In this craft tutorial, I am going to make some retro inspired Christmas ornaments out of miniature bottle brush Christmas trees. When you put five of the bottle brush trees together, they form a wonderful star, perfect for making ornaments! Watch the Video Tutorial: Preparing the Trees: For the first ornament, I will be using […]
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Christmas Santa Hooked Rug Pattern
Today, I am releasing this new Christmas Santa hooked rug pattern. Whether you want to make a Christmas pillow, table mat, or wall hanging, this hooked Santa is sure to spruce up your holiday decor! Christmas Time Hooked Rug Pattern: This Santa hooked rug has been hooked using #8 worms. When finished, the hooked rug […]
Make a Victorian Christmas Ornament
In this Christmas craft tutorial, I will be making a Victorian inspired paper crafted Christmas ornament. I made this Christmas Santa ornament with leftover scrapbook paper and a Santa image I printed from my computer. Watch the Video: Santa & Pocket: If you have an old Santa postcard or some scrapbook paper with Santas, you […]
Punch Worms with Oxford Punch Needle
Last year for Christmas, I got an Oxford punch needle and I haven’t tried it yet! So I decided to get it out and see how it works and what the finished result looks like when I punch wool worms. I will be comparing the punched wool to traditional rug hooking loops. Watch this Video: […]
Fall Paper Crafting: Honeycomb Pumpkin
In this post, I am going do some fall paper crafting and make a vintage style honeycomb paper pumpkin. This is going to be perfect to incorporate into a Thanksgiving centerpiece. These paper pumpkins could also be made smaller and made into place cards. Watch the Video: Make the Honeycomb Pumpkin: For the pumpkin, I […]
Making a Hooked Rug Sign
In this post, I will show you how I made a hooked rug Santa sign. I will be making the sign by adding the hooked rug and other embellishments to an old cabinet panel board. This hooked rug Santa pattern is adjustable in height so you can make one to fit your board! Watch the […]
Fall Decor: Ornamental Corn
In previous years, I have made some hooked rug and punch needle ornamental corn. This year, I thought it would be fun to make some ornamental corn out of a vintage chenille cutter quilt. It didn’t quite turn out like I wanted initially, but I kept modifying it until it looked nice and primitive. Watch […]
Felting Wool Shrinkage
How much shrinkage should you expect when felting wool for rug hooking, applique, or other projects? Not surprisingly, it will depend on the tightness of the weave in the wool and other factors in the wool itself. But I decided to do a little experiment with some recently purchased wool fabrics to see if there […]
