10 Halloween Crafts from Recycled Materials
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Easy DIY Molded Candle Holder
Your next perfect candle holder is as easy as a store-bought mold and some plaster of Paris or cement!
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10 Quilt Blocks That Don’t Require a Pattern
You can lay out the pieces the way that they look the prettiest, of course. You can cut your fabric to the exact dimensions you want. You can even use a design wall and plan the whole thing before you sew a stitch.
But what you WON’T have to do is follow a pattern! All of the quilt blocks in my list, below, are ones that you can construct as you go or that are so dead simple that you don’t need a pattern to make them. Even if you’re the most beginning-est of beginners at sewing, I promise that you can hold all the instructions for sewing a nine-patch quilt block in your head!
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10 Different Greeting Cards That You Can Stitch or Sew
You’ll never need store-bought greeting cards again!
I don’t like to buy things new when I know that they could be handmade, but I’m also not much of a paper crafter.
Fortunately, there are so many ways to handmake greeting cards using my favorite craft: sewing!
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How to Make Quilted Greeting Cards
These quilted greeting cards have a whopping two additional steps over my quilted postcards, so they’re still a terrifically quick and easy way to do some scrap-busting of your sewing stash. You should also already either have a mini quilt block in mind OR know how to do the quilt-as-you-go method–here are a ton of mini quilt blocks to pick from, and here’s how to quilt as you go!
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DIY Coasters You’ll Love to Sew
I’m obsessed with DIY coasters, and I want you to be, too!
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20 Handmade Graduation Decorations, Party Favors, and Gifts
Set yourself up for the best party ever with these handmade graduation decorations, party favors, and gifts!
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14 DIY Mazes and Crafty Labyrinths
I’ve been high-key obsessed with mazes and labyrinths lately. Make some with me!
Because what’s the point of a Special Interest if you can’t share it with everyone who will stand still long enough?
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Visible Mending is a Low-Stress, High-Impact Way to Repair Your Stuff
With visible mending, your repairs will still look cute even if you barely know how to sew.
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This is THE Strongest Way to Preserve a Puzzle
The best way to preserve a puzzle is not with regular Mod Podge. It’s not even the Mod Podge marketed just for preserving puzzles–you know, that Mod Podge that’s just the same as regular Mod Podge but more expensive? It’s not duct tape or sticker sheets or foam board across the back, and it’s not packing tape or glass across the front.
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24 DIY Bookmarks from Upcycled Materials
A DIY bookmark is a tiny project with a timespan to match. You can whip up a super cute upcycled cardboard bookmark in minutes, and even a more elaborate quilt-as-you-go stitched bookmark takes less than half an hour to sew up. Want more crafty time? Make them in bulk, because bookmarks make awesome gifts! I tuck my DIY bookmarks into care packages, Easter baskets, the books I put into my Little Free Library, and all my etsy orders.
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20 Eco-Friendly Friendship Bracelets
Instead, check out my favorite eco-friendly friendship bracelet tutorials, below. All of these tutorials are free offerings by indie artists and crafters. Using green materials like cotton embroidery floss, natural embellishments like wood or shells, and glass or porcelain beads, these tutorials result in friendship bracelets that Taylor Swift AND the planet would love!
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The Best Eco-Friendly Craft Books of 2023 (According to Me!)
These are my favorite eco-friendly craft books from 2023!
Crafting is one of my Special Interests, so I like to read all the new craft books that are published every year. Every year, as well, along with all the sewing, decorating, seasonal, and other craft books on the market, I’m especially interested in reading all the new eco-friendly craft books.
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20 DIY Advent Calendars and Holiday Countdowns
DIY Advent calendars are a great way to keep my personal commitment to handmade while still having fun indulging in those daily little treats and novelties that I love so well.
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18 DIY Plant Hangers That You Can Make at Home
Do you, too, have too many plants and seemingly too little space? I can fix that!
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Here’s How to Make an Easy Macrame Plant Hanger
This easy macrame plant hanger makes a comfy home for all your favorite plants!
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Loose Ends Completes Handmade Projects When Their Original Crafters Can’t
Loose Ends makes sure that handmade projects get to their intended recipients when their creators can no longer finish them.
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Sew Nesting Fabric Baskets from Stash Fabrics
hese nesting fabric baskets give you a lot of storage options. Sew a set in the same colorway from the same fabrics, and they’ll all match each other and your decor. Since they nest, they don’t take up a lot of storage space, but when you need them, you’ve got four whole baskets’ worth of storage!
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How to Make the Easiest Sewn Fabric Baskets
These fabric baskets are purposefully a bit on the droopy side, because I don’t like to sew with artificial materials like interfacing. A little interfacing or even cereal box cardboard would firm them up, though, if you prefer that look.
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