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 ...
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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 ...
Getting Started with Buttercream Icing
This weekend, I put my ego aside and faced my fear of icing head on. Friend and fellow blogger Katie from Touch of Teal mentioned she was going to try one of Michael’s Wilton Icing Classes, so I invited myself along. I don’t handle failure very well so as soon as I decided I wasn’t very good at icing, I immediately started avoiding situations that might require it. That’s one of the primary reason ...
