15 Stitches Every Embroiderer Should Know

It’s also easy to embellish with weaving or wrapping, and quickly transforms into the more decorative Pekinese stitch. Although basic, it’s adaptable and can become complex. For example, you can change the look by adjusting the length and spacing or adding a second row of stitches between the first. It’s also another stitch that works well with weaving and wrapping. Use the straight stitch to form stars, scattered fills, textures and more....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 345 words · Michele Mckay

19 Sweet And Cute Embroidery Patterns

Whether you’re looking to make hoop art, home decor, clothing, or accessories, you can bring something sweet and charming to your stitches. In this collection of both free and paid patterns, you’ll find not only the embroidery motifs but also plenty of ideas for making cute projects with your embroidery. Now let’s explore the cutest embroidery patterns on the internet! You’re My Jam Embroidery Hoop Art from Flamingo Toes Home Embroidery Pattern, $7, Nelly Makes Embroidery Princess and the Pea Pattern from Cutesy Crafts Cute Fox Embroidery Pattern, $3, Vyshivka Koch Digital Stitch the Sweetest Kitten Tutorial from Love Crafts Good Things Ahead Pattern from DMC Animal Expressions Pattern, $4, Bee’s Knees Industries Fun and Cute Mini Embroidery Patterns from The Spruce Crafts Floral Crown Bunny Pattern, $7, Which Stitch Studio How to Embroider on T-Shirts (with farm animal patterns) from The Spruce Crafts I’m Sew Fancy Pattern, $6, The Kitschy Stitcher It’s OK to Ask for Help Embroidery Pattern from DMC Floral Heart Embroidery Pattern from Arorua Chomp!...

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 219 words · Kevin Oliver

24 Clean Methods To Make Money From Internet Using Various Skills

But don’t you worry, there are several ways in which you can utilize your skills and creativity to get earnings from net. Today, I am going to tell you about a few of such methods. Are you ready for an exciting ride?! Here we go! Best Ways to Earn Money Online from Internet 1. Do Blogging Obviously, this was going to be the first on my list (I am also a professional blogger after all!...

December 6, 2022 · 20 min · 4168 words · Chris Schafer

5 Free Color By Number Online Games And Apps

Not just coloring sheets, these free color by number online games have all the fun of coloring, but they give those little one’s brains an extra workout because they have to use a legend to color specific parts of the picture. These color by number online games vary in skill level all the way from preschool-aged children to kids in elementary school. The more areas there are to color generally means that they’re tougher to complete....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 348 words · Dora Johnson

6 Fun Balloon Hats Anyone Can Learn To Make

Like the basic balloon hat, this one forms a foundation for fancier hats. By simply adding balloons, you can dress this one up in many fun ways.

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 27 words · Elizabeth Obrien

6 Simmer Pot Recipes To Make Your Home Smell Great

December 6, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Christopher Maher

8 Free Wooden Swing Set Plans To Diy Today

These are full plans for building a swing set so they include building instructions, color photos, diagrams, materials and supplies lists, and sometimes even videos and user tips. The swing set plans below vary in skill level and lumber cost. Check each plan carefully to make sure that it’s right for your yard and skill level before getting started. A simple swing set will only take a weekend to build and will be fairly gentle on the budget....

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 164 words · Jennifer Shelby

89 Play Foods You Can Make From Felt

Fruit Patterns Strawberry by Pieces By Polly Pear by While Wearing Heels Banana by While Wearing Heels Cherry by Fairy Fox Apple by While Wearing Heels Grapes by While Wearing Heels Persimmon by The Shishi Girl Raspberry by Justanother Craftystuff Mandarin Orange by One Little Imp Watermelon Slice by Fairy Fox Kiwi Slice by Craftiness Is Not Optional Avocado by One Little Imp Pineapple by NinaFoFina Cantaloupe Slice by Field Notes From An Evolutionary Psychologist...

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 527 words · Debi James

9 Fun And Easy Duct Tape Crafts

Duct Tape Pocket from Dukes and Duchesses Notebook Covers from Fiskars Striped Metallic Bracelet from​ Project Kid Water Bottle Holder from Sarah Jane’s Craft Blog Key Chains from The Crafty Blog Stalker Sunglasses Case from Mad in Crafts Drawer Organizers from​ Lovely on a Budget Tote Bag from Little Birdie Secrets Tiny Bow Garland from Studio DIY

December 6, 2022 · 1 min · 57 words · James Cunningham

98 Free Quilt Patterns For Beginner To Experienced Quilters

Whether you’re an advanced quilter or just starting out, there’s a pattern in this list for you. My quilt patterns always include step-by-step instructions and illustrations that show you just how easy it is to make a quilt. Even if a pattern looks complex, I encourage beginning quilters to choose any project in the archives. The patterns in this handy index are illustrated in gallery format to help you preview the designs....

