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Okay. So. I started ANOTHER mural project. I got the idea this weekend when I suddenly realized that Valentine's Day was this Saturday and I needed something to wear (other than last year's Catty-Vale
Keep little hands busy both indoors and out with our favorite cold-weather projects for kids.
INSIDE: The best tips for sewing felt for beginners, from what needle for sewing felt, what thread, to how to cut felt and how to wash felt. For a while, you've been planning to start a new sewing project using felt. You've been gathering materials, colorful felt sheets and matching thread. You've gathered enough inspiration,
Nectar Quilt Panel quilting by My Fabric Relish Hi fabric friends! Whether we're making gifts for family or friends, or retreating to the warmth of an indoor fire and the sound of a sewing machine whirring away, this time a year brings so many opportunities for stretching our creative limits....
No matter your skill level, our sewing projects for clothing, accessories, handmade gifts, stuffed animals, and beyond will hope you hone your skillset.
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We all know that practice makes perfect and that's especially the case when it comes to hand sewing. Whether you want to get your kids into sewing, are a beginner yourself, or simply want to improve your stitching skills, you're in the right place. Instead of wasting fabric, using paper to practice is the best way to perfect your methods and movements. Our exclusive hand sewing practice sheets pdf pages provide excellent hand stitching practice for beginners. Or, perhaps there are certain types of stitching you have yet to tackle and want to practice that. There are different sewing lines on paper to download and print to appease every skill level. Use regular thread, embroidery floss, or even yarn to practice with. Most hand needle types and sizes can be used as well. No ruining or wasting fabric. These free three sheets have all sorts of lines and designs to help you. Print the full set or choose the individual page you want to work on next. There are beginner-friendly straight lines, curves, and angles along with more advanced lines and shapes for those who want a bit of a challenge. By the way, before getting started, you'll want to check out our guide: How to Start a Hand Stitch.
An Australian quilter sharing her quilting, sewing, stitching, DIY and handmade journey. Free quilting patterns and tutorials available.
This year I would love to DIY gifts for the special people in my life. I wanted to include the kids on my list of people to create something for. I found 7 Gifts to DIY for Kids that I can't wait to make for some special people on…
We all know that practice makes perfect and that's especially the case when it comes to hand sewing. Whether you want to get your kids into sewing, are a beginner yourself, or simply want to improve your stitching skills, you're in the right place. Instead of wasting fabric, using paper to practice is the best way to perfect your methods and movements. Our exclusive hand sewing practice sheets pdf pages provide excellent hand stitching practice for beginners. Or, perhaps there are certain types of stitching you have yet to tackle and want to practice that. There are different sewing lines on paper to download and print to appease every skill level. Use regular thread, embroidery floss, or even yarn to practice with. Most hand needle types and sizes can be used as well. No ruining or wasting fabric. These free three sheets have all sorts of lines and designs to help you. Print the full set or choose the individual page you want to work on next. There are beginner-friendly straight lines, curves, and angles along with more advanced lines and shapes for those who want a bit of a challenge. By the way, before getting started, you'll want to check out our guide: How to Start a Hand Stitch.
Learn how to sew a blind hem on a sewing machine using the blind hem presser foot. Covers Brother, Singer, and other types of sewing machines!
We teach kids crafts and handicrafts to help you connect with your kids! Learn how to create handmade crafts We sharing DIY crafts for kids.
