The Muppet Show used to be one of my favorites when I was very young. I have always liked their crazy characters and would fancy to create it one day myself. Tutorials and blogs: good preparation for your first puppet Recently I stumbled on the very good tutorials by Adam Kreutinger. He is an very…
Have you ever tried to create a perfect circle or ball for your cross stitch-, crochet- or knitwork? In this article I will explain how to create a perfect 2-dimensional circle with the use of excel. I came across the book by Alyssa Westhoek and started to randomly cross stitch a sea and beach-life scenery.…
I was immediately drawn by John Murphy’s sock monsters when I first saw the frontpage of his book. It really shows the love of this guy for these little monsters. He starts the book by explaining that socks have become an obsession for him and he even gives his business card to strangers when he…
If you are still new to sewing, I think this is The Book to start with for sewing stuffed animals. It starts with some easy projects (e.g. a fish) with very extensive step-by-step explanation, illustrated with clear photo’s. With each project / animal, “Lessons” are included with explanations and ideas for other techniques to consider.…
Cats and tigers… they clearly appeal to my imagination! I came across this book, Sew Cute to Cuddle, where I found a great sewing pattern of a tiger. For this one I ordered a fat quarter of orange quilt fabric online and gathered smaller pieces of black and white fabric and black felt. Usually I…
When you created a macramé plant hanger, you will probably have to cut the strands at the end. The good news is that you can still use these leftovers for creating key rings! For each of the above examples, I only used 4 strands of ~35 cm macramé yarn of 4 mm thickness that were…
Macramé plant hangers have become quite popular these days. I thought it would be complex to create one but my first project actually went smoothly and I think it is ideal to do as a sunday afternoon project. When you only know a couple of macramé knots you can already make a varied set of…
Amigurumi’s can look very tempting to create… but when you are new to crochet, how do you get to a good start with it? My first attempt to creating an Amigurumi was a bit of a disaster and I even quitted the whole idea of it for a while. I had wanted to crochet a…
Who can identify with getting more and more stuff and not being able to find anything back after a while? This was so much the case with my embroidery threads. I very enthusiastically bought ~100 different pieces that I organized in an ordner. I thought it would be easy to find it back and i…
Welcome to this blog! In 2020, I started this blog since I like writing about sewing, crocheting, embroidery and knitting. My love for animals will often come back since I like creating soft animal toys or embroider these. I think practising is key to learning, so I try out lots of new things, tutorials or…