I saw this on the news, a dress made from rubber bands that sold on ebay in the United Kingdom. Wow!

Unfortunately the winning bidder has not paid so the dress has gone back on ebay. I have just had a look on ebay UK and there are a number of loom band dresses for sale

I loved that story. I'm a big fan of ebay anyway. I had to look up the money equation and if my calculations are correct....that is about $289,016 in US dollars!! Zowie!! Crafts could pay off! But I think it's probably all a hoax as many bidders had never bought on ebay before. We shall see. The craft store people LOVE it when a craft takes off like that. Some 25 years ago when I had a store, mop dolls were very popular...I loved them!!! And yes...they were really made from mops (new ones!) So the bands are great for a while. Then on to something new. I'll stick with my embroidery now.
Thanks for the article.

I bought a basic kit yesterday and looked up some videos on YouTube. I've just made a bracelet like the teenagers are wearing!

Making things with rubber bands can be addictive. I had a craft for VBS making little butterflies out of the bands with a crochet hook. I have no use for little rubber band butterflies, but I wanted to keep making them. They are cute.
My 33 year old daughter makes things for her children at school and while we were at a baseball game, she made a little rubber band copy of the team's mascot. Nothing on the scale of a dress however, that was impressive.

my 8 year old daughter is driving me nuts with these loom bands lol
big hugs from London

I have been reading about it during the past week. A labour of love to produce such a thing.

Loom bands are so popular here in UK at the moment and some of the creations are fabulous.

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by sewilso 18 Jul 2014

We have the bands in the states, but I can't say I've seen anyone make things with them. I bet google could tell me. A couple of my grandkids wore them plus I've seen them on the younger generations at work. It would be interesting to see what all they are making for sure.

Just goes to show you......

how KOOKY is this? thanx for the look

Wow! I don't have the patience for something like this.

The buyer has yet to pay.

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by eggyannie 18 Jul 2014

that is the bug bear, so many are bid on but it ain't over till the money is in the bank. Am now off to get me a few packs pof loom bands to make a waterproof dog coat. may see qwhat it will bring on Ebay perhaps the person who purchased the dress has a doggy.

by asterixsew 18 Jul 2014

I had not realised that. I hope they do as I have seen a bit about it in the news

by sewilso 18 Jul 2014

I saw that too, I wonder if it's been paid by now? That's a tremendous amount, you just never know what we'll see on ebay. lol!