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Make your own cross stitch patterns
We wanted to use this post to share another website with the cross-stitchers out there. (No, this isn’t sponsored in any way, it’s just something we found useful and thought you might too!) Since Cross-stitch is popular,…
Crafty Thoughts: Cross-stitch tools vs Railroad Stitch
Cross stitch kits are a popular hobby at the moment, and there are a range of tools and tips to help you get the best out of them. For cross-stitchers, here’s the Giddy Stitcher, a youtube cross-stitcher,…
Crafty Thoughts: Making Fimo Gemstones
There are a lot of tutorials for making Fimo and polymer clay gemstones online. It is a fun way to use up spare clay and make something rather unique at the same time. However many of these…
Crafty Thoughts: FairIsle Knitting (200 stitches a minute?)
There are a lot of different arts and crafts available in the shop, but there are an awful lot more crafts out there. We’re going to start a bi-weekly post featuring some of the more useful or…
Tutorial: Sequined Pudding decoration
Making sequin decorations with polystyrene shapes is an old technique. When I first encountered this forty years ago, it was called pinfleur, but since then it has been called pin-art, sequin art and many other names. Whatever…
Quick Halloween Costume Part 2: Make the Tunic/Dress
For the second part of this no-sew Halloween costume tutorial, we cover making a tunic or dress to go under the cape. A witch is easy: black for everything, so you can use the same material for…
Quick Halloween Costume Part 1: Make a Cape
With Halloween coming up, here’s a quick idea to make a basic costume. If you don’t want to buy a costume, or left it to the last minute and now they’re all gone, here’s an easy guide…
Make a Halloween Furry Spider
With Halloween fast approaching, why not make a fuzzy spider friend? Pompom spiders are a traditional and fun thing to make, and they go wonderfully with a witch’s costume. You can use black materials for a scary…
