If you love experimenting with textiles, then you’d be glad to know that tea is a highly effective colorant for natural fabrics. Dyeing fabric with tea is a cheap and easy way to change the look of a natural fabric. If you’ve got clothing stained with tea, this method can also hide those stains and…
If you’re a passionate resin artist, then you probably have an impressive collection of resin molds that you use to make beautiful jewelry or other creative projects. While working with molds is quite fun and simple, they should be cared for properly to extend their longevity. Unfortunately, your resin molds are not going to last…
One of the most important skills that can separate amateur artists from experienced artists is blending. Whether working with paints, colored pencils, charcoals, pastels, or another medium, blending plays a vital part in the way the final piece comes together. Blending in your art can be the difference between a beautiful, soft landscape of the…
Every year, new toys and activities are invented for children. Whether it’s purely for entertainment, or the aim is to help foster vital development milestones, children always have their pick of new toys. One newer invention that has taken the country by storm in the past few decades, created in the 1990s, is Kinetic Sand. Kinetic…
Stitching needlepoint in-hand can produce wonderful results for those experienced in the craft. But if you are pretty green at it, you may need to secure your needlepoint canvas firmly to get things going easily and neatly. A frame is typically what you would need to provide this kind of support. Picture how an embroidery…
If you walk into any shop that works with clothing alterations, such as a costume shop or the alterations room of a dry cleaner’s, you’ll likely see dress forms strewn about the room. Dress forms are an essential tool in any seamstress’ arsenal. They help the seamstress see how the fabric drapes while on the…
Whether you are brand new to resin or have worked with this substance a few times, you may have gotten stuck on one important question: Is resin toxic? It is a very fair question, especially if you frequently work with this material or are using it to create items to handle food and drinks. Is…
If you love crafting with yarn, you’ve probably heard of the term “yarn weight” thrown around. The world of yarn weights can be confusing, and there are even different standards depending on where you are. So, what is finger weight yarn? Finger weight yarn is a lace-weight to superfine weight yarn that’s perfect for…
If you love cross stitching, chances are you’ve made a mistake or two and then have to undo an entire area to remove the stitches that you’ve mistakenly created to redo them. What is frogging in cross-stitching? Frogging is when you have to rip out the stitches that didn’t look right so that you can…
Crocheting a blanket is an ambitious, often time-consuming project that can require a lot of yarn. For those who are crocheting their first blankets, it’s often daunting to visit a craft store because you don’t know how many skeins of yarn you will need. So, how much yarn do you need to crochet a blanket?…