Plastic canvas patterns are excellent for all types of crafters. They are particularly lovely for children, teens, and beginners to stitching because they use a larger grid with thicker yarn, making it easier to see what you are doing. In fact, plastic canvas projects serve as a foundation for other embroidery patterns like needlepoint and cross stitch. Using yarn, a tapestry needle, and sheets of plastic canvas, crafters can complete projects more quickly. Other embroidery techniques, which are done on canvas and require a smaller needle and thinner thread, take longer to complete (though they are gorgeous and should be tried once you master plastic canvas!). No matter how experienced you are at embroidery, plastic canvas is a lovely option to finish cute projects quickly. Some popular plastic canvas crafts include coasters, ornaments, tissue box covers, and even small purses or sunglasses cases. Before you begin making plastic canvas crafts, you must first learn the basic stitches! Using our plastic canvas stitches guide, master these beginner stitches and you will be equipped to complete almost any plastic canvas project. Bonus! Want to print these plastic canvas stitches to have them handy? Download the Plastic Canvas Stitches PDF.
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Inspiration for MAKING a pretty life!
Hi Everybody... Robin here. One week to Christmas. Wrapping up Hanukah. Busy times, indeed. This weekend, I returned to writing Stitch Guides. Many have been waiting their turn for far too long, and I do apologize. To those still in the queue... please know I am working as hard as I can to get these back to you. I began with the Melissa Shirley Designs canvases: Pink Flower Purse 1306B and Mellow Yellow Flower Purse 1306C. Both designs were on 18 mesh. The same customer chose both of them. Won't she have a fun time. Here are the threads chosen for each stitch guide. Very pretty, right? Pink Flower Purse • MSD 1306-B Melissa Shirley Designs Stitch Guide by Robin King Mellow Yellow Flower Purse • MSD 1306-C Melissa Shirley Designs Stitch Guide by Robin King When I was charting the stitch for one of the Leaves, I noticed the name Caswell Stitch. I have heard the name, but never met the author of the stitch. Through Facebook, however, I did send a shout out to Ann and here is what she said. "The stitch was actually listed and named by Father Bob for a county in North Carolina. However he often would tease me and my husband, saying it described the way we fit together." It is fun to learn the history of stitches. So... just in case you don't know the Caswell Stitch... here it is. Work it in Horizontal Rows... very similar to the construction of Criss Cross Hungarian, but on a larger scale. These two Stitch Guides are finished and ready to return to their owner. My queue has been reduced by two. Woohoo! Next up: Elephant Walk by Treglown Designs and a sweet Strictly Christmas Large Stocking (CS323) featuring a Girl Teddy Bear decorating the Tree; both on 13 mesh. Any of the stitch guide I write are available for purchase. On my To Do List for 2013 is to better organize/advertise all the stitch guides I have had the opportunity to write, so (hopefully) others might want them, too. Well, that's all for now. I'll be checking in before Christmas. Fingers crossed, I will have some photos to share about the TWO classes I will be teaching at the TNNA Winter Market in February 2013. Until then... Hugs, Robin
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Plastic Canvas Whirligig
Twirlers or whirlygigs are so much fun to have in the garden. Even the gentle breeze will make them twirl. I make them from plastic canvas, wire, beads and a fishing swivel. A conch shell twirler/wind spinner/whirlygig is a good one to start with. Materials: wire from a coathanger that is about 16 inches long
So, I love making these little guys – it’s just the most relaxing, serendipitous process of creation. That said, I really struggled with how to best represent this process in a tutorial. I think it’s
A new box - this one is for Novacon art show.
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One of the best things about the craft of crochet is that you don't need to learn very much at all in order to be able to make beautiful things, and yet there
By Diane Gilleland If you have a lot of stuff, and you want a custom-sized, custom-crafted way to store it, look no further than plastic canvas. Here,
A simple sewing project to introduce young children to hand stitching.
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Print This CraftThese Plastic Canvas Lacing Patterns for Beginners will introduce them to the craft with simple shapes. This craft ... Read More
My oh my’ Christmas is soon to be here, so I thought it would be fun to put together my Top 20 Handmade Gifts.
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If you were ever a Girl Scout or went to church camp, you probably remember making something similar to this plastic canvas rainbow craft. Kids of all ages will love making this for St. Patrick’s Day, spring, or any festive holiday! Plastic canvas is a great option for young crafters. The open grid makes it ... Read More about Plastic Canvas Rainbow
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Learn how to needlepoint with free tutorials and stitching guides, and find useful charts and patterns for needlepoint projects.
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Leaf stitch is one of my favorite needlepoint stitches. I first shared this stitch on my blog back in 2010. I thought of revamping the whole idea of needlepoint with Leaf stitch so I created this easy and fun project to make a pair of coasters that look fresh and beautiful.These colorful coaste
So, here’s the tutorial on how to make the Swirl Spirograph Plastic Canvas Necklace, such as: Now, this is my first ever tutorial, so please forgive me if I’m too pedantic or if I’…
Still working with counted stitches on the spot sampler, the next step that I took on mine (and that my students took in the Needle Arts class) was to add a Quaker motif to the sampler. In class, along with the Quaker motif came a lot of history on samplers, the Quaker samplers, the various ...
Learn how to needlepoint with free tutorials and stitching guides, and find useful charts and patterns for needlepoint projects.
