Another thing I find very useful is buying the plastic
organizers at
the hardware store. The small clear ones designed
for screws and such.
These work great for buttons, elastic, pins, needles,
etc. It is small
enough to keep handy next to the sewing machine.
For the Victorian look tassel - just buy a few yards of
fringe and
when you need a tassel, roll up the fringe a few
inches at a time,
gluing with either hot glue or tacky
and voila--I have a beautiful tassel.
If attaching to the bottom of a globe ornament,
cover with some
matching trim.
When you get ready to do a Cross stitch project and you
don't
want unsightly knots in your projects do this.
Cut a long strand of
floss and remove one strand from the six original
strands. Take both
ends of the floss and thread them through the needle.
Then make your
first cross stitch in the pattern and bring the
needle through the
loop at the other end and you have your thread
firmly anchored to the
pattern with out a knot.
Use an old cookie sheet to do crafting on. You can
rest your glue gun
on it, the drips fall on the sheet, the sheet also
keeps the gun from falling
off. It catches, the glitter, cuttings and
also holds the craft nicely in place, especially if
it is round, it wont fall off! When done, just
load up crafting
stuff, put it on the cookie sheet
and its all there the next time.
Cookie sheet is also great for painting and doing Modge
Podge. Just
lay a piece of paper or newsprint
down and when your done, throw
away the paper!
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