Beaded Square Stitch Heart

unikatissima Bead Square Stitch Heart

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Because it’s not long to Valentine’s Day any more I’d like to offer a template for you to bead a heart with square stitch (for instructions on how to do the square stitch see links below).
It’s great to make a card but can be made into a piece of jewelry as well.

 


unikatissima Heart Chart Click picture to enlarge and then simply print.

 

unikatissima Bead Square Stitch And here you can see easily where the name ‘square stitch’ comes from ;-))

 


Links:
Standard Square Stitch Beading Tutorial
Making Square Stitch Samples Part I – shows also the ‘Circular Flat Square Stitch’

Perlenhobby Anleitungen (German) => click ‘Anleitungen’ in the left navigational bar => click ‘Quadratstich’

Tablet or Card Weaving

unikatissima Tablet Weave Card Weave

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There’s a technique I haven’t tried yet although I have on my list for a very long time, and that’s tablet or card weaving.
It’s a very old technique I learned to know first in Museumsdorf Düppel, the reconstruction of an 800 year old village.
With card weaving you can make soo wonderful straps, similar to Kumihimo (but only similar! ;-)).
I’m at the point ‘already’ where I looked for some instructions (see links below) ;-)


Links:
Basic Tablet Weaving
Cardweaving Made Easy
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now only available through: Cardweaving Made Easy

Linklist for ‘Tablet weaving’ incl a list of instructions
Google search result for ‘card weaving’
Google image search result for ‘card weaving’

Flinkhands Brettchenweben (German): click through to what you are interested in
Flinkhand’s card weaving beginners tutorial at creadoo (German)
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now only available through webarchive: Flinkhand’s card weaving beginners tutorial at creadoo (German)
Card weaving tutorial (German)
Card weaving tutorial (German)

Wikipedia article: Museumsdorf Düppel (German)

Here at unikatissima: Entries with the tag ‘Kumihimo’

Say It With Photos

unikatissima Say It With Photos

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It’s not long anymore until Valentin’s Day. If you don’t know how best to show your love to your sweetheart let you inspire by the article ‘Valentine’s Day Photo Ideas’ at photojojo.

I just begun with taking a photo from my glass heart, perhaps I’ll make photos from me and my friend and give him the three pictures as message.
Perhaps I won’t ;-)))


Links:
At photojojo: Valentine’s Day Photo Ideas

Quilling

unikatissima Quilling

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Quilling is quite foreign to my nature, but I wanted to try it at least once.
For me that’ll do, as you can see on the photo my fingers are way too clumsy for this ;-)

Some of the quilling objects look really beautiful, therefore I thought that I should present it anyhow.


Links:
Quilling Information – Techniques, Designs & Ideas

Google search result for ‘quilling’
Google image search result for ‘quilling’
Google search result for ‘paper filigree’
Google image search result for ‘paper filigree’

Inspirations I found via the Google image search result for ‘paper filigree’:
Snow Flake Ornament
Fabric’s new life as paper: An entry with great ideas about fabric, quilting and quilling

Crayon Encaustic

unikatissima Crayon Encaustic.jpg

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A long time ago I found an instruction for encaustic for poor.
On the photo you see one of the tries I made – I like it ;-))

I think that I will have to do it once more.


Links:
Encaustic für Arme (German)

English: Read the section ‘Ironing Crayon’. On this site you find more ideas for melted crayons.

Cassette Tape Coin Purse

craftster Cassette Tape Coin Purse

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I stll have some old cassettes I don’t listen to anymore. But because I’m always reluctant to throw anything away I’m thinking of making some purses from the cassettes by following the tutorial at craftster ;-)


Links:
At craftster: Cassette Tape Coin Purse
The description how she made the purse is somewhere in the thread.

Not your Mama’s Rubber Gloves

oilclothaddict Rubber Gloves

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I don’t like rubber gloves because they 1. don’t feel good and 2. look silly.
Now I can do something against the silly look by following the instruction on how to revamp rubber gloves.
Because I haven’t found anything yet against the first point, I think that I won’t never try them, but I found them great anyway :)


Links: Not your Mama’s Rubber Gloves