Biro Ink drawings

My neighbor is extremely talented all she needs is a biro and she draws beautiful images!  I really do enjoy her art!

Follow her on Twitter she really is quite fantastic ! @Nevillina

Patriotic Badge

So my mother in law is Portuguese and in my favorite magazine they had the cross stitch patterns of various country's and I knew I just had to stitch the Portuguese flag for my mother in law I used soluble canvas as I stitched it onto felt and for my first ever time finishing a project with soluble canvas I was very happy with the results.

And the back is just boring but here is a picture.

I totally recommend soluble canvas very easy to use no  mess no hassle just great original results !

Free Knitting patterns

Lots of free original knitting patterns (:

Go and get crafting !!!

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Image Transfer Paper How To

If you are new to image transfer paper, we have complied a handy guide that goes through the various steps in your way to a craft project success!



Step 1: Obtaining A Suitable Paper – Transfer paper is available for dark fabrics and for light fabrics. Light fabrics are considered white and creamy colours, dark are really all the rest. Your first task is to match the right paper with the fabric on which you plan to transfer. The reverse uncoated side of the paper will clearly be marked.

Rainbow Dash Cross Stitch

So for those of you who don't know Rainbow Dash is from the TV series My Little Pony - Friendship is magic and there is a HUGE internet fandom surrounding the show my cousin is some of the fans and i suggested that i could cross stitch him a Dashy so he drew it for me and then i got it all stitched up!  I hope you all like her (: I will be stitching the other 5 pony's so keep your eyes peeled!

Cute Anime clay minitures

My main medium for craft is air dry clay.

Most of the air dry clay crafters are masters of miniatures food, furnitures, etc. Therefore, I've decided to venture into something different. And due to my love for anime, they gave me an idea of creating characters I like into clay figures. I started to create a few just for fun but it soon turned into a very fun session for me to de-stress.

you can find her blog here

Repairing a beloved umbrella

I have had this umbrella since I was in school so I have had it a good few years and recently I found a hole in it and I thought I was going to have to get a new one but never fear  I found a way of restoring it to it's former glory !

All I needed was a needle & thread and some good old strong hold hairspray!

you can see the stitching in this image not as neat as i wanted but it was a very awkward position and hard to keep the material tight even when it's fully open!  But be sure to stitch while your umbrella is fully open so you know the stitches wont rip when you open your umbrella!

Make sure you spray all over your stitched with a strong hold hairspray to ensure a waterproof seal, do this on the inside of the umbrella as well, allow to dry and BAM!  you can go out into the great British weather and stay dry! Granted it's not very pretty stitching but nobody is going to see and as long as your dry who cares?

PS:  I didn't want to throw it away as I love all the colours and strips <3!!