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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 represents Grand Illusions, an amazing toy, magic & illusion web shop and ...

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Fold an origami crane with the DaVinci robot

How to fold an origami crane with the DaVinci robot

Can you fold an origami paper crane this small, this perfectly? The Davinci robot can. Watch as this surgical tool expertly folds a tiny, flawless paper crane.

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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 Star Wars models to working trebuchets to TV characters. Yamaha offers a library of beautiful Papercraft templates & tutorial videos on the skills ...

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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 point pen - a common form of entertainment in prison.

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Make a 3D origami Hello Kitty

How to make a 3D origami Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty is beloved the world over for her innocence and simplicity. This 3D origami Hello Kitty will impress just about anyone.

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How to do lattice work

Do lattice work

Lattice work is used as filling or for backgrounds. Worked on a plain ground (with only the fabric behind the lattice stitches) it can be ...more

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How to do the Bokhara couching stitch

Do the Bokhara couching stitch

Bokhara couching is a filling technique used in surface embroidery. Unlike regular couching, Bokhara couching uses only one thread, which ...more

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How to do the colonial knot

Do the colonial knot

The colonial knot is used in hand embroidery in the same applications as the French knot. Here's a video tutorial to help you get the hang ...more

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How to do the couching stitch

Do the couching stitch

Couching is another easy embroidery stitch in hand embroidery, and a great way to create decorative line stitches that scroll and twirl ...more

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How to do the cretan stitch

Do the cretan stitch

The cretan stitch is used in hand embroidery to create bands, to fill (any shape - leaves, for example), and it can be worked closed or open ...more

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How to do the daisy stitch

Do the daisy stitch

The detached chain stitch, also known as the "lazy daisy" or just "daisy" stitch, is a pretty popular embroidery stitch. It's perfect, of ...more

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How to do the feather stitch

Do the feather stitch

The feather stitch is an easy stitch for hand embroidery. It's worked vertically, from top to bottom in a kind of back-and-forth ...more

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How to do the fern stitch

Do the fern stitch

The fern stitch is a simple stitch that can be used in a number of hand embroidery applications: as a decorative border, as greenery in ...more

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How to do the fishbone stitch

Do the fishbone stitch

As you'll see in this video tutorial, the fishbone stitch is an easy embroidery stitch to use for filling in leaves (and other shapes, too ...more

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How to do the horizontal fly stitch

Do the horizontal fly stitch

The fly stitch is another basic embroidery stitch used for straight and curved lines, seam embellishments in crazy quilting, and general ...more

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How to do the ladder stitch

Do the ladder stitch

Ladder stitch in hand embroidery can be one of two stitches. There's the surface embroidery technique that creates a decorative band that ...more

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How to do the outline stitch

Do the outline stitch

Here's another video tutorial for a basic hand embroidery stitch - the outline stitch. It's another versatile, easy stitch!

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How to do the oyster stitch

Do the oyster stitch

The oyster stitch is an isolated stitch. It is a combination stitch using the twisted detached chain stitch which is "surrounded" by an ...more

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How to do the padded satin stitch

Do the padded satin stitch

Of all the hand embroidery stitches that exist, one of the most beautiful, when done well, is the satin stitch. It does take a little ...more

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How to do the Palestrina stitch

Do the Palestrina stitch

Here's another video tutorial for hand embroidery stitches - this one is for the Palestrina stitch. Palestrina stitch is used for outlining ...more

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How to do the raised chain stitch band

Do the raised chain stitch band

This is a composite stitch. There are two embroidery stitches here put together to make the raised chain: the simple straight stitch which ...more

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How to do the ribbed spider web stitch

Do the ribbed spider web stitch

The spider web stitch and the ribbed spider web stitch are both "woven" embroidery stitches, either used as isolated accents or used in ...more

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How to do the rope stitch

Do the rope stitch

The rope stitch is a nice hand embroidery stitch, perfect for a thick, corded look, and a member (believe it or not) of the chain stitch ...more

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How to do the Roumanian couching stitch

Do the Roumanian couching stitch

Here's another video tutorial for a hand embroidery stitch called Roumanian couching, which is used primarily as a filling stitch.

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How to do the stem stitch

Do the stem stitch

The stem stitch is a versatile embroidery stitch. It can be used to outline or to fill an area. Learn how to do it yourself!

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