December 6, 2022 · 11 min · 2162 words · Mauro Smith

A Brief History Of Origami And Paper Folding As Art

Meaning of the Name Origami was initially known as orikata (folded shapes). In 1880, however, the craft became known as origami. The term origami comes from the Japanese words oru (to fold) and kami (paper). It is not known why this term was chosen, although scholars have speculated that the characters for this term were simply the easiest for schoolchildren to learn to write. Popularity Today, many people are attracted to the idea of learning how to fold origami figures because paper is a cheap craft supply....

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 627 words · Sal Helsel

A Guide For Hand Embroidery On Denim

You’re likely to see embroidery on the runway, in clothing departments, at big-box stores, and everywhere in between. Yes, you can buy those pieces of clothing, but you’ll have more options and take more pride in the clothes you stitch yourself. Choosing a Denim Item to Embroider Buy a fresh pair of jeans (wash and dry them first), pull out the denim jacket you haven’t worn in a while, or stop by a second-hand shop to find a special piece to stitch on....

December 6, 2022 · 5 min · 950 words · Sylvia Fisher

All About Mulberry Paper And How To Use It

Buying Mulberry paper can be purchased in a wide variety of sizes and weights and is readily available from craft stores, stationery supplies and art stores. In addition to selling sheets, some suppliers also sell die-cut shapes that have been cut from sheets of mulberry paper. The weights vary from thin tissue paper through to extra-thick sheets of paper. Mulberry paper is also available in a wide variety of colors. Many mulberry papers are made with other inclusions such as petals, leaves or bark....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 342 words · Gladys Ellis

Alternate Li Color And Css Styles For Even Odd List Items

HTML elements (tags) OL, UL and LI are used to create lists on web pages. These tags are quite handy and easy to use. They also come with several options to adjust look and functionality of the created lists. Concerning such lists, one functionality is, however, still not available in HTML or CSS standards. At times, in these lists, we want to distinguish even and odd items for better scannability and readability....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 333 words · Dorothy Eldridge

Balloon Animal Tutorials

December 6, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · William Holliday

Choosing Threads And Hooks For Micro Crochet

Hooks The most common crochet hook sizes used for miniature crochet are the metric sizes .40, .60, .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5 mm. For US crochet hook equivalents, .40 is a US size 16, .60 is a US size 14, .75 is a US size 13, 1 is a US size 12, 1.25 is roughly a US size 10, and 1.5mm is a US size 8 in steel crochet hooks. There is no standard sizing across countries, so different numbers may be used for different metric sizes....

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 439 words · Lindsey Sutter

Cold Process Shaving Soap Recipe

As Michael Ham recommends in his book " Leisureguy’s Guide to Gourmet Shaving," a shaving soap should be abundant in lather, fragrant, lubricating, protective, and long-lasting. Ingredients This recipe has been formulated to give these qualities, including these ingredients and their ratios: 30 percent coconut oil for rich, bubbly lather 30 percent palm oil for a stable, creamy, hard bar (can substitute lard or tallow) 10 percent castor oil for lather and creaminess 15 percent sunflower oil for conditioning and lather 10 percent olive oil for conditioning 5 percent cocoa butter for conditioning...

December 6, 2022 · 3 min · 499 words · Shelly West

Collecting Antique License Plates

A Passion for License Plates If you visit the ALPCA website, you’ll note the home page touts the group as “the largest and most respected club for license plate collectors and aficionados all over the world.” Yes, this is most definitely a hobby folks enjoy globally. As an organization, the group has a newsletter, a “hall of fame,” and they encourage license plate meet-ups for collectors. “License plate collecting can be a challenging and complex hobby....

December 6, 2022 · 4 min · 663 words · Amanda Ball

Collecting Gold Coins As An Investment

Private Firms Versus Government Mints The Franklin Mint and Bradford Exchange were privately-owned companies that put out “collectibles” of various types, including coins. Since coins produced from these private firms are not from official government entities, most coin collectors are not interested in them. Although certain products issued by these companies (and their competitors) do have some modest secondary market value, their coins have historically done very poorly. Except for a couple of early Franklin Mint sets, coin dealers just put these coins on a scale to weigh them and pay between 90% to 95% of the spot price ​of silver or gold....

December 6, 2022 · 4 min · 806 words · Chris Graham

Css Div Doesn T Fully Expand In Height

Let’s understand the problem with an example. Create a DIV and let’s call it “wrapper-div”. Now create a DIV inside wrapper. Let’s call this second DIV as “inner-div”. Now when you’ll add content to inner-div and its height will increase due to increasing content –the wrapper-div will not automatically expand to keep on wrapping the inner-div. Are you facing a similar problem? Many new programmers to CSS world feel baffled with this problem....

December 6, 2022 · 2 min · 216 words · Dollie Netzer