Use Baskets to Decorate Your Home Bleached blond, naturally tawny, and dyed or painted lovely warm shades, baskets are one of the easiest and most effective ways of adding the country touch – the texture and weave providing a naturalness … Read More
How To Do Macrame, the Art of Decorative Knotting by Penny Swift We show you how to do macrame with a handy YouTube video. Macrame is known as the art of decorating with knots, macramé has been in and … Read More
Hand-crafted Tapestry & Crochet Rugs In front of a Blazing fire or beside a bed, a richly colored, hand-made crochet rugs add an aura of comfort and luxury. It is a welcoming sight in a hallway, where it softens … Read More
How to Make a Rug Cushion This sumptuous cushion stitched in dark muted shades looks great set against a luxurious, plain backdrop. The central canvas work panel is given its raised surface by using velvet stitch. When textured stitches, … Read More
How to Make a Dough Basket This is how to make a dough basket the easy way. This charming wall basket, overflowing with foliage and flowers is the perfect decoration for a country home. Made from salt dough and … Read More
How to Make Rag Rugs This is how we make rag rugs. It’s hard to imagine that this impressive rug could have been made from fabric scraps, but the pile is simply constructed from narrow strips of fabric hooked … Read More
Spinning From Fiber to Yarn Today hand spinning—the drawing out and twisting of fiber—is still done in the way it was thousands of years ago. Material. Fleece is sold by the pound in three forms: unscoured, or “in the … Read More
Basket Making is Man’s most ancient craft Basket Making Worldwide Basket making survives in many parts of the world today in forms, techniques, and materials similar to those used in past ages. While continuing as a living tradition, it has … Read More
String Art is Symmetrical Art String art makes circles out of straight lines-and this is probably as close as we will ever get to squaring the circle. The art form originated early in the 20th century, when drawings were used … Read More