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These are the crafts I remember being most popular during the 70's.
Macrame' was huge.
Pottery/ceramic beads
Tie Dye
Embroidery on Denim
Clothing hybrids (turning pants into skirts, etc.)
American Flag clothing
Pop-Art
Flowers and butterflies.
Crochet, particularly granny squares
Ponchos
Fringed leather jackets
Leather crafts of all kinds
The gypsy look (now called Bohemian)
Angel wing and peasant tops
Tube tops
Add to the list please.
Macrame' was huge.
Pottery/ceramic beads
Tie Dye
Embroidery on Denim
Clothing hybrids (turning pants into skirts, etc.)
American Flag clothing
Pop-Art
Flowers and butterflies.
Crochet, particularly granny squares
Ponchos
Fringed leather jackets
Leather crafts of all kinds
The gypsy look (now called Bohemian)
Angel wing and peasant tops
Tube tops
Add to the list please.
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Re: Crafts during the 70's.
Fri, September 9, 2005 - 12:53 PMOh and halter tops and skirts made out of scarves -
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Re: Crafts during the 70's.
Sat, September 10, 2005 - 6:48 AMHow about those grapes made from resin?
My mother commandeered the entire dining room for the whole month of December one year making homemead x-mas gifts.
I still get all warm and fuzzy when I see a set at the antiques store.
esteban
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Re: Crafts during the 70's.
Sat, September 10, 2005 - 9:03 AMthose weaved pot holders
embroidery
some macrame
melting crayons for candles
sewing and quilting a. my grandmother let me have all the scraps i
wanted to make clothing and home textiles for the
cardboard
box houses and furniture that my grand dad
brought)
b. she made my quilt of an eagle and lots of stars all
in red white and blue (at my request, lol)
one of the coolest things i ever made was with clear casting resin. my older brother was playing around with and he let me have some. i got one of those pointy gumball things from the tree and poured the resin. it "crystallized" it. it was SO cool. gave it my grandmother for mothers day and she gave it back before she died. i still have it!
and collaging those big ice cream buckets.
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Sat, September 10, 2005 - 9:07 AMoh, how could i forget?????
we called them Evil Eyes (to protect you from evil)
two sticks and lots of colored yarn, and wove them around and around. put tassles over them, on the ends. some were really large and colorful!
speaking of yarn, does anyone remember doing like octopusses and dolls from yarn winding? wind the yarn around a piece of cardboard and then tie off a section for the head, and feet, cut the feet and it would tassle. make a second one for the arms. the octupuss you would just braid eight arms from the neck tie off and then tie at the end and tassle? could be an older art craft, but i did them in the 70s when i was a kid -
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Re: Crafts during the 70's.
Mon, September 12, 2005 - 2:04 PMOwls were also really big in the 70's. Like owl wall hangings or even macrame owls.
Also string art, remember that? Nails in a board and the string would be run from nail to nail to make a pattern. -
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Re: Crafts during the 70's.
Sat, September 17, 2005 - 10:50 AMI remember all those things. In fact just the other day I was thinking about the resin creation phase we went through. My uncle had a mold for an alligator with the tail curled around to set an ashtray in. You sprinkle glitter in the bottom, then pour in the resin. It seems he had another pattern for a giant fork or spoon or something.
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Sat, March 3, 2007 - 8:34 AMMan this has brought back some memories. I think I need to start some of these projects again.
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Wed, September 19, 2007 - 9:41 AMi still have an owl my mom macramed in the 70's! and i did make a string art piece too...it was the first christmas gift i gave my hubby, i was too broke to buy something and it was fairly elaborate. my back was killing me by the time it was finished (sat on the floor while hammering nails and threading string!)
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Tue, September 18, 2007 - 10:31 PMthose little boxes with compartments filled with different things...like popcorn and seeds and stuff. my brain is drawing a total blank on what they were called. sand candles, too! i still embroider, and i would kill for a fringed leather jacket! (they are actually on the ralph lauren site right now...only $2,000.!) and i still dress like a gypsy! (i am just too old for tube tops...don't want to scare the kiddies now, do we!) -
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Wed, September 19, 2007 - 5:55 AMi am just too old for tube tops...don't want to scare the kiddies now, do we!)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
LOL!
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Re: Crafts during the 70's.
Sun, July 20, 2008 - 1:00 PMhello out there , I think Im stuck in a time warp i still do crafts from back in the days, made a bunch of gods it's not to long ago hay do yall remember the keep on truckin dude with the big shoes i still use my fringed suede? purse. I like to make retro stuff for my kids and grandkids to keep it alive i went to a consert just a while back that you had to follow the string art to find the consert the 70's were awsome
