Satin Rosary
Description: The Satin Rosary features several types of decorative knots. Make sure you practice each one before trying to make this design. The various types of knots represent the beads in a standard Rosary. This Micro-Macrame pattern replaces the Soft Rosary, which needed some changes. The most obvious change was in the types of knots I used. This custom Macrame Rosary features a Celtic Cross. I recommend you use Satin cord, but any material will be suitable. IMPORTANT: Satin cord is very fragile.
rolled paper flowers {tutorial} | jones design company
Welcome to flower week – five days of simple and delightful flower projects. I could probably do three weeks of flowers because there are so many different ways to create them, but I’ve limited it to five of my current favorites. Before we get started, let me make a few disclaimers: 1. I find inspiration for projects all over the place {online, in shops, in magazines}, then figure out how to re-create them on my own. Each of these projects are my adaptation of something I’ve seen elsewhere. 2. 3. Okay, so let’s begin. Here’s what you’ll need: :: paper {either cover or text weight} :: florist wire :: scissors, pencil, glue gun STEP ONE: cut irregular circle This circle is approximately 8 inches, but you can do any size you wish. STEP TWO: cut spiral Start at the outside edge and cut in a spiral fashion to the center. I like a sort of bumpy shape so that the petals end up a bit irregular If you aren’t so sure about your cutting skills, feel free to draw your spiral before cutting.
Wovenflame: Nail Loom Tutorial
Okay, here is how to use the homemade "nail loom". Although I use 2 or 3 thickness of yarn together, as one, to make the squares thick and firm, I have taken the pictures using only a single thickness of variegated, worsted weight, acrylic yarn so that you can better see what I am doing. I recommend that you use only one thickness on your first, practise piece and then once you get the hang of the procedure you graduate to more strands for a fuller appearance in the final square. Start by turning the loom so that one corner is facing you. Place your yarn supply to your left. Drape your strand of yarn across the loom and around the opposite (top corner) peg, clockwise. Bring it down to the lower corner again around the next empty nail to the right, and across to the next empty nail on the left --- --- and back up to the upper corner you go. After pivoting around the next empty nail at the top left hold it in that position --- --- to the next empty nail on the lower right. Any questions?
Beginner Needle Tatting Instructions
Needle tatting is a simpler form of tatting that uses a needle rather than a shuttle to complete the work. The tatting needle has a blunt end with no point, and a hole in one end (as a sewing needle) that holds the length of your tatting thread. You proceed to create the knots and ties by using your fingers on one hand and the needle with your other. The knots wrap around the needle until they are pushed off and tied into rings or loop arrangements, and they are tied together to form the lace patterns. With the right instruction, you will soon be on your way to making beautiful lace creations. Tatting TermsTatting with a needle involves knowing several key stitches. Double Stitch (DS): The basic stitch used in tatting, which involves creating a double knot. Chain (CH): A chain of double stitches forms the basis for rings, a basic tatting design. Picot (P): These tiny loops of thread join together various loops and designs.
Tutorial: Scrap Buster Fall Pillow
This is my favorite thing to do with my little scraps, and since its Scrap Buster month over at Sew, Mama, Sew, I made a quick tutorial so you can make your own. This pillow cover is 16" square with an envelope back & the design possibilities are endless! I added some pillows I’ve previously made with this same method at the end of this post. Happy Sewing! You’ll Need: 1. 2. 3. 4. Iron your fabric scraps onto your appliqué material according to the directions on the appliqué material. Now with scissors cut out your trunk and leaf shapes. When you get all your leaves cut out, tear the backing appliqué paper off the leaves and trunk. Then you can arrange them how you want on your pillow front. Once your design is how you like it, press with an iron over each spot for a few seconds making sure not to bump anything out of place. Now you can sew either along the inside edges of your leaves, or you can do a zig zag stitch or blanket stitch around the edges if you prefer.
Beadwrangler's Beaded Basket Techniques
Take the thread still hanging from the 18 beads and put your needle through it. You will add 1 bead and loop it around every other bead of the 18. That will give you 9 beads sticking out from the 18. Take the needle and go through the 9 and pull taut. Next add 1 bead on every third bead of the 9. That will give you 3 beads.
Tatting Cluny Leaves by Hand
The following pictures are "notes" taken at a quick cluny class I gave in Tokyo in November, 2000. My students were two very good tatting friends, Yukiko Higashi and her friend Yuko. We got a lot of help with translations from my friend and co-worker, Mayumi Seki. Mayumi-san is not a tatter, but she learned a lot about tatting cluny leaves that day! Making cluny leaves requires 3 basic actions: Make a loom on your left hand Weave the leaf on the loom, shaping the leaf as you weave, first wider, then narrowing at the top Pull the excess loom threads through the leaf, top loop before bottom loop While it is possible to make leaves by means of shuttle and ball, I recommend that beginners use 2 shuttles. Experience also shows me that students find this process easier to do once they have seen it in action. In the pictures below (taken by Yukiko-san), I am using my left hand for the loom, and the right hand to manipulate the shuttle. Send me mail! Back to Mimi's Cluny Page
DIY Faux Curled Rosewood Wreath {Made From Rolled Recycled Book Pages}
I have seen various versions of Faux Rosewood Wreaths in just about every store and catalog for the upcoming season; most with a price tag running upwards of $40 or more. Some are crafted of paper and other of real wood shavings. Last year I made a few rolled flower gift toppers from recycled book pages and they remind me so much of the curled wood roses I thought they would make a good substitute. {with a much lower price tag} Materials Needed:Foam Wreath FormRecycled Book PagesLots of Hot GlueRibbon to Hang The full step by step tutorial I posted last year can be found {here}.Basically you layer three book pages together and draw a spiral circle. Starting with the outside of the spiral, roll the paper inward to create the flower shape. Give the wreath form a light coat of white {or light color} spray paint to help camouflage any see-through spaces. It seriously takes quite a few roses to fill the entire wreath, however I think the finished project has such a unique look. {Simply Lovely}
