Embroidery & Sewing

Fireworks Ponytail Holder

Crafts

Today’s felting tutorial comes courtesy of Melanie McMinn, an American expat who lives in Northland, New Zealand and blogs at the Frugal Kiwi. She moved to the Southern Hemisphere eight years and she’s had a non-stop migraine/chronic headache since 2009. Since then a natural tendency to frugality has blossomed into a full-fledged necessity. These days [...]

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Moment of Zen: TL’s Great-Grammy’s Embroidery

Embroidery & Sewing

Where did she find the patience?

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Hunka Heat Therapy Love

Crafts

We have a pile of these and use them every night. Not so much because we’re sore, but becuase they feel so good and make us sleepy. Heat Therapy Bags 3-4 cups field corn*8″ x 20″ Not-cute cotton inner bag material8″ x 24″ Cute cotton washable outer bag material *Deer Corn/Field Corn is best. There [...]

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Assisi Stag Stitchin’

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This is called Assisi work. It’s not 100% traditional, but the basic idea is that you stitch the VOID, rather than the object itself. It usually involves animals and is stitched with two strands at a time. One color is used for filling and a darker version of it, or black, is used for outlining. [...]

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Hand Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs

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This is basic. It’s a handkerchief. It’s the Brooks Brothers shirt of handkerchiefs, the Gary Cooper shy smile of handkerchiefs, the firm handshake of handkerchiefs. Make one for someone who really uses handkerchiefs, every day. Someone who takes one from his top dresser drawer each morning, folds it over firmly, and puts it in his [...]

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