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Sweetie Bear Part 3- Stuffing, Sculpting & Stitches Start by stuffing the head firmly, fill the around the edges first. What I do is spread the filling from the center out with my fingers as I stuff, using smaller pieces also helps keep your stuffing even and smooth. When the head is stuffed to you liking, wrap a length of extra strong thread around the neck tightly several times and double knot. Next mark my face with an erasable marker and get the cardigan buttons (if you choose to embroider the eyes do so now with a satin stitch). To attach the buttons as well as sculpt start by threading your doll needle with extra strong thread. Push the needle in at the bottom of the head, near the now closed neck, then up through the face & out on the inside corner of the eye. Thread the button, push your needle back in at the outer corner and back out at the bottom of the head. Pull both ends of the thread until you achieve a shape you like and then double knot the ends together. Trim you thread and repeat for the other eye. * If you embroider the eyes follow the same steps, but ignore the button part. Next embroider the nose and mouth. I start with a standard teddy bear nose, then I fill the "V" in with a satin stitch. Little back stitches or a stem stitch works perfectly. Now look at that cute face! Set the head aside while you stuff the body, you don't need to stuff the body as firmly as the head, you don't want the filling pouring out the neck when you are trying to attach the head. Attach the head to the neck opening with a ladder stitch, it doesn't have to be pretty (you will be doing a second round), but you do want to make sure you get a good hold. Now go around a second time, with smaller stitches and you are done!! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and I can't wait to see all your Sweetie Bear creations! If you want some extra help with stuffing and sculpting the NimblePhish YouTube channel has a few helpful videos for you. Thank You
This lot includes three seagulls - Peter, Emma and Oxford. Peter is funny, noisy, a good fisherman and a skilled sailor, who loves adventure and the deep sea. Pete is a free and independent spirit, moves with elegance and quickly adapts. He will remind you to look at life from all the different points and that sometimes we need to look at things from a higher perspective in order to solve a certain issue. Peter always shows his individuality and follows his own path. He bravely expresses and defends his opinions. He isn’t pretentious and loudly expresses his joy and gratitude towards everything that nature and humans give him to salvage. Emma is strong and beautiful, brave and smart. Emma loves her freedom and independence, she will remind you to stand up for yourself, but without hurting others, to be generous to everyone and especially to yourself. Oxford is a gentleman, loves geography and archeology. He is always ready to fly to new adventures. Of course, like any seagull, Oxford is greedy and will never refuse you a cup of tea with sandwiches. The Oxford Seagull will be happy to celebrate your graduation, but will not leave you during the difficult exams. This handmade friend will bring good mood to any home. Our seagulls you can surprise your friends, children, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, they are a universal unique gift. Their design is simple and minimalist and would fit perfectly into any interior. Our Seagulls will make your home even more beautiful. The seagulls body is: 7 inches tall 5.5 inches deep 5 inches wide
I love unique pillows and love making them in mini versions because honestly, that is all I can sew. We recently did a mini makeover in our daughter’s bedroom and added a few DIY projects that include
This felt snail would make a fun addition to a felt veggie garden for kids. Come explore all of our DIY crafts for pretend play!
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Crafters of all ages will love getting creative with these fun and easy projects. From handmade jewelry to science projects, paper crafts and pom-poms, these crafts for kids will delight little ones and adults alike.
Make matching moccasins for you and Kaya!
Step-by-step directions and photographs to easily sew your own swaddle babies.
Hi! Long time no see! I had some very interesting projects which I mentioned on my Facebook, but very little I could actually write about. I tried to make doll "straw" hats, and it turned into this huge obsession with a bunch of styles and experiments I want to try before condensing everything into one or two blog posts. Anyway, during my millinery frenzy, I went to the store to get some trims for one of these hats I was making for a trade, and my eyes fell on some beige pipecleaners. Well, outside the store lighting they were actually band-aid coloured, but I pictured them into bears rather than fuzzy nude stick men. I remembered Jason White's teddy bear tutorial and thought one of those would make a nice addition to the items I was preparing to trade. When I tried following the tutorial, I found out that I didn't have the right type of beads and even the bear shape didn't look nice in this colour. I had several more pipecleaner teddy bear tutorials which my friend searched for me to try. My favourite was this one, but right off the bat I didn't like the shape of the head. I decided to draw inspiration from the two tutorials and my plush teddy bear to make my own design. I untwisted my first attempt, unwilling to ruin the other three pipecleaners I had until I arrived at a satisfactory result. Spoiler alert: none were ruined in the end; turns out that tortured, slightly balding pipecleaners still make decent teddy bears! As several people asked me to write my own version of the tutorial, here it goes: The supplies: - one pipecleaner (about 300*6mm) - two eyes (beads, rhinestones...) I used 2mm half-pearls which I stuck on some masking tape and painted black with nail polish - nose - I happened to have a piece of brown suede ribbon, but you can use anything you like that doesn't fray, from old belts to felt and even cardboard - scissors - glue (I used fabric glue) - toothpicks Optional: - dark fineliner pen to draw the mouth - pliers and tweezers to help you in tough places - thin ribbon, string or yarn - fork - flame (candle, lighter...) Steps 1. Bend the pipecleaner in half (it doesn't have to be precise) and then bend a little portion at the first fold perpendicular in an "L" shape. I swear, this is way easier to make than to explain! This creates the muzzle/nose. 2. Make two round, loose bends for the ears. If you're looking straight at the nose with the pipecleaner ends upwards, what you're doing now is creating a heart shape where the nose is the lower point and the ears are the curves. 