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How to Cross Stitch for Beginners When the Canvas Is Blank?
Creating a counted cross-stitch picture is like seeing magic as the pattern turns into an actual picture. There are not many rules in cross-stitch. Usually the fabric that is used is called evenweave. This is because of the way that the fabric is woven to created squares in the material. The entire
What Is Cotton Duck Fabric?
Cotton duck fabric is a heavy material made partially or completely from cotton fibers, and is commonly used for outdoor upholstery, awnings and heavy duty sacks. The heavier grades may be used for sandbags, large tents and boat covers. Cotton duck is a versatile fabric, which can be machine washed
How to Make a Floral Headpiece
Create a beautiful floral hair wreath from a piece of floral wire and your choice of silk or real flowers. You can make the headpiece for a child or adult to wear at a special event and use flowers to coordinate with the occasion's color scheme. After the event, you can have a real floral hair wreat
How to Make a Paperbag Scrapbook
Paper bag scrapbooks utilize everyday paper lunch bags to create the pages. You'll find packages of the paper bags at most craft stores. In addition to the plain brown bags, they also make them in different colors allowing you to customize the look of your scrapbook. The paper bag scrapbooks are ine
How to Cut Tulle for Crochet
Crocheting isn't just for yarn and thread. Use tulle to crochet pot scrubbers for your kitchen or facial and body scrubbers for your bath. The tulle will provide you with that extra scrubbing or exfoliating power that you want, but doesn't come in yarn form. In a few steps, you can take that tulle f
How to Identify Rubies
Rubies have long been considered one of man's most precious stones. Rarer than diamonds, rubies seem to hold a mysterious warmth in their center, sometimes majestically radiating a shifting star pattern that causes them to be prized above all other gemstones. Sister stone to the sapphire, a ruby's v
How to Make Primitive Doll Stumps
Stump dolls are indistinctly shaped and are a kind of doll known in the craft community as a "primitive doll" Primitive dolls have less distinct shapes and features. Stump dolls are made from a single continuous shape and lack arms, legs or a neck. These dolls are often made from a rough-woven fabr
How to Create a Memory Book for an Anniversary Gift
Memory books make wonderful anniversary presents. They allow the recipients to have a visual representation of people, places and events that were important in their lives. You can create a memory book that is as simple or as extravagant as you wish. There are no strict guidelines you must follow bu
How to Make a Schoolhouse Out of a Cardboard Box
A cardboard box can be transformed into an old-fashioned schoolhouse in no time. It can be used as a school for dolls and stuffed animals or function as a great back-to-school project during the transition from summer play to fall studies. It is a perfect craft for elementary school-age students wit
How to Harden a Silver Sheet
Silver, like other metals, can be heat hardened. Heat hardening is a process where the metal is exposed to a moderate amount of heat. This causes the crystal lattice structure to tighten and hardens the metal. Different types of silver alloys can heat harden at different temperatures. In general, m
Angel Crafts With Safety Pins
Recycle safety pins to make something new and one-of-a-kind.safety pin image by timur1970 from Fotolia.comSafety pins are a common household item that can be used in a creative way to make crafts. The slender needle of the safety pin is a perfect place to place small beads to add color...
How to Design, Build & Install a Japanese Shoji Screen
A shoji screen is a translucent screen typically used to divide walls in Japanese houses. Traditionally constructed by attaching rice paper to a wooden or bamboo framework, the screen enables light to filter through while maintaining privacy. Today, shoji screens are commonly used as sliding doors o
How to Care for your Quilt
A quilt is something that will pass from one generation to the other in a family and can be one of the most cherished heirlooms. Regardless of whether the quilt is antique or new, we want to take as m
How to Convert a Table to a Sewing Table
Even if sewing is your favorite hobby, you may find difficulty with installing or setting up a designated sewing area in your house. Fortunately, most tables can function as temporary sewing tables that are just as good as tables designed for sewing. Your best option is to use your dining room table
How to Make Lavender Sticks
Lavender sticks are a traditional way of scenting your closets and drawers. Their fragrance is long-lasting, and they add a nice decorative touch when placed inside a gift box. Each stick requires 13 to 17 stems of lavender flowers.
How to Make a Sand Mold
Sand casting allows home crafters to make a wide variety of objects for the home or for gifts. Popular items to sand mold include concrete birdbaths, homemade candles and plaster, or cement molds of children's hand prints. The first step in sand casting is creating the sand mold, or a negative impre
Things to Make With Copper Wire
Copper Wire Craftswire tree image by cleomiu from Fotolia.comCopper wire has many unique properties. In addition to conductivity, which makes it a staple in electrical appliances, copper wire boasts pliability, sturdiness and a lustrous sheen. People are finding more and more uses for...
How to Make Lover Bracelets
Matching lover bracelets worn by two individuals symbolize two hearts that make one. The braided red and white threads symbolize two lives woven together. Two halves of hearts are symbolic of two hearts that are broken when apart, but whole when they are together. By making two bracelets, and giving