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How to Mosaic a Table

January 7, 2021July 23, 2020 crafterholiccom1 Comment

Mosaic-Table

Click here to learn all of the steps of adding a beautiful mosaic design to a table.

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Colour Block Crochet Baskets

December 30, 2020July 23, 2020 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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Ideal for clearing away mountains of knitting yarns, toys, or even laundry, these baskets are so practical and also very pretty!

Find the pattern here.

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Using a Sweater for Upholstery

December 10, 2020July 23, 2020 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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I love this cosy revamp of a stool – using just an old knitted sweater!

You can find instructions for this project here.

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Origami Bat Cake Toppers

October 22, 2020July 23, 2020 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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Adorn your Halloween cupcakes with these sinister paper bats!

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Creepy Carnivorous Plant

October 11, 2020July 23, 2020 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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Perfect for scary and surprising Halloween decor!

This creature is made using different craft techniques including paper mache and sculpting from Sculpey clay. Don’t worry, the teeth are resin, not real human teeth 🙂

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Hand Knotted Wall Hanging

September 10, 2020July 23, 2020 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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This cosy wall hanging is created with an array of crafty techniques, including latch hooking and crochet, to produce fabulous texture.

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DIY Oil Cloth & Outdoor Bunting

November 7, 2018October 4, 2018 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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Oil cloth is exactly what it sounds like – cloth soaked in oil – and it is how waterproof fabric has been traditionally made for a long time.

This tutorial shows you how to make your own oil cloth, and also how to then turn that into an outdoor garland that can stay up all year round!

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Decoupaged Dress Form

October 9, 2018October 4, 2018 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

diy dressform decoupaged sewing pattern

This page provides both the video tutorial and written instructions for how to make a custom dress form – made with your own measurements – and then decoupage it with vintage sewing pattern paper.

Both practical and ornamental!

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Concrete Pumpkin Stack

October 4, 2018 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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And so Autumn begins!

To get your garden decorated for the next season, why not teach yourself a few DIY tricks by making these concrete pumpkins?

The tutorial contains a few methods I didn’t know about, including how to to make concrete lightweight by mixing it with Perlite and peat moss….AND how to mould the shape using tights!

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Beautiful Macrame Necklace

July 8, 2018June 30, 2018 crafterholiccomLeave a comment

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The resulting pendant looks eye-catchingly intricate, yet the only thing you really need to learn is how to do the easy ‘square knot’ technique.

Click here if you’d like to make one youself.

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