7 Steps to Make Lavender Bags
How to Make Flower Motif Lavender Bags These delightful little lavender bags, decorated with a range of charming cross stitch flower motifs, are quick and easy to make. Filled with aromatic lavender, they can…
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Cockerel Collage In 8 Easy Steps
How to Make a Cockerel Collage Collect your fabric scraps together, and create a colorful cockerel collage of a farmyard favorite. Our lively rooster, set against a background of bead-strewn millet and blue sky,…
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Stamp Duty – Cover Things With Stamps
How to Cover Things With Stamps Even though in this modern day with emails, WhatsApp, Twitter etc stamps are a reminder of a slower pace of life. Stamps, new and used can be bought…
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Rubber Stamp Printing
How To Do Rubber Stamp Printing To do this Rubber Stamp Printing you use a rubber stamp to print out a leaf design and it is a clean and quick alternative to the more…
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How To Do Leaf Printing in 4 Easy Steps
How to Do Leaf Printing We show you how to do leaf printing so you can avoid spending a fortune on all those expensive hand-printed papers. Why not have a go at making your…
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6 Steps – How To Make Paper Window Curtains
How to Make Paper Window Curtains in 6 Easy Steps These Paper Window Curtains are used as a sun screen and will keep a room cool, with the pattern attractively reflected into the room….
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A Découpage Box in 9 Steps
Making a Découpage Box Découpage has transformed this light plywood box into an attractive jewelry box. The pansies have been cut from a sheet of good-quality gift wrap. When choosing a box to…
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All About Decoupage Art
All About Découpage Art Découpage art is a traditional craft in which paper motifs are stuck to objects and then layers of varnish are applied to produce a lacquer-like finish. By carefully arranging motifs,…
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Stencil Floors, Furniture & Fabrics
Floors, Furniture and Fabric Stencil Magic Stencil decoration on surfaces other than walls has a long history, and painted furniture, floors and even ceiling beams have brought color to traditional homes for centuries. …
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Paint Effects
Decorating With Paint Effects Most colorful paint effects, like sponging, dragging, ragging, stippling and color washing, have that marvelous hand-made quality which is ideal for the traditional country look. Their broken color gives…
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Christmas Wrap ups
Easy Christmas Wrap ups Christmas wrap ups. If you have more dash than cash this Christmas try wrapping up your gifts in these stunning covers. They look as if they cost a million dollars…
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Christmas Napkins
Festive Flair Christmas Napkins Individual Style Delight your guests this Christmas with individually styled Christmas napkins, each one decorated with a winter motif. These napkins will enhance a beautifully laid table and, as each…
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Wood Carving & Sculpture
Wood Carving & Sculpture a Craft From Before the Dawn of History The oldest known stone carvings date back more than 25,000 years. Although no examples of prehistoric wood sculpture remain (wood decomposes much…
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Fabric Printing
Block Printing on Fabric Fabric printing has been practiced since antiquity, notably in India, Egypt, and China. Throughout the centuries it has evolved from a simple process of pressing inked wood blocks on cloth…
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Quilting & Patchwork
A Craft Born of Frugality—Quilting and Patchwork The Start Of Quilting Quilting was carried to Europe in the Middle Ages by the Crusaders, who returned with quilting from the Middle East with padded linings…
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Spinning From Fiber To Yarn
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…
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Watercolor Painting
How to Paint With Watercolor The step-by-steps on this page show the typical stages in the development of a watercolor landscape. For the landscape shown here the artist used a17- by 22-inch sheet of French…
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Collage Art Form
Collage – A contemporary art form Collage, from the French verb coller (“to glue”) is the general term for an artistic arrangement of various materials glued to a surface. See the collage “Cosmos” left by…
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Candle Making
Candle making the Traditional Way People have been making candles since the times of the ancient Romans, and chances are they will continue to do so, not out of necessity, but because of the wonderful…
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All About Fruit Preserves
Fruit Preserves All The Basics Equipment and Supplies Needed for Fruit Preserves Any reasonably well equipped kitchen will have most of the utensils needed for preserving fruits. The only essential equipment that may be…
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How to Make a Mortise and Tenon Joint In 19 Steps
Make Mortise and Tenon Joints Story & Pictures by Janek Szymanowski © While there are many items that you can use to fasten pieces of wood together, it is essential to choose the right…
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How To Make a Miter Box 4 Easy Steps
How to Make a Miter Box Story & Pictures by Janek Szymanowski © A miter box will help you with the fundamental woodworking principles of keeping work level and square and are vital irrespective…
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5 Common Woodworking Joints
A Few Common Woodworking Joints Story & Pictures by Janek Szymanowski © There are many different ways to join pieces of wood together. In many instances you can use simple joints, particularly when you combine…
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An Introduction To Woodwork
Introduction to Woodwork Story & Pictures by Janek Szymanowski © Woodworking has different meanings to different people. To some it is building kitchen cabinets, to others it is turning a bowl of rare wood,…
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Craft Ideas | Origami | Other | Paperwork
The Art Of Origami – How To
Origami the Art of Folding Paper We Show You How To Origami is the ancient Japanese art of folding paper into models that represent people, animals, and plants, or into delicate abstract forms. Most traditional…
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Fabrics | Misc | Tie-dyeing
How to Tie-Dye 5 Easy Steps
How to Do Tie-dyeing Tie-dyeing is a simple process. Areas of the fabric are tied off in accordance with your design. (“Tying” is a general term that includes knotting and sewing.) The fabric is…
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DIY Bonsai 3 Ideas
How to Train Bonsai Trees – a short DIY Bonsai Course to Get Started Above: This 55 year old Sequoia sempervirens (California Redwood or Coast Redwood) “Informal Upright” style bonsai tree from Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in…
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Decoupage Books
A Selection of the Best Decoupage Books Available Decoupage – A Practical Guide to the Art of Decorating Surfaces with Paper Cutouts “Perfect for beginners as well as experienced decoupeurs.”—Victorian Home and Gardens Aptly…
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Mobiles Art Books
A Selection of the Best Mobiles Art Books Available Making Mobiles When observing an especially beautiful mobile, beginning artists often think, Wow, I want to make mobiles like THAT! If you have stood under…
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Beadwork Books
A Selection of the Best Beadwork Books Available Getting Started Stringing Beads The art of crafting beautiful string and bead creations is explained in this step-by-step guide for novice beaders. Twenty-five quick and simple…
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Batik | Books | Color and Design | Craft Ideas | Fabric painting | Fabrics
Batik Books
A Selection of the Best Batik Books Available Creative Batik This colorful, practical guide explores many different waxing and dyeing techniques, explaining how to create beautiful flowers, trees, birds, animals, landscapes, and abstract designs….
