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13 Beginner Friendly Easter Crafts
EASTER CRAFT IDEAS – 13 Beginner Friendly Craft Projects Here is my list of Easter crafts that I will be making between now and the Easter weekend. From crochet projects to simple sewing ideas, this list has it all! Check out all the links below for more details and make sure to subscribe to my channel to see me make these easy Easter craft projects. Bunny Comforter This little comforter would be such a gorgeous Easter gift for toddlers or for a baby. Easy to sew up and using minimal fabric, the little ears would look adorable in some Liberty fabric or something bright and “springy”. Find the full tutorial…
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Spring Embroidery – Embroider a Floral Heart Hanging Decoration
This is part one of my valentines day crafts, an embroidered hanging heart. This is a craft project that was in this months Love Embroidery Magazine and I LOVED making it! I am really getting in to embroidering, even though I am still at the beginner embroidery project phase, I think I am making good progress (no one tell me otherwise please!). To grab your digital copy of the Love Embroidery magazine and follow along with this easy embroidery project then you can read this mag and many more through the Kindle Unlimited subscription. You even get a 30 day free trial so you pay nothing to read this months…
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Valentines Thrift Flips – Sewing A Valentines Dress
A few weeks ago I managed to nab this great bundle of bedsheets and curtains from Vinted for only a tenner. Knowing that Valentines Day was coming up, I had to make something special! So I though I would thrift flip these items into some garments. A few hits and a miss in this project, but it’s all about learning when it comes to sewing right?! I think that using a different fabric next time I sew the wide legged trousers (see below for the link to the pattern) will make a big difference. Maybe a viscose or a cotton lawn will sew up more nicely and give me the…
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Valentines Crafts and Decor To Make and Buy
Love is in the air! OK so maybe it’s the smell of a Christmas hangover and a January that has gone on FOREVER that’s hanging in the air, but I do not care, I will celebrate ANYTHING if it brings me a little bit of joy in these grey winter months. Make something for your partner, your kids, your pet, heck yourself and get into the mood for love (said in a “late night love” voice, if you are too young to know what late night love is then… I envy your youth). If you’ve always wanted to get crafty but never found the occasion, now is it! Nothing says…
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Virtual Sewcials – STARTING THIS WEEK!
You heard it here first… I will be starting weekly virtual sewcials for 2024! I can’t wait! These Sip and Stitch LIVEs on YouTube aim to provide us all with a space where we can natter and craft at the same time, perfect right? Similar to a sewcial (for anyone who is unsure, a sewcial is a mix of sewing and socialising) but without having to leave your house. You can pull on your comfies, take off your make up and enjoy an hour in the company of others in the crafting community. WHERE The Sip and Stitches will be held on my YouTube channel Create and Curate (just click…
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My Make Nine Sewing Plans for 2024! #makenine
Ok so a LOT of research and thought has gone into my first ever Make Nine sewing plans. I am looking to make more of a statement with my outfits and hopefully enhance my skills at the same time. I want to incorporate several different crafts within these projects such as sewing, crochet and embroidery. Here’s hoping there is enough time in the year! I have created some mood boards for each of my categories. They give inspiration and ideas on what sort of thing I am hoping to make. Then, I have selected a sewing pattern that I think is going to work best to achieve that goal. Take…
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How To Sew a Ruffle Cushion
150 quid for a cushion?! I can make it for less! OK so before we go any further I will confess that I do have a degree in Interior Design AND I can sew, so of course I’m going to see a super high end brand cushion and replicate it for a fraction of the price. But honestly Anthropologie, you do not need to charge that much. Through my research I did find some more boutique brands which are making these cushions but they are still asking £50 each. Imagine having to buy 6 for your sofas! That’s. A. Lot. In terms of fabrics, I am seeing a lot of…
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Sewing A Detachable Collar + FREE PATTERN
Can we just take a moment for the collar…. I am obsessed! Do you not just love this detachable collar?! Don’t be fooled, even though it looks like it’s an easy quick job it’s not! These ruffles took over an hour to gather! If you want to have a go at making one of these oversized detachable collars then the pattern that you’re going to need is the Tilly and the buttons detachable oversized collar pattern; it’s a free pattern free (don’t we love a free pattern?) so it means that you don’t have to spend anything and because you don’t need that much fabric, you can use fat quarters…
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Honeydew Patterns Smock Dress Review
It’s Christmas I need an outfit, so obviously this smock dress had my name all over it! I have thrifted this bed sheet which has a really cute candy cane design on one side and some little elves on the other, and writing that says Ho Ho Ho (lucky for me they spelt it right otherwise wearing a dress saying Hoe hoe hoe doesn’t give off the same Christmassy “vibe”) and it was only £4! That’s a bargain right?! I’m wondering if for my 2024 plan I should just make all my clothes out of bed sheets because it’s so much cheaper. The pattern that I’m going to be using…
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Unboxing a Temu Yarn Haul
Squishy post from Temu!!!!! Yes that’s right, curiosity got the better of me and I decided to order some wool from Temu. Let’s unbox it together and see what it’s like. I looked through what cheap yarns Temu had to offer and placed an order. Then I thought I would work each of them up into like little swatches and we can see whether they are worth the money. Temu the brand; I don’t know where it has come from I think it’s like wish but re-imagined but they are just massive! All the stuff comes from China so you’re going to assume that it’s not great quality but I’m…
