Hooks, Needles and Brushes: DIY projects

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Such Design Prayer Flag Project!

Sometime in the end of March i.e if I remember it right, Carrie of Such Desings through social media asked her fans if they wanted to be a part of a project for her new line of fabric collection Paint. I jumped in without knowing what it was and with my community teaching and with family commitments I could handle anything more at the point.

She choose around 20 ladies and we received our fabrics pieces along with a letter what she was looking for. After reading her letter and her thoughts on creativity and about our inner artist I was so thrilled to be a part of it.

I felt so Honored to be a part of the prayer flags that she wanted each one of us to do. I gathered some kids whom I teach one afternoon and we finished 2 prayer flags.

They were so thrilled of being a part of something like this and so was I. I wanted to share this for long time and had thought I had scheduled it to be posted..just realized it never was posted :)

Below are the pics of my prayer flag one among the other however check out the link and all the beautiful prayer flags created by some other artist/quilters.

Photo copyright Such Designs:

http://suchitysuch.blogspot.com/2014/04/prayer-flag-project-and-blog-hop.html

Thank you Carrie for letting us all be part of your Prayer Flag Project.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

DIY Decor for wall or centerpiece !!

Hey All,

I had taught this class and some of my students asked if I can come up with tutorial so they can share with their friends who cannot come to class..and I was of-course I can. I am so happy that I can reach and teach or help others who cannot learn from me directly.

So before we begin let me pls tell you that the tutorial I did was with Christmas pieces on sale..I always buy those after Christmas 80% off stuff so I can make something for next year :). You can use the same technique for Valentines, Easter and other occasion. In-fact I will share small tutorial of those too with what supplies I used and what result I came up with.

The pictures are self explanatory..as I struggle explaining through words I have tried my best however if you get stuck just use the contact me form and I will try to reply asap.

Project: DIY Center/wall or window centerpiece
Expense: Less then $10 during sale
Difficulyt level: Easy
Time Spent: 1 hr or little more.

Supplies: This may vary what pieces you need for your center decor, glue gun or double sided tape, pliers, wire-cutters, led tea light.

How to: Take the 2 similar longest stems and facing each other opposite direction bend their stems about 5-6" and then twist to each other as shown in pic

Now use 2 similar pieces which ever you like and again facing both in opposite direction lay it on previous twisted piece and tie with the stems that is still left from 5-6" piece one at a time as shown in pics below.

This is how it should look when both are done.

Now add one piece in the center of your choice and twist it stem 2-3 times to the center. You can use pliers as it is easier and cut the remaining wire with wire cutter

It should look like below picture.

Now I used 2 led tea lights with double sided tape. You can use glue gun if you wish. Add the double sided tape small piece or glue gun on the other side of the on/off switch of led light...see below

Once you have both sides done it should look like the pic below when you on it.

or you can just leave it as is to display on table, wall or window panel

I did Valentine one in similar manner just changed the led lights and ofcourse used different decor pieces..pic below

Hope you enjoy this tutorial. Please do not copy any images or claim this tutorial to be yours. You can make your own and add link back to our page. Pls help us grow by liking us here anf our Facebook Fan page so we can have more followers which means more sponsorship for our free teaching and charity work :)
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Friday, March 22, 2013

Cute carrot tutorial for Easter

Hey Everyone,

I have been away from my blog for some personal and due to some teaching commitment. Today, I saw this tutorial from MSQC by Jenny and had to share. This is such a wonderful idea for Easter...get those scraps out and make some of these cute carrots to put in your Easter basket with cute bunnies:)

I am going to make some tomorrow to make some to gift it to some kids...

Enjoy and Happy Easter!!!!!

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Monday, August 27, 2012

Easy Fence Quilt tutorial

Here is another great tutorial from Jenny of MSQC on how to make Easy Fence Quilt with jelly rolls. I have a jelly roll and think will try this out. I really like it:)

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Umecrafts Felt Pattern Giveaway-Closed

Hey Everyone,

We are doing another round of giveaway for umecrafts Felt DIY patterns. I had the opportunity to review Jeanette's book and to do the pattern giveaway.
She comes up with great Felt pattern tutorials with step by step instructions and photographs to help you finish your project.

Also she has a new shop called Moldivate where she sells this adorable molds which can be used in clay craft, food crafting, soap making and many more check her out and you will fall in love with her mold designs.

We are giving away 4 patterns 2 felt toy and 2 felt food patterns to 2 Lucky winners. Pls read giveaway details below.

They are super cute and fun to make and your kids will enjoy every minute of it.
You can visit Jeanette's etsy site here and here for fun DIY project patterns and molds

Now about Giveaway..Pls read the rules they are pretty simple and straightforward. You can leave comment on the form everyday however you can like us on our blog, twitter, FB and Pinterest only once.

UPDATE 08/13/2012: The giveaway is closed. Winner No 8 and 34 had been notified by email. Pls email me in 24 hrs..if you fail to do so new winner will ne chosen...Thanks everyone for participating.

"Pls fill the form only only once". Giveaway ends on 08/12/2012 CST. Winner will be announced on 08/13/2012. All the best :)

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Dress made from Hankie

Hey Everyone,

I had a busy and a very tiring day however had to share this project that we worked on today. The pattern is from the book Hankie Couture from Marsha Greenberg. You can read the book review in my last post.
I love the way this dress turned out. I also made a small purse to go with her and used twines from twinery for her dress and as her hair accessory.Next I will work on her shoes and different designs for accessories. I am planning on using more of these twines in my upcoming Moda Project i.e. if I happen to buy.

She is such an adorable girl, right?. She is also one of the dolls Marsha sells.

I am currently working on my own quilts as have off time in between busy schedule, so will post pics soon.

Love,

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Wall Art with GO Baby Tutorial

Good Morning Everyone,

I am going to share a wall art I made using Accuquilt GO!Baby. I will soon be posting the tutorial for this on my blog. I will also show how you can create something similar if you don't own a Accuquilt GO!....So stay tuned on my this post where I will update tutorial in a day or 2. You will enjoy this quick and cute wall art you can create to gift someone.

xoxo,

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