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avgirl80

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craft interests: crochet, embroidery, gifts, home decorating, paper crafts, quilting, restyle, sewing

Gender: Female

Member Since: 10/28/2009

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Little Girl's Pillowcase Dress

Nov 2, 2010

My first pillowcase dress I made for my friend's little girl.

Embroidered Cards

Jul 10, 2010

I've been dabbling in embroidery and using it for card making. Embroidering cards is super easy! All you need is a good punching awl (a sharp piercing tool, I found mine near the sewing...

Men's shirt makeover

Jul 10, 2010
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I really loved the tutorial for this project I found here on Craftstylish, so I decided to give it a go. I also loved that the cost of the project was cheap, cheap, cheap! I paid $1.50 for a...

Floral paper lantern

Jun 19, 2010

My inspiration for this project came from http://www.craftynest.com/2010/01/two-paper-lanterns-flowers-and-pom-poms/ I decided to order online some silk orchid leis and colorful floral heads...

Shaker Peg Shelf

Apr 12, 2010
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I discovered a need in one of my bathrooms for some more storage space, but I also needed an additional place to hang towels. So I thought I'd do both by transforming an existing shelf I had...

Christmas Bows

Dec 24, 2009

I wanted to make some bows for my Christmas tree. I had many different styles of ribbon and I had a lot of fun mixing different colors of ribbon to create fun bows for the tree. Very fun!

My mom and I have a special love for all things Hawaiian, so we decided to make some Hawaiian/tropical ornaments for Christmas. We used simple stencils (and/or free hand) to draw the designs on the...

Paper Flowers

Oct 28, 2009
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My attempt at Jeffery Rudell's Simple White Paper Flowers. I decided to add a few Fall colored flowers in the mix. I would have preferred to use the light green floral tape, but the craft store...

Punch Needle Fern

Oct 28, 2009

This was my first attempt at punch needle craft. I traced around a Laua'e Hawaiian Fern (that I picked from my fern) on the punch needle cloth and then punched away! I still have...

Recycled Wool Dog Sweater

Oct 28, 2009
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This was my attempt at the Recycled Dog Sweater. I had a plain, old wool sweater that had been sitting in garage for years, waiting to be reused for something. I found the...