DIY Fabric Table Runner
Inspired by the holiday season, I wanted to create a table piece so I researched some ideas. I found one with beautiful ribbons that caught my eye. This is my own creation and truly, I am so pleased with the final look. For this project, you will need a pair of scissors, measuring tape, white…
Mother’s Day Craft: Felt Calla Lily
I’m always looking for easy DIY’s to make fabric flowers. I learned how to make these felt calla lilies years ago. I even did another DIY a while back. I decided to do this as part of my series on Mother’s Day crafts. It is perfect for younger students. Making a variety of them in…
Heart Plush
This cute little heart plush is a great DIY Valentine’s day gift and can be customized for whoever you are giving it to. Supplies: 2 colors of felt, embroidery string, an embroidery needle, stuffing, scissors, and a pen. Optional: scrap paper, embroidery hoop, scent sachet I can not free hand a heart shape, so I…
AGD Fairy Skirt DIY
This DIY is part of my American Girl Doll crafts collection. This has been my obsession for most of this year. The quarantine has given me time to work on some of these crafts and this was one of them. Fairy skirts are fun to make and very easy too. It does not require a…
Hoop Embroidery: Monogram L
In January, my buddies Grace and Leila had their birthday. I decided to make them something instead of buying them something. Since at the time I was going through my major embroidery obsession, I decided to embroider monograms for them. I posted the DIY for Graces monogram and today I am posting Leila’s. Hope you…
Hoop Embroidery: Monogram G
For my twin friends who turned 8 this year, I decided to make them a gift instead of buying them one as I did last year. Since I have been obsessed with hoop embroidery in the last coupla months, it was a no-brainer. I decided that I would embroider monograms for the girls. So today…
Embroidered Heart Hoop
Here is another craft for Valentines Day. Right now I am going through a hoop embroidery mini obsession. The idea to do embroidery initially came up as I was looking for activities for our Craft Market class. I’ll post an example of what the kiddos will be doing in the coming weeks. Each term I…
Ballerina on Canvas
This was one of my favorite activities ever to do with my Craft Market girls. It is pretty and would look fabulous in any sophisticated kids room. What I like about the activities is that it requires few supplies. Now the one tool I do use often and for a lot of my activities that…
Sun Print Wall Hanging
I first came across sun prints, also known as cyanotype several years ago. I loved the idea at first sight. I have used it in a coupla my classes but since I don’t do as many design and craft classes as I used to, I have not done the activity in a while. As I…
Kanzashi Flower: Basic Bottoms Up
For our Friday DIY, I decided to highlight kanzashi flowers again. This time, we turned the flower up side down to showcase the beauty of the bottom of the classic flower. Part of the reason why I like using this particular technique to make these flowers, is that if you pay attention as you are…