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My Favorite Christmas Craft Books for 2025

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10 Projects to Create from Burlap

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Halloween crafts from recycled materials: bunting

One Dozen Pretty Things to Sew for Halloween

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Easy DIY Coraline Party Favors: Spooky Old Keys

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One Dozen Homemade Gifts for Tea Lovers

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12 Altered Books and Upcycled Book Projects

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Ten Witch Hats That You Don’t Have to Sew

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Homemade Sand Dough

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Sew a Fabric Finger Maze Fidget from Stash

This finger maze is a satisfying (and SILENT!) fidget toy.

And you can sew it completely from stash!

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16 Ways to Upcycle Altoids Tins

Here are my current favorite projects for upcycling Altoids tins, because if I can’t beat my upcycling obsession, I might as well get you to join me!

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Sewing Machine Repairs You Can Do Yourself: Replace the Needle Plate

Skip the spendy sewing machine repair shop and replace your needle plate yourself. It’s easier than it looks!

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30 Upcycled Cardboard Things to Build and Play With

Cardboard is a magical material. It’s free from your recycling bin, it’s easily modified and embellished, and it’s eminently recyclable when you’re done with it. It’s one of my personal favorite crafting materials, and it’s my absolute favorite material to give to young people to craft with.

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Three Dozen Free Halloween Quilt Patterns

Whether you want to go ham just for October, or you keep your dark academic decor out all year, there are so many fun and festive Halloween quilts to sew!

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Upcycle Photographs into Stickers: Three Methods That Really Work

Here are three easy methods for upcycling print photos (and book pages, wrapping paper… just about any paper works for this!) into stickers, along with the pros and cons of each method.

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Refashion Hoodies by Swapping Their Graphics

Want to resize a hoodie or reclaim an awesome graphic? Refashion your hoodie by swapping its graphic for something different!

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You Should Take Pumpkinhead Photos

This photo shoot with Jack-o-lanterns on our heads is one of the funnest Halloween activities I’ve done yet in my life.

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Upcycled Hair Accessories: Stashbust a Scrunchie

Scrunchies are one of my favorite stashbuster projects. Like the other projects that I mentioned, scrunchies are very forgiving, so you can fudge fabric dimensions as needed to fit your scraps.

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Leaning into the Discomfort, Part Two: 2-Liter Bottle Hanging Planters

I LOVE the hanging planters that these plastic bottles create. They’re extremely light, so I don’t have to worry about overburdening the curtain rods that I hang a million plants and suncatchers and other dangly things from. They’re self-watering, so I can leave them without worry when I travel, and the water reservoirs are transparent, so I can see when I need to refill them.

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Clothing Refashion: DIY Bell Bottoms

Bell bottoms are a simple DIY, when made from an existing pair of well-fitting pants and some scrap fabric.

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Summer Camp Craft: Ojo de Dios from Stash Yarn and Bamboo Skewers

Here, I’ll show you how to make the simplest version of the Ojo de Dios, but there are so many further avenues for exploration.

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Bottle Brick via The Plastic Solution on Facebook

You Should Be Making Bottle Bricks

Bottle bricks are a way of both accepting the reality of plastic waste, and also using the physical fact of that waste for a specific purpose.

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How to Drill through Glass

Drilling through glass isn’t as hard as it looks, and it’s a specific skill that is honestly pretty amazing to have.

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You Should Make Yourself a Dress Form

If you can sew at all, then, I highly recommend that you spend a couple of afternoons DIYing yourself a dress form to your specific measurements. It’s a little weird to have an exact model of your torso just standing there, yes, but I have found the ability to custom fit patterns to be quite remarkable.

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20 Frightful and Festive Things to Sew for Halloween

Let the Halloween crafting begin! Whether you’re a newbie or an advanced sewer, sewn Halloween projects are a terrific way to decorate for the holiday. Pillows, stuffies, and buntings are fun and festive, and they’re easy to store between seasons.

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Howdy Gadget Cases by Yvonne (bijoux & crafts) via CC BY 2.0

It’s Your Job to End the Reign of Craft Vinyl

Vinyl as a product has been around for decades, and vinyl as a craft supply has been around for nearly as long. It’s the popularity and affordability of computerized die-cut machines, however, that has really brought craft vinyl into popularity. With a die-cut machine, it’s simple to create a perfect graphic from crafty vinyl, requiring only weeding and adhesion to make a complete product.

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