Crafts and DIY done in 30 minutes or less
I’ve been collecting bottle caps. With no particular craft in mind. I thought it would be fun to turn them into mini ornaments for the Quick Handmade Holiday Gifts series that I’ve been featuring for the last week. The problem was – how would I secure the bottle caps together? Hot Glue would run out […]
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Making a quilted table runner in 30 minutes was a challenge. I busted right through this project and made it in just at 30 minutes. Really, by the skin of my teeth. My original plan was to use 3 wider strips, and instead I went with 5 more narrow ones. This looks better, but obviously […]
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Continuing the week of Quick Handmade Holiday Gifts, today I’m showing you jewelry. These earrings are quick and easy to make. It isn’t even that tricky to get the left to look like the right because the whole beauty of these earrings is that they are imperfect. Supplies:2 – 8″ pieces of heavy gauge wire2 […]
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This is not your regular zippered pouch tutorial. This is completely different. Dare I say – game changing. The zippers on these little zippered bags are not stitched in. They are stitched on. With decorative stitches. Finally, an opportunity to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine, AND a way to dress up the […]
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In this tutorial I’ll explain how to measure your tech device so that you can custom-fit a pouch to whatever size device you’d like to make a cover for. I made a much more fancy quilted cover for my Kindle over a year ago, and have since misplaced it. I’m sure it is somewhere, but […]
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I’m continuing my week of quick handmade holiday gifts with these notecards. In just 30 minutes, you can whip up a set of 8 notecards. Depending on the papers and stamp that you use, you can either give the set as a gift or you can keep it for yourself to send out thank […]
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Only 5 months until Christmas! And this year I’m REALLY going to get my holiday gift crafting done early. And easily. With projects like this wine bag, which is great to have on hand for a hostess gift or last-minute present. I cut two simultaneously, and was able to get them BOTH done in 30 […]
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Merry Christmas… in July! Every year I say that I’m going to get my handmade gifts done early. If this is you too, follow along for the next week as I show you some great gifts that you can make now (in 30 minutes or less), and have ready when the holidays come! If you’re […]
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Handmade Jewelry is great. Handmade jewelry that can be made in 30 minutes or less is awesome. Handmade jewelry that can be made in 30 minutes or less with upcycled materials is the pinnacle of crafty goodness. And you can quote me on that. These upcylced rose rings are exactly that. The pinnacle of crafty […]
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My son loves dry erase boards. Loves them. He and my husband like to draw “boy” pictures on mine. For those of you who don’t live in a house filled with boys, let me tell you, it is pretty entertaining to walk into your sewing room and see boy pictures on your dry erase board. […]
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