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How can I upholster this old vintage chair to look more modern?
I was given this lovely old chair by an elderly neighbour as they were going to throw it out. It still has loads of life left in it, and it is really comfortable to sit on. I would like to modernise i...
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Upholstery
Upholstery
Furniture
What are the best fabric and sewing scissors?
I am in the market for some new fabric cutting and sewing scissors as mine have seen better days, they had actually seen better days 2 years ago. I need to buy new ones as I have got back into sewing ...
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Sewing
Sewing
What is the best paint for painting on a denim jacket?
I am going to a concert in October and I have a denim jacket that I would really like to decorate. I would like to paint onto the back of the jacket, and I am wondering what would be the best paint to...
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Painting
Painting
Fabric Painting
How can I restore this old vintage sewing machine?
I was recently given this beautiful vintage sewing machine by a lovely elderly lady in my area. It is really lovely and I would love to restore it and get it serviced properly before using it. I inten...
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Sewing
Sewing
Sewing Machine
How do you preserve pressed flowers forever?
I have just bought this beautiful flower press set and I am waiting for it to arrive. I have always wanted this vintage William Morris flower press and have been looking for a while, so when I found t...
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Flower Pressing
Flower Pressing
Floral
Flowers
What is the difference between FIMO professional and FIMO soft polymer clay?
I was in my local craft store today looking at the polymer clay for some jewellery making projects. I was wondering what is the difference between FIMO professional and FIMO soft polymer clay? I could...
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Jewellery
Jewellery
Jewellery Making
Clay
Polymer Clay
What is the best journal brand for scrap booking?
Hello, I have recently been watching some really fab YouTube channels about scrap booking and journaling and it has got me all excited.
So I did what I normally do in these situations and went slig...
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Journaling
Journaling
Scrap Books
Papercraft
Journals
How to make a four drawer chest of drawers?
I have to say the best piece of furniture I own is this wonderful four drawer chest of drawers that my mother's uncle made for her when she was young. She lived in a tiny house and didn't have much mo...
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Furniture
Chest of Drawers
Wood
Woddwork
Furniture
Is this a kiln? Any pottery experts out there?
Hi, my friend and I, have just moved into a new flat and we found this thing in our back garden. Left by a previous tenant or a previous, previous tenant, we don't know. And we really just wanted to k...
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Pottery
Pottery
Mystery
Kiln
Homemade Kiln
What are these huge wooden hoops used for?
Hello, can anyone tell me what these huge wooden hoops are used for? My friend went to a garage sale recently and took a photo of these huge hoops hanging up in the person's barn.
She took the phot...
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Embroidery
Wooden Hoops
Embroidery
Sewing
How to use a loom tutorial, please?
Hello, can anyone recommend a really good written tutorial on how to use a loom. I'm sorry, but I am a complete beginner and am really looking for something that starts right at the beginning and expl...
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Weaving
Loom
Tutorial
Beginner
What can I make with old teabags?
Ok so it all started when the wife said she read on the internet that you can fix a broken nail with a teabag. Something about using it to glue your nail back together or something. So of course, bein...
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Ideas
Teabags
Collecting
Scrap Booking
Vintage custom sewing machine what was it used for?
Hello, I have a bit of an odd question, hope there is a sewing expert out there who can help me. It's bugging me a bit :)
I was in a cute, little shop recently. It was just a vintage clothes shop a...
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Sewing
Vintage Sewing Machine
Mystery Sewing Machine
Singer Sewing Machine
Tutorials for beginners in leatherwork?
Hello, I have just been given a load of pieces of leather strapping that I wanted to try and make something with. But unfortunately I am not the quickest of learners and I like to take things at my ow...
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Leatherwork
Leather
Wallets
Straps
Written Tutorials
The Comfiest Stool I Have Ever Sat On, Thanks Dad.
I just wanted to share this beautiful stool my father made. He has now passed and I am really glad I still have this amazingly comfortable stool to remember him by. Along with many other odd bits and ...
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Furniture
Stool
Handmade
Shoe Stool
Leather
Wood
What metal are fishing weights made from?
Hello, I have come across a set of, what I think are, fishing weight molds. Personally I have never seen these before and they have really sparked my curiosity.
I used to go fishing with my father ...
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Casting
Fishing
Casting
Weights
Are these old sewing patterns really trendy or am I losing it?
Having recently had my own child, I had expressed an interest in taking up sewing, to my mother. So she went away and came back with a huge pile of old sewing patterns. I mean some are so old, that th...
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Sewing
Vintage Patterns
Sewing Patterns
Sewing
How to make a clay face that scares people to death or makes them laugh
So my mum made this little face when she did a pottery evening class back in the 70s, when she was a bit of a hippy and a wild child. And it has now followed me around for over 40 years. She presented...
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Pottery
Clay
Pottery
Sculpture
Face
What can I make with paint colour cards?
I have been given a huge selection of paint colour cards. They are really pretty, so it is a shame to throw them away. I was wondering if there is anything that I can make with them?
I am open to s...
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Papercraft
Papercraft
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