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Valentine’s day DIY: heart card embroidery

It's that time of the year again. Hearts are popping up everywhere. My gift to you today is a geometric-style heart card you can make for your sweetheart!

You'll need

• 6stranded...

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How to mount embroidery on art canvas

Are you ready to let go of the popular habit of framing embroidery in a hoop for today?

Let's do something different and use a rectangular shape!

The truth is: not every...

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DIY homemade beeswax thread conditioner – don’t repeat my mistakes

Some embroidery threads, like metallic threads, are simply beasts that can only be tamed with the use of some help. Like the mighty thread conditioner.

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Christmas Crafting List

Over the last years, I have made a couple of winter and Christmas Crafting Projects. Here they are all in one place so that you can find it easily. The...

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DIY: embroidered mini pouches

A while ago I got my hands on a sheet of beautifully woven cotton fabric. I wanted to do something embroidered with it, because the woven structure was simple yet...

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Tutorial: How to make a Pompom

Cut 2 circles of cardboard. For this hat we need a size of 8cm/ 3.15inch in diameter. The hole in the middle must be centered and measures 2,5cm/1inch.

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DIY: feather hair clip

My chicken are molting right now and the upside to their nakedish new look is I have a lot of feathers to make stuff from.

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new shelves for my workspace

I know this is probably not as exciting for you as it is for me, but I made two shelves completely on my own. Armed with a driller, a screwdriver,...

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DIY: stamping with acryl colors

Materials

• paper goods to stamp on (envelopes, notebooks, craft paper)
• acryl paint
• paint brush + something to mix your colors on (I...

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Tutorial: embroidery folder

I confess: I sometimes often embroider things without a clue what to do with it afterward. Additionally I have lots of embroideries I created for patterns but obviously,...

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DIY kid’s weaving frame

My daughter requested a weaving frame and I just made up this wonky, wobbly thingy. As you know for sure, kids like to want to do new things and abandon...

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How to embroider a God’s Eye

I stumbled over this great tutorial on how to make a God's Eye. I immediately thought this would be awesome to stitch.

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making beeswax candles

Yesterday the kids and I made beeswax candles. This was the setup: beeswax pills, scissors, a rice cooker to regulate the heat and could do the whole thing on the...

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Embroidery hoop bag

Don't you know where to put your stacks of embroidery hoops without them looking messy? I have a lot of different shapes and colors and used to simply hang them...

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Tutorial: Felt flowers pattern

These two felt flowers are easy to make and don't need a lot of preparation or material. They were very popular...