shut down
So glad that you’ve teamed up again to do an AWESOME giveaway!! Thanks for the chance!
PS-looking forward to my last emailed Mothering this month, and of course always look forward to my next Living Crafts!
Sarah M
absolutely a fan of both! crossing my fingers
fan of both!
I’m a fan of both!! i love them
Fan of both. I love this magazine! And I miss Mothering.
I am now a fan of both. I love these giveaways for the thrill of maybe winning AND because I get to learn about great new products. Thank you, Mothering.
Oh Yes! you can never have too many scarves or too many mothers for that matter. I am a delighted fan of both!
I am a fan of both!
Like both!
What I lovely project! I’m a FB and real life fan of both Mothering and Living Crafts!
Fan of both!!!!
I wasn’t familiar with this magazine before this giveaway, but it looks GREAT! I have ‘liked’ it on FB and already like Mothering. Would love a subscription! Thanks!
I have been a fan of both on Facebook! Love each one of them very much! And I am currently waiting for my first issue of living craft in the mail! Would love to look forward to many more!
I’m a fan of both of FB. Never heard of Living Crafts Magazine before, but it looks fabulous!
Beautiful scarf!
Fan of both on fb. My id is Robin Phillips-Knotts.
Thanks for a cute tutorial and a great giveaway!
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I love to borrow my friends LC, hopefully I will when my own. I am a fan of both.
I’m a fan of both.
What a beautiful project!! I am a fan of you both on FB as sarah linette.
Love Mothering and so happy to discover this magazine to help fill the hole its left in my mailbox. I’ll be teaching crafts to 1st and 2nd graders next year and this would surely help!
My mom showed me thing magazine a few years ago and I Loved it! Fun scarf idea!
I love this and am going to make it too!!
i love mothering and miss it in print already. i would love to receive living crafts as i have admired it from afar!
I’m a fan of both of Facebook!!
I’m a fan of both on FB!
Been a fan of mothering for years, and a brand new fan of LC!
Fan of both on Facebook
Have enjoyed Living Crafts magazine for years w my children. Especially love the stories w felt crafts. Sad to see Mothering mag no longer published:(
Love Mothering, just discovered Living Crafts. Both are great!
liked both on FB
Already a fan of Mothering and now “officially” a fan of Living Crafts!
Thought it was interesting that the one copy of the magazine that I have (and bought because a friend of mine was featured in it)was the on pictured in the article.
Can’t wait to try the scarf!
i like both!
Already a fan of both on facebook! This is one of the best giveaways of all time! I LOOOOVE this magazine!
FB fan of both, and love both!
Like both on FB! So cute!
I like both on Facebook. Love Mothering magazine and look forward to my first Living Crafts.
hello and thank you! i like you both!
I am a fan of both Mothering and Living Crafts on Facebook.
Cute craft! I love repurposing old clothes!!
I am a fan of both Mothering and Living Crafts on Facebook!
My sister was looking for something like this! Can’t wait to pass it on!
Fan of both
Happy Mothers Day to all
Love wendy
Love Living Crafts and Mothering–thanks so much!
I just discovered Mothering and have been a huge fan of Living Crafts for a number of years. I love the scarf! Was just using old t-shirts myself to make fingerknit bracelets at my school during indoor recess time.
Super lindo y original.
Feliz dia Mama!!!
having watched through the year’s Pardis’ dream of this magazine come to fruition, and the loving Mothering for so long and now with the secession of the the print edition, it’s so clear to see the creative cycle of life itself. thank you all for sharing so deeply and fully from the well within yourself. I of course like both mothering and living crafts publications.
I love Living Crafts and will check out Mothering as I wasn’t familiar with it.
Thanks
Yes, of course I am a fan! Love your magazine!!
I am a fan on fb and I LOVE this idea – have the perfect pile of t-shirts and an hour – I’m going for this today!
xo
Thank you!
Two of my favorite publications!! And now I “like” them both on fb too!!
I’m a fan of Mothering and Living Crafts on Facebook!!! Oooooo….. anticipation!!!
I think my daughter can make this! I am thinking about adding some beads too.
Mothering was so instrumental in helping me open my eyes to many different issues when raising children. It was a staple in our house for 8 years and loved the feeling of being supported by such a large community. I wish there would have been a “mothering of Teens” Living crafts I have been buying since the first copy came out and couldn’t wait for the next issue to hit the stands. It now has become a staple! And recently was gifted a subscription. Loved/love them both:)
Love both magazines and have for years–what a great giveaway!
I think I will make one for my mom, with the help of my 2 grand daughters. Granny Gracie (my mom) will be thrilled!
I like both on FB. Have loved Mothering for ages but was previously unfamiliar with Living Crafts- it looks awesome!
Fan of both on facebook. New fan to Mothering but have been a fan of Living Crafts for some time now.
I think I’ll be trying this scarf for my daughter. What a great idea.
I am going to my stash of old tees right now! Thanx for the inspiration (& chance to win more of my fav mag!)
I love both mothering and living crafts and as a mom of nine, in real life, too!
Loved the tutorial–best wishes!
thank you for the great idea. i enjoy living crafts magazine SO much–especially as a fledgling fiber artist–and am just being introduced to mothering. i look forward to trying the scarf, or some version thereof!! thank you for the giveaway and for the creative, motherly support.
Both Living Crafts AND Mothering describe who and what I am! Life is about creation! Of the body and the soul =)
Michele
this is the second cool craft I have seen from this magazine. I think I need a subscription.
I’ve been a fan of Mothering on FB. Now I’m a fan (in life & on FB) of Living Crafts, too!
I Like both amazing companies on Facebook!
Golly goodness, no question, I love both!
Love your ideas and pictures. Thank you for the tutorial.
Michele
Love everything, who wouldn’t? XXXXOOOO
Love the tutorial! Can’t wait to try it! I am a fan of both on facebook!
I am a fan of both magazines on Facebook & I’m also a fan of this scarf! I’m going to have to dig through my old t-shirt stash & see what I can find to use for this… xoxo
Great Job on this and all that you all do.
I have taken the magazine since the beginning and love it.
This is wonderful idea. I love it and Living Crafts!
Love this! Thanks!
Cozy!!!
cozy!!!!
What a clever idea. I never would have come up with it. Making me a fan of Mothering and Living Crafts!!!
I read Mothering cover-to-cover when my kids were small and I needed to know that they were like-minded moms out there. Now my children and I both love Living Crafts and have made many projects from the magazine. I absolutely both both magazines!
Liked them both (a while ago!)… Thanks for this opportunity!
I am a fan of both and what a truly wonderfully special gift this is.
Thank you!
Two of my favorites!