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Make a playing card gift box

How to make a playing card gift box

Stop using ordinary gift boxes and present your gift with a little flair -- make a playing card gift box. Sure it can't hold ...

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Make amazing book art: folded page art

How to make amazing book art: folded page art

Simple, yet appears complex. This example of book art was made by an elderly lady in Paris. Your wonderful & charming host ...

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Make dice, if you happen to be in prison

How to make dice, if you happen to be in prison

Learn how to perfect your craps game while in prison. This video demonstrates how to make dice from toilet paper, water and a ball ...

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Make a Yamaha papercraft motorcycle YZR-M1

How to make a Yamaha papercraft motorcycle YZR-M1

The Papercraft world is wide & varied, from intricate ...

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Origami mushrooms

How to origami mushrooms

Vincent Floderer creates the most amazing origami mushrooms. Learn from the master.

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How to learn trapunto for quilting

Learn trapunto for quilting

Be sure to click on Chapter Two for the entire tutorial! In quilting, trapunto is creating raised images or sections of fabric on the ...more

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How to square up a quilt to get it ready for binding

Square up a quilt to get it ready for binding

Before binding a quilt together, the edges of the quilt need to be ...more

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How to stitch pantographs with a longarm sewing machine

Stitch pantographs with a longarm sewing machine

Watch this instructional quilting video to quilt a pantograph pattern ...more

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How to add applique and strip piecing to quilts

Add applique and strip piecing to quilts

Learn to precisely piece strips of fabric together and create and attach applique shapes to your quilt using a sewing machine.

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How to alter a pre-existing quilt

Alter a pre-existing quilt

Try a quilting experiment to make a radical change to your hand crafted quilt. In this video, the original quilt was much larger, and has ...more

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How to blindstitch in quilting

Blindstitch in quilting

Watch this instructional quilting video to learn how to blind stitch. A blind stitch is terrific when you don't want stitching to show ...more

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How to burn silk and color fabric for quilting

Burn silk and color fabric for quilting

Learn more creative quilting methods by burning silk edges and adding color to fabric with colored pencils.

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How to chain sew patches in quilt blocks

Chain sew patches in quilt blocks

See exactly how to chain sew half square triangles to make a quilt block. When you have a large number of quilting block you may find that ...more

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How to choose a good thread for quilting

Choose a good thread for quilting

This video quilting tutorial shows how to choose a good thread for quilting. Thread can really change the look of a quilting project; ...more

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How to choose batting for your quilt

Choose batting for your quilt

Different types of quilt batting vary greatly. Understand the difference between cotton, low-loft polyester, and trapunto batting.

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How to choose cotton batting for quilting

Choose cotton batting for quilting

The right batting is the first step towards creating a comfortable and durable quilt. Get started quilting by choosing the most appropriate ...more

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How to choose proper sewing machine feet for quilting

Choose proper sewing machine feet for quilting

This video quilting tutorial explains how to choose the feet on the ...more

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How to cut fast and easy half square cloth quilting triangles

Cut fast and easy half square cloth quilting triangles

This video quilting tutorial shows how to make half square triangle ...more

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How to embellish a quilt with beads

Embellish a quilt with beads

This video quilting tutorial demonstrates how to use the free motion quilting technique, shown here in a block embellished with a beaded ...more

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How to embroider with a free motion machine for quilting

Embroider with a free motion machine for quilting

Embroidering fabric adds appealing texture and color to quilts. Learn ...more

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How to hide an ending knot in your quilt

Hide an ending knot in your quilt

See how to end a knot in your hand stitching so it is hidden inside your quilt. This is a simple quilting lesson, but it is worth learning ...more

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How to join binding strips together for a quilt

Join binding strips together for a quilt

This video quilting tutorial shows how to cut fabric into strips for binding a quilt. Proper technique will prevent ugly bulky seams ...more

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How to lay out and sew a log cabin quilt square

Lay out and sew a log cabin quilt square

This video quilting tutorial shows how to lay out and sew a log cabin quilt square. The log cabin square is a classic quilting pattern ...more

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How to layer your quilt for basting

Layer your quilt for basting

If you put the layers in your quilt together correctly, your quilting will be much easier, and your finished quilt will look like a ...more

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How to line up your quilting fabric for a straight cut

Line up your quilting fabric for a straight cut

See how to line up the selvedge edges of your fabric so you cut ...more

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DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound ...

Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can ...

No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious ...

Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used ...

This Dude Builds Glaciers. Here's How.

Most DIY freaks do-it-themselves because they love it. Because they're curious, creative, and like to take the long road (or figure out an ingenious short cut). In the case of Chewang Norphel (aka the ...

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