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What was your first quilting project?
Hi, new here.. never realised there was a crafting forum!!:j I visited the knit n stitch show last weekend and after watching a demo and buying what felt like half a ton of fabrics I now wonder where to start! I'm terrible st buying craft stuffs and using them once then loving on to the next idea but I loved the quilts I…
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does anyone own their own crafty website?
hi everyone, just wondering if anyone owns a crafty website or knows of one that they could share? :) I love looking at them!
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Free Shipping at Black Sheep Wools
Black Sheep Wools are running a free shipping promotion on all orders until midnight Wednesday 26th March! Perfect excuse to stock up on my stash!
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Pandora bracelets
Hi I Was wondering if anybody had made their own Style Pandora bracelets? their are so many beautiful beads an charms I could spend a fortune I wont though im learning how too make earrings, necklaces, bracelets for my family has anyone any advice maybe something simple to start with? thanks for reading lillie_put
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Printers
Hello, hoping you lovely people could help. What printers would you recommend for card making? Just a generic printer that takes card? Or a specific one? Also I'm looking to print onto fabric, well the iron on matterial, does this have a specific name? Can i do this with a generic printer, using the specialist paper? and…
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Professional Candle making?
Hiya guys, I want to start making candles - I want them to be 8 inchs high, white and flawless in shape, a decent thickness perhaps just shy of a bean tin thickness. Is this possible from home?I.e to look like I'd brought them from a shop Ideally it would cost less then £2 a candle...or I might as well buy them still. :-)…
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#handmade hour on Twitter 7.30pm Wednesdays
Hi! Just a reminder or in case you don't already know, crafters share info on Twitter from 7.30pm every Wednesday. It's called #handmadehour. Just click the link to see the tweets and if you join in include #handmadehour in your tweets. We've added it to savvy's fantastic crafting index. Andrea :)
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Learning to Stencil
For those of you interesting in learning about how to stencil, New York blogger, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is doing a demo on this website now (7pm Monday): http://www.spreecast.com/events/stenciling-live-the-basics No need to log in. On all this week and it is free. :)
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Knitting Help!
I'm doing a charity event next year so need to raise some funds and oneof the ideas I had was to make/sell these http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/Images/Novelty_Eggs.pdf anyway as you know from previous threads I've knitted before but not for a long time. Having a look through the pattern it seems simply enough but I have a…
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Stuffing a fabric wreath-help!
Hi, I'm making a felt wreath from a kit but the kit doesn't include stuffing. I brought some to stuff the little decorations that goes on it and a little stuffing seems to go a long way but at the same time it will take a huge amount to stuff the wreath. I'm throwing away an old nighty soon and wondered about cutting it…
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making pandora style beads with polymer clay
Has anyone done this? I found a good tutorial on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsuQ5OMWDYQ and want to have a go. I already have some Fimo that I've not used very much so I'll start with this. I couldn't find the link to their shop so I'm not exactly sure where's the best place to buy the metal cores from.…
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Paper cutter recommendation please
Hi all I've just broken my paper trimmer I've had for the last six years! :mad::mad::mad: I've no idea which to buy next so I'm asking for help, can anyone recommend one? Please I'm not wanting one too heavy as I can't lift anything too heavy oh and not a guillotine as I don't have the strength to use them! The last one I…
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Cake Stand Idea
I have been searching through the internet for ideas for our wedding and saw this. I think it looks amazing. The girl used all sort of tools to make the stand out of wood, but it got me thinking that perhaps I could make something similar, albeit on a smaller scale. I could use polystyrene cake block rounds and stack cake…
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Marbling things
Hi all Last year my mom bought a marbling kit from a craft show. We have had a quick go with it but haven't done anything since as we don't really know what to marble. They did demos at the craft show, but we want to make things as gifts (without it being too tacky looking). We are going to marble some large plain beads,…
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Crafting space saving ideas
We have a walk in cupboard at the top of our stairs which i have decided to use as my new crafting cubby hole. The hubby has just ordered me a new desk, chair and some crafting bits (rotary cutter, self healing cutting mat, steel ruler etc so I can take my sewing more serious) fr my birthday I will mainly use this for…
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Fabric Advice
Hello crafters Am looking for some advice on fabric, as I am useless at knowing the names for stuff (I usually go shopping on the basis of 'that looks/feels nice, I'll buy it) I'm making dresses for my bridesmaids, and one of the requests I've had from my MoH was "I don't care what the fabric is, what the colour is, but I…
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The Sewing Room
Hello all:hello: As suggested by "Trow" on the "crafting for christmas 2010" thread I am starting a new "sewing" thread (no pun intended;)) I thought this would be a good place for us to post our sewing projects, offer guidence or advice and generally chat about anything to do with sewing. Anybody want to join me in here?…
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anyone make jewellery?
just wondering if anyone else made jewellery? i love trying new ideas!
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making clay pots/home made kiln???
hi all my lovely oh is hoping to start making clay pots for bonsai's he grows does anyone here do this? there are no classes around us he has been watching tutorial's on YouTube was just wondering if anyone else dis this? I would like to make some pendants I think from clay an paint them not saying this will be easy but im…
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Mexican party decor ideas
We are holding a Mexican themed party for FIL in March and would like to make some decorations to liven up the place to match the food. I've ordered some artificial chillies to put in a glass vase, some cheap sombrero's (not sure what I'm going to do with them yet) and cheap maracas but now I've come to a wall. Needs to be…
