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How to Make a Hand Stitched Folded Silk Ribbon Rose

Fold the raw edge of the ribbon down and roll the ribbon three to four times to form the center. [caption id="attachment_552" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Step1"][/caption] Stitch through the base of the ribbon with a matching thread. [caption id="attachment_554" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Step2"][/caption] Fold the ribbon at an angle, stitching down as you roll the center into the fold. [caption id="attachment_555" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Step 3"][/caption] Continue to fold, roll and stitch. [caption id="attachment_556" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Step 4"][/caption] Note:- When using a wider ribbon, the folds need to be caught (or stitched) in several places, moving up from the base. As you roll...

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How to Restore a Broken Clay Pot

[caption id="attachment_522" align="alignleft" width="193" caption="Shattered :("][/caption] Maybe I should have entitles this post how I restored a broken clay pot. Or I could have called it clay pot mod - (as in modification). Anyway, here is what happened. I came across some clay pots in a nursery in my neighborhood. They looked a bit different that the ones I normally see in the home improvement stores, so I decided to purchase 2 of them @ $1.99 each. My Plan was to paint them cobalt blue - my favorite color - embellish them and put them in my sewing room. I...

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The Grasshopper Project

[caption id="attachment_499" align="alignleft" width="238" caption="Climbing the wall"][/caption] Several months ago, I think it might have been the beginning of summer, I started seeing some unusual looking grasshopper all over my neighborhood. I have been living in South Florida for almost 15 years, and this was my first encounter with these alien looking species. According to my neighbor, the appear every 17 years. Although I was a bit freaked out by these creatures - after all, I did not know much about them - I was also a bit fascinated. I started wondering how I could incorporate them into one of...

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Vintage Silk Ribbon Embroidery Projects

What is the definition of vintage? Honestly, I have no Idea - my friend Michelle the fashionista says it's anything purchased more than two seasons ago - (My closet is totally vintage). Anyway, I was cleaning up the files on PC and I came across a few projects that I completed more than 10 years ago. [caption id="attachment_454" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="How does your garden grow?"][/caption] The images shown above was done on a pillow cover about 10 years ago. I found the image of the girl in one of my son's coloring books, I scanned it, digitally colored it, printed...

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Halloween Crafts and Decoration Ideas

Halloween is is fast approaching and I am a little late with my Halloween crafting project. Fortunately, the projects that I will be doing are quick and easy. Most will be completed in under an hour. You will need Software (to design your t-shirt or other iron-on transfer), T-shirt transfer paper, Household Iron, Ink Jet Printer and a T-shirt, a canvas tote bag, or a hand towel - or any other fabric items. Select an image that will scare the bejesus out of your friends and family - (or choose any festive image). You can get plenty of copyright free...

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