Hope everyone has safe, wonderful holiday celebrations this year! Hopefully I’ll be better about posting regularly to this site in the new year, but I’ll be honest–that’s always my resolution and I only manage…
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Since we didn’t have a whole lot of money for gifts this year I decided to make some that were more personal. My sister had asked me to make her a cross stitch portrait…
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I’ve been making my own Christmas cards for over 6 years now. At first, I made each one by hand, but as the list of recipients expanded, I began to make just one, scan…
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Being a new parent, I didn’t have as much time this year to make crafts as I had in years past. I wanted to do something but needed it to be easy and fast.…
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What is crewel work or crewel embroidery? Most simply, it is embroidery on fabric that is done with a wool thread– a two-ply variety known as crewel– which gives the embroidery its name. I’ve…
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My much-anticipated sewing machine finally arrived and one of the first things I wanted to make was a whale-shaped pillow. I had seen one in a house tour on Apartment Therapy and loved it.…
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I just ordered a sewing machine this week and I have been rushing around trying to get together all the things I’ll actually need if I want to make something. Like anything, getting started…
