Pearls of craft wisdom-what I have learned
Like me, from time to time you go to a workshop, or read something, or someone tells you a hint or tip and your response is...well I didnt know that and then you think, I will remember that and give that a go and hey presto it works.
Some of the stuff is so simple and easy. I was in a beading shop a while ago trying to replace a bead that had come off a shoe. The very kind lady helped me to find a bead and then said if I didnt want to loose one in future I should apply a coat of clear nail varnish over the top and that would solve the problem. Obviously I wouldnt do it with my diamonds,(well I may consider it, but thats another story!) but any decoarations on shoes, bags etc now get the treatment and still look great and no losses so far! I have also discovered that clear nail varnish is good at giving things a "wet" look. I made a braided river scarf a while ago and stuck small stones on to create the braided river effect. A coat of varnish made them look great.
Another useful tip I learned recently(well it was news to me) is that dental floss is good for sewing on buttons etc. My hubby seemed to lose buttons on his shorts on a regular basis and I tried linen thread etc. Then I was told about dental floss and no more lost buttons. It does break down eventually in the wash, but seems to last for ages!
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Permalink Reply by Mattie on -
Dear Julia,
I don't have any pearls of wisdom of my own to share I'm not that knowledgeable about things like that and I wish I was, most of what I know about embroidery and quilting comes from my Mamaw and it's things that a lot of people already know. But it's always nice to pick up new things, that dental floss for fixing buttons is really neat! I kinda want to try that now. Thanks for sharing that, that's really neat and now I'm going to see if my Mamaw knows that, lol.
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Permalink Reply by aikistitch on -
Another use for dental floss, well not the floss but the box it comes in:0
You can use the little hook as a threadcutter to be used on a plane, as you can't bring scissors on the plane.
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Permalink Reply by Julia Atkinson on -
Thats a great tip! Thank you for sharing that one. Good old dental floss.
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Permalink Reply by Zara Saliba on
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Another sneaky plane one is stickytaping a sewing needle to the inside arm of your glasses/sunglasses...
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