Category: Sewing & Crafts

Top 10 Basic Craft Tools for Your Craft Room

Benadine Nonye
Top 10 Basic Craft Tools for Your Craft Room

Whether you’re an experienced crafter or a beginner, there are some tried and true craft tools that are must-haves. You know, the ones you’re constantly pulling out of their storage space, no matter what type of project you’re completing. Read below for our list of, in no particular order, top 10 basic craft tools to keep handy. 1. Hot Glue Gun No matter what type of crafting you’re doing, chances are you’ve run into a situation where you need an adhesive that’s a little stronger than your average glue stick.…

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Complete List of Craft Tools and Craft Materials

Benadine Nonye
Complete List of Craft Tools and Craft Materials

Craft tools and supplies vary for the four main types of crafts. FASHION, TEXTILE, PAPER and DECORATIVE CRAFTS all require different crafting supplies. The craft tools and materials below are mainly for PAPER CRAFTS and some DECORATIVE CRAFTS – the two most common craft types. There are MANY different types of paper and decorative crafts, we are introduced to the basic paper and decorative crafts in preschool when we do things like hand prints, 3D animals, cards for mom and dad and so forth, then we advance to more grown…

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Top 10 Must-Have Craft Tools and Supplies

Benadine Nonye
Top 10 Must-Have Craft Tools and Supplies

Whether you’re beginning to build your paper-crafts arsenal or you’re an experienced crafter, I suggest you check this detailed list of must-have craft tools and supplies. In this post I show you which craft tools I use for everyday crafts. This past couple of weeks I have been trying hard to keep up with my home office/studio organization. A regular day in my life consists of printing, cutting, punching, gluing, etc. to fill those Etsy orders, and my desk is in constant disarray. As I was sorting and cleaning to make room for…

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The Comprehensive List of 5 Minute Crafts for Adults and Children

Benadine Nonye
The Comprehensive List of 5 Minute Crafts for Adults and Children

Let’s look at the The Comprehensive List of 5 Minute Crafts for Adults and Children. Do your kids love to craft often? Do you find them looking over your shoulder as you search for ideas on Pinterest or doing it yourself? Thou you might think that getting crafty with the kids can be messy and time consuming, the truth is it is such an important hobby worth enjoying with them. Why? Crafting with your kids has so many benefits that can last a lifetime. Today we will be looking at…

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The 100 Top 5 Minute Crafts for Adults and Children

Benadine Nonye
The 100 Top 5 Minute Crafts for Adults and Children

Early child and adult skills in art and crafts especially the 5 minute crafts covers a wide range of areas beginning from speaking and reading to listening and understanding. When kids make art or crafts they get to talk about their work which develops their communication skills. “Why did you choose that color?” “Tell me about what you made.” They learn new vocabulary from parents and when following verbal instructions they use their listening skills. A skill all parents want our kids to grasp as soon as possible so they…

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10 Things About Bobbin Sewing – How to Thread a Sewing Machine Bobbin

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10 Things About Bobbin Sewing - How to Thread a Sewing Machine Bobbin

Today we are going to be discussing about what exactly a bobbin is, what bobbins are used for, How to Thread a Sewing Machine Bobbin and the 10 Things you must know about a Sewing Machine Bobbin. Now just relax let’s get started! What is a Sewing Machine Bobbin? In sewing, a bobbin is a small metal, wood, or plastic wheel or reel design that holds thread. The thread is wrapped around a small cylinder that is attached to thin wheels on either end. Without a sewing machine, a bobbin…

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Guide on How to Insert a Sewing Thread Through a Needle and Tie a Knot

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Almost all sewing projects no matter how big or small usually start with threading a needle. To make this starting step easier, work with a needle that’s large enough for your thread and trim the end so the fibers don’t poke out of the needle’s eye. Once you’ve got the thread through your needle, create a quick knot at the bottom. Then, you’re ready to sew! Source: WikiHow STEP 1: Inserting a Single Thread Through a Needle 1. Choose a needle that can accommodate your thread’s thickness. Once you’ve picked…

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A Sewing Thread, It’s Importance, Types and their Uses

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A Sewing Thread, It's Importance, Types and their Uses

What is a Sewing thread? A Sewing Thread as part of a sewing machine is a flexible, small diameter yarn or strand usually treated with a surface coating, lubricant or both, intended to be used to stitch one or more pieces of material or an object to a material. It may be defined as smooth, evenly spun, hard-twisted ply yarn, treated by a special finishing process to make it resistant to stresses in its passage through the eye of a needle and through material involved in seaming and stitching operations.…

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The Parts of Sewing Machine and their Functions

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The Parts of Sewing Machine and their Functions

Let us first start by defining what a sewing machine is before looking into its different parts and their functions. What is a Sewing Machine? Credit: fashion2apparel.blogspot.com A sewing machine is a machine which is mechanically driven needle used to stitch materials together with thread. It is designed to join pieces of fabric or leather by means of either a lockstitch or a chain stitch. Sewing machine makes a basic running stitch the same way, with two sources of thread. The top needle takes the thread down into the fabric.…

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