DIY

DIY Needlepoint Key Fob

A note from Charlotte: A few months ago I was looking for needlepoint inspiration for new projects and I kept thinking back to my friend Emily and the wonderful DIY needlepoint key fobs she makes for her friends and family. I hadn’t done a guest post in ages but I knew that this would be the perfect time to break one out! Rather than explain how to make needlepoint key fobs to y’all myself, I ...

To Stretch Bar or Not to Stretch Bar

Time to talk about stretch bars. And no, this isn’t some strange workout fad I’m trying to get y’all into for 2018. I’m talking about the stretch bars that we use to hold our needlepoint projects in place!What are stretch bars? Stretch bars are literally bars, usually made of wood or plastic, that hold your needlepoint canvas in place while you’re stitching. Sounds useful right? It is! ...

3 Tips for Switching Thread Dye Lots Mid-Project

Whether you miscalculated how much thread you needed for a project or lost some of it (story of my life), the end result is the same: You’re out of thread. When you go to buy more, there no more in that dye lot. We’ve all been there at least once, just enough to never make the mistake again.Luckily for you, I’ve made that mistake a time or two so I have some foolproof fixes that only the ...

When the Process Matters More than the Product

I recently stumbled upon an old blog post of mine from last March where I outlined a few projects I was juggling at the time. I’m embarrassed to say that a few of those projects are still works in progress with no end in sight.It can be frustrating to look back on the past year and wonder where the time went. How have I made so little progress on so many projects? It turns out that a lot ...