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Summer holiday ideas for kids
A couple of years ago We bought plastic goldfish bowls from Poundland for our grandchildren. We added a string handle to carry them. We spent the day at the beach collecting seaweed, shells and crabs etc to make “day aquariums”. The children loved scavenging around the beach looking at what they had gathered and then…
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Embroidery
I am looking for transfers which I can possibly iron on to a garment and embroider over it. Does such a thing exist?
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Any Crafting Groups or Cafe’s near Dagenham, Essex?
Does anyone know of a crafting group near Dagenham, Essex? Crochet, knitting and cross stitch.
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Nursing uniform bag
Please can anyone help? I want to make a uniform wash bag, so my daughter can store a dirty uniform without contaminating her bag. Needs to be washable at 60 degrees. Just need some advice on fabric. I don’t want it to crease and add to ironing. It will be washed regularly, so nothing too flimsy either. Hoping to order the…
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Cross Stitch and Craft Cafe 2022
Hi everyone and welcome to the Cross Stitch Cafe 2022! Please come on in and share your makes and ta-dah moments with us. We love to see photos of your work. All crafts welcome - most of us also knit, crochet and sew, but our passion is cross stitch. Looking forward to sharing in the joy of your makes. My list for 2022 to…
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1000 yards of double knit or aran wool
I have a nice pattern for a baby blanket with unicorns on that I want to knit for my great granddaughters.It gives the wool as either 1000,2000,or 3000 yards of wool My granddaughter emailed me the pattern so I'm not too sure where it came from.but in the Uk wool is sold normally by the weight 50,100 grams etc so I need to…
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Show us your snowman/snow creation photos
Have any craftspeople turned their creative attentions to the snow this year? Any snowpeople, snowdogs or snow sculptures to show off? If so, we'd love to see photos. ⛄ ⛄ ⛄ Please make sure photos don't contain any personally identifiable information, such as faces.
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Recommendations for a good pasta roller for polymer clay
Looking for a decent pasta roller for polymer clay. Not too expensive.
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Cake tins
I'm looking for a non stick cake tin, not an anodised aluminium one, more old school non stick, that will fit inside my slow cooker. It needs to be no bigger than 6 inches in diameter, but at least 4 inches deep, deeper would be fine too. Maybe this doesn't exist, I've certainly not found anything yet, but if anyone knows…
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Bottle labeling machines
I'm not totally sure I've posted in the correct section, but it does seem to be the closest to what's needed. Do any of you use a bottle labelling machine? I'm looking for some recommendations, based on personal experience only.
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Joanns fabric, craft and notions US store now ship to the UK
Was delighted to see that Joanns and their great prices are now shipping to the UK. Sadly the excellent prices available in the UK don't seem to be replicated in the exchange rate (increase in prices?) for those in the UK, with a standard posting fee of £12.99 not sure they are going to get many takers!
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crochet birds- free pattern
this was a give away kit with a magazine but the pattern was/is online for a robin & a bluetit. Bluetit is very cute https://downloads.practicalpublishing.co.uk/crochetnow/RSPB Birds.pdf
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Guides for Sewing etc
Was wondering if anyone had any book suggestions or anything for getting into Sewing and knitting. I have always been interested but just never found a good teacher or the motivation to self teach. Any and all recommendations would be great. thank you!
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Free Sirdar patterns
A few nice ones here - IMHO! Including Christmas bunting & little Advent stockings. https://sirdar.com/en/free-patterns?per_page=107 Sirdar also have a Christmas book out (£15+ !) & individual patterns around £3 but might give you ideas but most certainly not free!!…
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Custom Craft Table
I am in the process of making a custom craft table for my wife. It is going in the corner of her bedroom and will be 1200 by 1400. I acquired several sheets of blockboard for free which will be the legs storage and top. Im wondering if people have ideas they would incorporate into a top. She likes to do many crafts so will…
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Windows software for creating greetings cards
I've got print on demand shops but print my own cards at home to give to family and friends - can anyone recommend the best software to create my own cards? At the moment I am using publisher but I find the text boxes really hard to manipulate and the guides/centering hard to use. I also use the free version of Canva but…
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Cross stitch design software
Hi, hope you don't mind me posting on here. Loved reading about your cross stitch projects and plans. I am doing a large Japanese Koi fish cross stitch for my son at the moment on black aida and different shades of red and orange! Its hard going but enjoyable watching it come to life. Does anyone know of any decent…
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What's the name of the straps on some jacket shoulders?
Hello all, Anyone know the name of the straps or pads you find on some jackets, they tend to be on army jackets or aviation shirts etc?
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New to Oil Painting
Hi! My husband and I would like to take up Oil Painting as a hobby and I wondered if anyone could recommend somewhere to buy decent low cost equipment, or maybe starter sets? I did order some stuff from Ebay a few months ago but when it arrived it was really low quality and it kind of put us off as we thought that getting…
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Any Criciut deals or cheats
Hi, I have recently got the cricut explore, & as much as i love it, i am finding getting the accessories are expensive. Are there any unbranded blades, pens, etc that anyone can recommend please? thank you :smile:
