Category Archives: Recycle That S#!T…

Paper : : Pleated Flowers

Posted on January 7, 2011 by smallestforest

Pleated flower craft tutorials abound on the internets, but there’s a trick in this tutorial that will keep your flowers from coming un-pleated and falling apart like all the others!

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Make an album (and coloring book) of your favorite patterns

Posted on October 8, 2010 by smallestforest

I’m rounding up that wild pile of patterns that I have been saving since I was 16 and I’m going to freehand a pattern…okay, maybe just a tiny fragment of a pattern?…onto a page in a big, yellowing dictionary. Do you think that’s crazy? Continue reading →

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Join a movie-themed embroidery swap: the Phat Quarter

Posted on August 9, 2010 by smallestforest

The Project I have ❤‘d Mr X Stitch loooongtime, but didn’t have the nerve to join one of their FFF of F (Fifth Friday Festival of Fabulousness) swaps until now. The theme this time is Movies…something I have not had … Continue reading →

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