Afternoon Projects
Craftsy provides many afternoon project guides for our community. Here you will find how to make no-sew masks, quick quilted gifts, and small knitting projects. Use this board to help inspire and guide you through your next afternoon craft!
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This Scrappy Mug Rug Is Bound to Be the Apple of Your Eye
Mug rugs may not grow on trees, but they can come out of fabric scraps. This quick and easy project is perfect for summer or fall, and — bonus! — makes an A+ gift for any teacher.
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Amigurumi for Beginners
Paula Cazorla will share all her secrets for creating the cutest amigurumi critters. Starting from scratch, you’ll practice the basic crochet stitches that will be used to make each character. You’ll learn how to make a magic ring, single crochet, color changes, increases and decreases. Paula will also go over some simple tips to make your work easier and give you higher quality results.
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Make a Speedy Fourth of July Mug Rug This Weekend
Red, white and blue has never looked so cute. Make a batch of mug rugs to use during your Fourth of July picnic — they can double as hot plates for your cookout, too!
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Your Kitchen Needs This Adorable Candy Corn Mug Rug and Tea Towel
Add some festive flair to your kitchen with the cutest mug rug and tea towel. They whip up in a flash, especially with our printable PDF template. Just follow the cut-outs, piece ’em together and do some simple stitching!
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Stitch an Adorable Pumpkin Pincushion in Less Than an Hour
Add some autumn cheer to your next sewing project! This little pincushion is super cute, and takes absolutely no time to make.
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Expressive Pages: Journaling the Everyday
Ready to let your imagination run wild? Join mixed media artist Judith Cassel-Mamet and find out how to create your own personalized art journal to record both your everyday and extraordinary experiences. Discover easy techniques and simple, portable tools that will help you activate your pages, turning them into inspiring platforms for creative expression using color, design, found objects, text and more.
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Quick Quilted Gifts
Create handmade presents for every occasion and season with step-by-step guidance from pattern designer Tammy Silvers. Finish a fashion-forward quilted infinity scarf in an afternoon. Make a Double Dutch Candy table runner with fascinating faux-curved piecing and perfect pinwheels that are actually simple to sew. Use the versatile stitch-and-flip technique and a speedy assembly process on a lap quilt featuring bright and beautiful flower blocks.
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9 Tips for Shipping Your Amazing Handmade Gifts
Now that you’ve finished making the perfect holiday gift for your long-distance loved one, there’s only one question: How do you get it to them? Navigating the realm of shipping labels and packaging can feel overwhelming, but with the right know-how you can send your handmade gifts totally hassle-free.
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We’ve Got a Hunch You Need an Ergonomic Sewing-Machine Table
Sewing should make you feel happy, productive and totally in the zone. What it definitely shouldn’t do is kill your back. But without a sewing-machine table that fits your body, all that hunching forward is eventually gonna cause some misery. You need a table that gives you support in all the right places.
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Punch Needle Tote
Make your own punch needle tote bag in just a few hours! In this short project tutorial, designer Rose Pearlman shares pro tips for completing her abstract design. It's a quick and easy project for fiber fanatics of all levels.
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How to Make a Face Mask at Home
Making your own face mask is beneficial for many reasons! First, you can reuse and wash fabric face masks, reducing waste and minimizing the use of disposable masks. Second, you can customize your mask to any cute fabric you choose! Craftsy has a few different options for creating your own face mask, one pattern that you can sew, or if you don't know how to sew, there is a simpe no sew face mask pattern!
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3 Creative Ways to Tie-Dye a Scarf
3 Creative Ways to Tie-Dye a Scarf: Take a plain bandana scarf and give it a ‘70s inspired pattern! The best part? These three methods for tie-dyeing a bandana scarf use materials + supplies you probably already have lying around your house! Roll up your sleeves, grab your dye, a pair of gloves, rubber bands, and a few other household things and get ready to make gorgeous tie-dye designs!
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How to Make Your Own Menorah for Hanukkah
There are a million ways to make a menorah, but this one has become a fast favorite. All you need is a few cans of spray paint, a handful of washers and a bunch of PVC. Let’s get stacking!
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3 Easter Egg Decorating Ideas That Will Blow Your Mind
This Easter is all about keeping things fresh, and that means thinking way beyond basic dyed eggs. These beauties take cues from some of our favorite crafts — think painting, paper crafting and gardening — for totally original designs that are way too cool to hide.
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