3. Turn it over and complete the heart shape by twisting the ends twice where you want the head to end. 4. Now bring one of the ends up between the ears and bend it over the face. 5. Bend it diagonally over the nose. For example, I started next to the right ear and brought the pipecleaner over the left side of the nose. 6. Repeat for the other end. After this step, the pipecleaner ends should cross above the nose and point downwards. 7. Twist them twice at the neck again. The head is done. 8. Make the arms/front legs by bending the pipecleaner sharply a short distance from the neck. Repeat for the other side. 9. Bring the ends together and twist two or three times to make the torso base. Don't make it too long or you won't have enough to finish the bear. 10. Make the hind legs in the same manner as the front legs, only a little longer. It seems I took fewer photos of the last steps, but at this point it's easy to figure out. Twist the ends again a couple of times, either in front or behind the first torso. 11. Fold the remaining bits over the shoulders to the opposite side and tuck the ends in. Bend the bottoms of the legs into little soles. You can use pliers at this step. Now shape your teddy bear any way you want it and brush it with a clean toothbrush if it got ruffled. 12. Prepare your nose, eyes, glue, toothpick and tweezers. For the nose, I cut a little triangle with two rounded corners. 13. Carefully glue the features in place. I used tweezers. 14. After this the teddy bear is technically complete, but I happened to have a brown fineliner handy, which I used to draw the mouth as an inverted "Y" under the nose. I used the same fineliner to darken the nose on one of the teddies. I turned all four pipecleaners I had into teddy bears and put a bow on the prettiest of them. I didn't think I'd write instructions for this part because I used a tiny piece (about 5cm) of narrow ribbon from a doll outfit and the narrowest I usually see in stores is 3mm, almost twice as wide. However, I later found the exact same ribbon in a fancier store, it was labelled 1.5mm. So now I can write the second part of the tutorial - adding a bow. I hope you can find this type of ribbon, it's very pretty and useful in miniatures. But you can also use any string or lace you like. For comparison, I also made a bow out of 3mm ribbon. Bow tutorial 1. By looking at the teddy bear, you would think the ribbon is tied around its neck and made into a bow at the front. But I don't know if it would be possible to tie a neat bow in such a small scale, so I made the bow separately and then glued it. Take your whole ribbon or a comfortable length if it's too long and tie a fork bow at one end. It's easier if the ribbon is double-sided. Here is a good tutorial. Use the inner teeth of the fork, not all four. 2. Wrap the long end around the teddy bear's neck and mark where to cut it. You should have enough to go around the neck plus a little extra. Cut both ends to the desired length and melt with a flame. If you're using natural or unraveling fabric/yarn, don't try to melt it. 3. The fork bow has a pretty side and a less pretty side. Place the long end of the bow on the teddy bear's chest and hold it securely. Make sure to have the pretty side of the bow facing up. 4. Add a small amount of glue on the ribbon at the middle of the neck. 5. Wrap the ribbon around and place the knot of the bow over the glue. Press firmly until the glue grabs. I used tweezers. The same step with a wider ribbon bow: Wait for the glue to dry and you're done! This size of teddy bear looks great with 1:6th scale dolls. J-Doll Karl Johans Gate Playing with pipecleaners is very fun and relaxing and these teddy bears are so easy to make, I want to make a big bunch of them. What for? I don't know. Pipecleaners in my store are sold by piece and that's quite expensive, so I found some lots of 100 online for under 2.5$. Unfortunately the first one I ordered, while still beige, is not the same delicate colour as the ones in this tutorial. It still works for teddy bears (and for curling doll hair :P) but I want to find this exact colour for my big army. Is this a crazy idea? Can you think of uses for mini teddy bears? I gave one to my dolls and hung another in the car, the third is gifted, and that's it. The forth is sitting in a drawer. Would you buy them or make them if you found yourself needing a teddy bear? Do you know other pipecleaner projects? Share your thoughts in the comments below! The Black Kitty (^^)~
No matter your skill level, our sewing projects for clothing, accessories, handmade gifts, stuffed animals, and beyond will hope you hone your skillset.
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cool diy crafts you can create to spruce up your home for spring. Tutorial on how to make DIY crafts and homemade craft projects?
Keep the kids busy and teach them a skill at the same time! These EASY STITCH Cards teach children beginning sewing skills as well as fine motor skills.
KIDS - We try our best to raise them well, take unconditional care of them, and always strive to make sure they're happy and have everything they need. Since the beginning of time, it's a well-known fact that kids cherish any kind of toy. So if you want to make…
A simple toddler friendly sewing project.
Each time I have had a baby, it’s been a little tradition of ours for the baby to give gifts to our other kids. You know, so they feel special too. It has made a huge difference. Because when everyone fusses over the new baby being born, they have something new and special to captivate …
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Welcome back to Ingrid, my friend from Spain. Today, Ingrid shares a delightful project she and her kids worked on together. Now I know just how we are going to make our Christmas cards this year! : : : “Several months ago, I got these wool fluorescent colors . I thought it might be fun […]
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Today we shipped out our first dolls and they went from one end of the world to the other: America, Australia, Hong Kong & the United Arab Emirates. Although each of our 6 dolls captured someone's heart, quite a few of our fans fell for She-roe! How could we blame them? She is a powerful beauty. You probably would
