Top DIY Craft Trends for 2015!
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It’s hard to predict the next big thing, but Lidewij Edelkoort of Trend Union does a pretty impressive job. The globally renowned trend forecaster’s annual trend books predict what concepts will be hot years in advance. Now that is ahead of the curve! Her work for clients such as Coca-Cola, Nissan, Camper, and Siemens has touched upon fashion, textiles, interiors, cars, cosmetics, retail, and food.
We decided to riff on some of her predictions for 2015 and see how her inspirations might play out in the DIY world. Edelkoort’s assures us that comfort lies ahead! We can relax? Yay!
It looks like 2015 will be a time of “embryonic renaissance” where we surround ourselves in a world where materials, objects, fashion, and design make us “feel happy and safe.”
1. Upcycling and Recycling
Is anything more cozy and “embryonic” then your favorite old couch, or a pair of jeans or a washed-to-shreds-sweaters? But what happens when they are too tattered to play their appropriate roles? This is where creative DIY up-cycling kicks in. Turn old jeans or sweaters into throw pillows. Throw old furniture together in a way that showcases your extreme creativity, like this suitcase chair below!.
Photo via Top Teny
Jeans as cat pillows…Or are they pigs? Who cares! They’re adorbs.
Photo via Top Teny
2. Rope…everything!
Hand made coil rope bowls and vessels, macrame wall hangings and hanging planters were big in 2014 and will be even bigger in 2015.
Gemma Patford’s rope vessel basket workshops sell out within hours of going on sale and we don’t see this trend slowing down anytime soon. Baskets mean comfort and a place to store favorite things. They bring a sense of warmth and hearth to any room, especially when made with something as tactile as a strand of rope.
Photo via Gemma Patford
How about these coil baskets from Alisa Burke?
Photo via Alisa Burke
Macrame planters like the one below from Molly Madfis are a simple way to bring the outdoors inside. There is a homeyness and simplicity of design and crafting we will be sure to see even more of in 2015.
Katy from Rice Design blog shows us how to bring it altogether, with a rope basket planter!
Photo Rice Design Blog
3. Weaving on Homemade Looms and Basket Weave Patterns
Peek at Pinterest these days and you will see how home looming is taking off. Woven wall hangings on homemade looms are as cozy as it gets. They are like beautiful minisweaters for your walls. Awww.
Photo via Designlovefest/Maryanne Moodie
Photo via Designlovefest
Basket weavings and wicker are ripe for a comeback. Bring it on, we say! There are a million ways to get crafty bringing new life to old baskets and wicker!
Photo via Recycled Interiors
4. Ceramics
Handmade ceramic everything will be big in 2015. Another craft that has us throwing it back to our childhoods and yet keeping us cool as cats because we are on trend. Perfect for #tbt!
Photos via A Beautiful Mess
Who needs sleigh bells when you can have clay Bells? Ding, ding, ding…!
Photo via A Beautiful Mess
5. Abstract Patterns
This trend is particularly exciting, because abstract is another word for “acceptable messiness” in our book. One less thing to be uptight about!
Photo via Recycled Interiors
How about rocking out some handmade pillows, wallpapers and fabrics? These abstract hand painted pillows below (made by yours truly) are a perfect way to bring a homey, homemade vibe to your couch or pile them up for a corner of cozy floor cushions.
Photo via Emily Wagner
6. Knitting and Yarn Get Even Bigger
Break out the needles and get ready to knit one, pearl two, three and four, because yarns and knits are not going anywhere.
Photo via Recycled Interiors
If there is a yummier coming together of yarn than this giant loopy concoction of sweater yumminess…then call me a cold-hearted fool. Because. This. Is. It.
Photo via Crochet Kits/Loopy Mango
In 2014, we saw more blue hands from all the Indio dyeing than you’d see in the Smurf movie. In 2015 we predict multicolored fingers from dyeing our own yarns every color imaginable (though shades of green are predicted to be particularly hot).
Photo via Tomboy Knits
We may have had our fill of ombre in 2014, but when it comes to yarn, can this ever go out of style? This is what the fun of predicting is all about. Will it or won’t it?
Photo via How did you Make This
Those are our best guesses for what will keep crafters busy in the new year. We would love to know what’s on your agenda for 2015!
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