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Do it Yourself; Tips and ideas for DIY projects to give a gift that your significant other won't return.
Patchwork Girl
As a twenty-three year old who grew up loving dinosaurs and rolling around in the mud, quilting would perhaps be the farthest thing from your mind as an activity that I adore. Quilting was one of those things that I used to think only “old people” and “old timey people” did because they were bored out of their minds and trapped within the societal and gender roles assigned to them. Or, I used to think that it was too “girly” to do something like that, as it was mainly old women that I saw still doing it, and since I was a self-proclaimed tomboy, it didn’t fit my “style.” It certainly wasn’t something that I thought had any place among the iPhones and television screens of the twenty-first century. I didn’t show any particular affection for fabrics as a child (I was more of a pencil and paper sort of kid), nor was there any particular familial or generational connection to the practice. It was one of those impactful accidents, where something you figured you’d try once grows into a passion project that continues to this day.
Robin LaurinecPublished 3 years ago in HumansCutting The Cake
In college I discovered a passion for baking and decorating cakes. Unfortunately by day I was paying good money to study Mass Media Communication. By night I was studying cake techniques at what I called “University de YouTube”.
The 'wonder' of going back to basics and handmade....
I describe it as working to the bone, hand sewing often comes with scratches and pin pricks but the effort is worth it. Two things of anything you make that’s handmade are never the same. There’s always something that slightly different about it. I make collections of brooches, stylised embroidery hoops and sewn pictures as part of my work but I do other things as well. All my crafts require cutting, stitching, and a lot more time than sewing on a machine.
Ruvini De AlwisPublished 3 years ago in HumansCricut: The Making of a Hobby
I had never been into crafts before. I had always considered myself not a crafty person. I couldn't draw, paint, and lacked the imagination to create such amazing things like I'd seen online and those around me.
With a Scissors in My Hand
I have two passions: Sustainability and Writing. Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle: these three words are the mantra for sustainability.
Mindy ReedPublished 3 years ago in HumansPied Piper of Passion for Arts and Crafts
For 37 years I taught hundreds and hundreds of children from Kindergarten through Grade 12. Language Arts, Literature, and French is what I loved to teach, share and spread to all the students within my reach. Especially in this age of technology and media that robs children of imagination, it is so important to broaden their horizons with arts and crafts. To express yourself through the use of creativity builds self esteem and confidence. Creating arts and creativity promotes critical thinking, comprehension, good mental health and the ability to think out of the box.
Catherine WebbPublished 3 years ago in HumansHarvesting wool for Coco Chanel
Definition of craft (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity 2a : an occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill
sarah-rashaelPublished 3 years ago in HumansMove over Billy Shears
Shears are scissors, much the way a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. I thought a lot about this challenge, and quickly came to realize that writing about my amazing craft capabilities would simply be out of the question because I have absolutely none. That isn't a bold statement to get sympathy, just a real and honest appraisal of my (in)abilities! But upon deeper contemplation, it occurred to me that I do have some burgeoning, all be them meager, talents in the garden. And with this thought, I decided there was hope for me yet. I took creative liberties and veered away from crafts such as sewing, knitting, and painting, to instead focus on my penchant for small scale gardening.
sarah roselliniPublished 3 years ago in HumansLittle Mirrors That Penetrate
Summers on the Cape, with my grandmother, were for crafting. We’d sit for hours together, not saying a single word, painting birdhouses or sewing reusable shopping bags. My grandfather thought he was just taking my grandmother’s home away, when he forced her to sell long after their divorce. But he also took the pine trees, the spools of thread, the morning hoots from the owls, the tall flowers, and my adolescence. I didn’t speak to him after that.
Jessica BerkmenPublished 3 years ago in HumansScrapping Together Some Happiness
“Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.” – Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years
Megan ClancyPublished 3 years ago in HumansSewing the fantasy
Sewing has always bought me great joy. I am a creative person but prefer crafts that allow me to construct following rules instead of flowing free form.
Catherine WaymanPublished 3 years ago in HumansSnip Joyfully, Then Love Piecefully
So, here we are in 'late pandemic'. A sort of careful excitement is building. Yet I remain disconnected from what may be the end of this nightmare. These past months have left us all a bit broken. It’s hard to get put back together.
Mindy WegenerPublished 3 years ago in Humans