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Reasons Why You Should Start Selling Your Crafts

If you have become a consistent craft maker, there are many good reasons as to why you should start selling your creations. Learn about these benefits, here.

How to Knit an Infinity Scarf for Beginners

If you are looking for an enjoyable knitting project for beginners, an infinity scarf is a fun option. Learn to make one with this step-by-step guide.

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A Step by Step Guide to Making Your First Quilt

Making a quilt for the first time can be a very exciting project. If you’ve never made a quilt b...

How to Preserve Your Family History Through Quilting

Quilting isn't just a hobby; it's a way to preserve our important memories. Discover how to preserve your family history through quilting, here.

Simple Ways to Get Into Crafting

Looking for different ways to soothe your stress and ease some tension? Check out some of our favorite simple ways to get into crafting and reap the benefits!

Everything You Need to Know About Batik Fabric

Hoping to try out a different fabric for your next crafting project? Take a look at our guide to everything you need to know about batik fabric for inspiration!

5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Embroider

Have you fallen completely into your calming crafting world this summer? If there’s any season that’s needed it, it’s this one!

7 Essential Crafting Skills to Teach Your Kids

If you’re worried about how to teach kids various life skills, start them up with lots of activities. Here are some of the skills crafting teaches your kids!

Top 5 Tips for Quilting with Batik Fabric

The fabric you choose for your quilting project can make the difference between a good quilt and a fantastic quilt. Here are some tips for using batik fabric.

A Few Different Types of Summer Crafting Projects

Get excited about the warm weather and celebrate it with some fun summer crafts! Here are a few different types of summer crafting projects you can enjoy.

Basic Tools Every Beginner Crafter Needs

The right supplies are essential to a project’s success. Make sure that you’ll reach your crafting dreams with these basic tools every beginner crafter needs.

8 of the Top Tips to Improve Your Quilt Quality

Whether you’re a novice quilter or an advanced crafter who wants to open a shop, follow these top tips to improve your quilt quality. They’ll make a difference!

Tips for Mixing Fabrics and Combining Patterns

If you’re like a lot of people right now, you’ve crafted way more in the past month than you have in the past year. It’s great that everyone is letting their creativity flow and doing something productive in this crazy time.

A Beginner’s Guide to Basic Embroidery Stitches

Crafting is a great way to pass the time, and embroidery is the place to begin. Learn more about the craft with a beginner’s guide to basic embroidery stitches!

Top Craft Ideas to Combat Anxiety

There are tons of ways to stay busy while you’re stuck inside, but what about activities to keep calm? Take a look at these top craft ideas to combat anxiety.

Important Tips for Setting Up a Craft Room

If your crafting supplies are in need of a proper space of their own, follow these tips for setting up a craft room. It’s a great way to organize supplies!

The Different Types of Tatting Thread

Whether you’re a beginner needle tatter or fell in love with the craft years ago, there’s a lot ...

Tips for Learning How to Embroider

There are tons of outlets for creativity. There’s writing, painting, knitting, dancing, singing—...

Best Crafts to Improve Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills are the coordination of the small muscles in the body. Most often, people thin...

Best DIY Craft Books for Beginners

Like we’ve discussed in previous posts, crafting is a relaxing hobby that everyone should get to...

Guide to Color Theory for Quilters

If you’re stuck on which direction to go in for your next crafting project, take a look at our guide to color theory for quilters—you’ll love what you’ll learn!

Useful Tips for Knitting in the Round

It’s time to try out a new project! Whether you choose a hat, sweater, or mittens, we’ve outlined useful tips for knitting in the round to get you started!

The Different Types of Hand Stitching

As a crafter, you’ll recognize that you have a ton of different pathways to follow. You could c...

A Guide to the Different Types of Fabric

Every day, we come in contact with a wide variety of fabrics and materials. From the cotton sheets we wake up in to the jeans we slide into, we deal with a slew of fabrics day in and day out. As crafters, we have the opportunity to deal with even more materials, from common to the most unique. Depending on the project, we may even incorporate various types of fabric to create a masterpiece. If you’re struggling to decide on the right material for your next craft—whether it’s quilting or creating a dress—we’ve compiled a guide to the different types of fabric to help you out.

10 Simple Ways to Use Essential Oils

In one of our previous posts, we talked about the power of essential oils in an attempt to deepe...

Benefits of Making Handmade Gifts for Loved Ones

It’s the holiday season, which also means it’s crafting season! The holidays are a time for joy,...

6 Steps on How to Properly Bind a Quilt

If you finished quilting and need help completing your project, take a look here! We have the steps you need on how to properly bind a quilt.

A Brief History of Knitting: From 5th Century to Now

We talked in a previous blog about people’s love for the calm and relaxation that knitting bring...

Aromatherapy Corner: Top Benefits of Essential Oils

Trying to figure out what to gift your loved ones this holiday season? Essential oils may provid...

Ways to Organize Your Craft Supplies

If you’re a crafting queen, then the chances are high that you have a lot of supplies strewn about your home. We’ve all fallen in love with the lovely textures, fabrics, paints, and colors that are associated with crafting, but when you have too much spread about, your craft corner will end up looking cluttered.

Essential Knitting Tips for Beginners

In a previous blog, we talked about tips for beginner quilters, and in this post, we’ll delve in...

Seven Important Tips for Beginner Quilters

Quilting can seem like a daunting task, but the end result makes it well worth it. Whether you’ve been a crafter for a while or is this your first step into the crafting world, take a look at these tips for beginner quilters. You’ll be on your way to a quilted masterpiece in no time!