Sister Diane of CraftyPod continues her love affair with plastic canvas. This time, she’s sharing with us some eye-popping options from a Japanese craft book. “Light-years from what I’ve seen in U.S. books in terms of sophistication,” Diane says, “Albeit … Read More ...
Tutorial: Plastic canvas gift box
Diane Gilleland of CraftStylish deserves an award for bringing plastic canvas back with elegance, utility, and an up-to-date aesthetic. Check out the gift box she’s sharing with us. This ain’t tissue-box-cover needlepoint. Thank you, Diane! Get the tutorial.
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Plastic canvas for your Christmas tree
Get the patterns for these cheerful holiday ornaments free from FreePatterns.com.
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Free Plastic Canvas pattern: Snowman treasure box
Satisfy your craving for plastic-canvas cuteness by making this charming Christmas treasure box from FreePatterns.com. The site says, “Store winter treasures under a snowman’s top hat.” Get the pattern.
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Needleworkers: Represent!
You’ve probably seen posts in recent weeks about CraftGossip’s new flickr pool. If not, Hey! CraftGossip now has a flickr pool!
You can upload photos of your creations. And in your profile, you can let us know how to find … Read More ...
Plastic canvas with small mesh
Sister Diane at CraftyPod is rockin the plastic canvas. Just look at this charming box she made with cotton yarn found at a “big-box craft store.” And Sister Diane said she found 14-count plastic canvas at Michaels! I didn’t know … Read More ...
Make “two” and win
Indie Fixx blog is celebrating its second anniversary with a great contest – The Indie Fixx Craft Off. Craft something in any medium. Incorporate the number 2. Submit your entry between August 6 and September 6, 2008. And stand by … Read More ...
Free cross-stitch bookmark pattern and FreePatterns.com
This sweet pattern is just one of hundreds available free from FreePatterns.com. You can also find patterns for plastic canvas, quilting, and a variety of other crafts. What do you have to do to take advantage of the free … Read More ...
Stop hatin’ on plastic canvas
Sister Diane at CraftyPod is offering a little lesson in tolerance: Her clickable podcast gives us a bit of history, some handy tips, and lots of ideas for using the much-disparaged plastic canvas. So get out your headphones and a … Read More ...
Smocking 101 – Learn How To Smock
Smocking is an embroidery technique that is used to collect cloth in order for it to stretch. Smocking was extensively employed before elastic in cuffs, bodices, and necklines of clothes when buttons were not desired.
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Plastic Canvas
Plastic canvas is not as popular as it used to be, but don’t think for one second there isn’t a whole world of Plastic Canvas Artists out there. If you would like to try your hand at plastic canvas then … Read More ...