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Paper flowers Craft tissue paper: paper peonies If you love peonies just like me, you might also like this nice and easy to make peonies paper flowers from craft tissue paper.  Paper flowers: peonies Peonies paper flowers from craft tissue paper Nice, easy to make and beautiful peonies paper flowers from craft tissue paper.

Crochet clock If you love crochet or you have crochet napkin that you don't really use, here is a nice crochet clock craft idea on how you can use it for your home decor. How to make crochet clock: Crochet clock easy way to make crochet clock Nice Crochet clock

--> Craft apple tutorial Here is a very interesting and nice craft idea on how to make fabric apple. craft apple ideas Craft apple: making the leaves Such a beautiful craft apple can be a very nice gift or present!  Source -->

Refinishing wood floors your questions answered MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES ABOUT WOOD, LAMINATE, CERAMIC AND STONE Q What is the advantage of real terracotta country floors? A For a floor with warmth, character and homely good looks, terracotta is a great choice. 'The mellow, aged look of terracotta can only really be achieved by using a traditionally made tile,' says Daniel Morris, Technical Manager of Mandarin Stone. 'For an authentic finish seal with a 50:50 mix of boiled linseed oil and white spirit, followed by a coat of beeswax.' What to consider for terracotta country floors Terracotta country floors is made by fitting soft clay into a tile mold  The clay is then compacted before being fired in a kiln. The intensity of the heat and the clay used determine the color and look of the finished tile. Authentic terracotta country floors are a hard wearing material with good insulating properties. Air trapped inside the tile during the manufacturing process

Mug cozies warmer Keep coffee drinks hot with a simply made mug warmer. For this mug warmer uon will need: 1 Small-checked fabric ■ 2oz cotton batting   Tacking thread Pink sewing thread ■ Matching thread ■ 2 fasteners for each cosy mug warmer How to make mug warmer  1 Measure the height of your mug, then measure the circumfence around the mug to the handle. Cut two pieces of fabric and one piece of batting to these measurements plus 25cm all round. 2 Pin the batting to the wrong side of one piece of fabric and baste diagonally at regular intervals in one direction. Repeat on the opposite direction. 3 Fill the spool and thread the sewing machine with pink sewing thread and work running stitch along the lines of the checks in one direction, and then in theother. Finish of and remove basting. 4 Now for our mug warmer do this. Right sides facing and matching raw edges, place the unquited fabric on top of the qulted fabric and stitch around the two long sides and on

Decorating with fabric Easy curtains to make Here is an easy curtain to make idea. Turn a shop-bought quilt into a heavyweight winter door curtain. For this easy curtain to make you will need: Ready-made guilt large enough to cover tour door or window Tacking thread Velvet ribbon Matching thread Heavyweight curtain rings Easy curtains to make 1. Workout the drop of your finished curtain. Measure the quilt and fold down at the top so that it matches your required drop.Tack in place. 2. Cut a length of ribbon to the width of your curtain plus 4cm and pin in place along the turned down edge of the quilt, tucking the excess between the two layers at either end. 3. Easy curtain to make. If your quit isn't too bulky, machine stitch ribbon in pace through all layers Alternatively, hand stitch. Remove tacking. 4. Using strong double thread, sew curtain rings in place along the top of the curtain at regular intervals. Slip rings on to curtain po

Heating pad homemade Heat pad wheat cushion pillow Snuggle up for a snooze and wake up refreshed with this heating pad homemade hand-quilted wheat cushion: you can even warm it up in the microwave. For this heating homemade wheat pillow pad you will need  0.5m main patterned fabric   2oz cotton batting   Tacking thread Wheat heat pad, around 40cm by 35cm   Pink embroidery thread  Matching thread Heating pad homemade NOTE: This cushion cover fits a 40.5cm by 35.5 cm heat pad and has an envelope opening. Adjust the measurements if your heating pad is a different size. 1 Cut two 100cm by 50cm rectangles; one in main patterned fabric and one in batting. Matching raw edges all round, pin the batting to the back of the fabric. Baste the batting to the fabric diagonally in one direction at 10cm intervals, then repeat in the opposite direction. 2 Then do this for your wheat pillow. Thread an embroidery needle with pink embroidery thread. Neatly hand-work running st

Creative gift box ideas Valentine is coming and here is a very creative gift box ideas for the small Valentine gift or present.