Best Glues For Ceramic Repair
The best glues for repairing ceramic, from clear structural epoxy to thin super glue for hairline cracks, plus what is safe on a plate you eat off.
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Best Gifts For Resin Artists
Fourteen gift ideas for resin artists, from a complete starter kit to molds, mica and polishing tools, grouped by how far along they already are.
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Best Gifts For Cross-Stitchers
Cross stitch looks like a cheap hobby to shop for until you try, and then everything on the shelf is either something they already own or something that has to match a pattern you have not seen. The good gifts here are the ones that fix an annoyance. Losing the count, losing the needle, losing…
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Best Gifts For Scrapbookers
Scrapbookers are one of the easier crafters to shop for, right up until you buy paper. Patterned paper comes in collections, and the sheet you pick almost never matches the layout already sitting half finished on their table. The gifts that land are the layer underneath: the tools, the storage, and the supplies they use…
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Best Gifts For Jewelry Makers
Fourteen gifts for jewelry makers, grouped by how far along they are. Tools, supplies and storage, all verified in stock and well rated.
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Best Gifts For Woodworkers
Fourteen gifts for woodworkers, grouped by how far along they are, from a combination square to a Japanese pull saw.
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Best Gifts For Painters (Acrylic And Oil)
Painters are easy to buy for and easy to get wrong. Buy the wrong brush and it sheds into the paint. Buy the wrong canvas and it warps on the wall. The safe ground is consumables, plus the things people never quite get round to buying for themselves. Paint runs out. Canvas runs out. And…
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Best Gifts For Knitters (That Won’t Sit In A Closet)
Knitters look easy to shop for and are easy to get wrong at the same time. The trap is yarn. Fiber preference is personal, and a skein that misses ends up in the closet with the rest of the guilt yarn. Buying for someone who crochets as well? Here’s my matching list of the best…
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Best Gifts For Quilters (That They’ll Actually Use)
Quilters are the best-equipped crafters in the building, which makes them terrifying to buy for. Guess wrong on fabric and you’ve bought them a donation. Guess right on tools and they’ll think of you every time they finish a quilt top. Crocheter on your list too? I put together the best gifts for crocheters the…
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Best Gifts For Crocheters (That They’ll Actually Use)
Buying a gift for a crocheter is dangerous territory. Get it right and you’re a hero. Get it wrong, usually by buying scratchy mystery yarn, and your gift joins the guilt pile in the closet. Buying for someone who quilts as well? Here’s my matching list of the best gifts for quilters, and one for…
