Category Archives: Tutorials

Tutorial: How to make a fabric mittens for your baby

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 This days had been reaaally cold here! I think that we just had a maximum of -5ºC on the lasts 15 days!! Hard to believe, isn’t it? So it has been hard to go to promenade, it has been like an adventure!. I was completely concerned about: is my baby getting cold, is she to hot?? And I had also discovered how difficult is to … Continue reading

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Last minute Christmas Tree – Make a fast, cheap and easy Christmas Tree

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 For those that still don’t have a tree I want to show how to make this beautiful last minute tree. I made it by sewing together some fabric and painting it.Look at it: Do you like it? Want to learn how to make it? Keep reading: Tutorial: How to make a last minute Christmas tree, fast cheap and easy {Notions and tools} – A piece … Continue reading

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How to make a scarf with crochet hexagons – The sunday Scarf – November

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 A bit late I publish the tutorial of the winner Sunday Scarf of the month of November. Which is the winner?? I am a bit nervous…. The winner is: The Sunday Scarf #1: A scarf made with hexagonal modules So here it goes the tutorial: {Material} – A medium thickness yarn on two different colors – A crochet {Some comments on this scarf} This scarf … Continue reading

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Painting a fabric: Tutorial – How to paint a chromatic circle into your clothes

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 On this post I am going to show how did I painted a chromatic circle into fabric. I like this project a lot as I had been able to try myself the primary colors theory. I believe I will use it as an applique for my baby t-shirt. That is what I got: Before starting, this is the first time I seriously paint any fabric, … Continue reading

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For WordPress Bloggers – Tutorial: Add a Pin it Button for pinterest on your posts

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 Those of you that use WordPress for blogging will be really happy to know that it exists now a pluggin for automatically add a “Pin it” button to all your posts. Do you know what I am talking about? The “Pin it” button is used for “pinning” the images you like to “Pinterest”. On Pinterest you can order this images on boards, for exemple a … Continue reading

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How to crochet. Part #4: How to make a magic ring or magic circle

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 When we want to work something round (say a hat, a ball, a round rug,…) there are two options. One to chain some stitches, close them and work on this base. Or the other is to use a magic circle. The difference between this two methods is that with the magic ring you make a foundation that does not have a hole in the middle … Continue reading

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The Sunday Bonnet – October – Tutorial: How to make a t-shirt hat

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 As I promised, I am going to publish the tutorial of October’s “The Sunday Bonnet” that got more comments. Which has been the lucky winner??? Drums please…brrrrbrrrbrrr… With 14 comments the winner is: The sunday bonnet #4: A bonnet made with t-shirt fabric Thank you everybody for participate! Well let’s go to the tutorial: Have to say this hat is pretty easy to do, even … Continue reading

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First crocheted project: a scarf – Have fun crocheting: Practice single crocheting

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 On the past posts of the series  ”Introductory course to learn to crochet” (Part 1 ,Part 2 and Part 3) we learned to choose the necessary material, how to make the firsts steps and to single crochet. Now it is time to start practicing what we learned and have fun crocheting. You can do plenty of things with single crochet stitch. It is the basic crochet stitch. To practice single … Continue reading

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