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Crafts for the Uncrafty
Here are a few simple crafts requiring few previous
skills and no special equipment for those of us who
just want to make a little gift or something special
for our home.
Gift Scrapbook
wonderunder or other stitchless sewing product
small amount of quilt batting
scraps of ribbon, lace, cording, buttons, trinkets, silk flowers
hot glue gun
needle and matching thread
Layout fabric on ironing board or ironable flat surface;
Lay open binder, spine down, on top of fabric.
Wrap fabric across binder and trim within 1" of binder rings
And 1 1/2" top and bottom.
Using wonderunder, turn under about 1" of top and bottom of fabric
and each side.
Trim batting to fit fabric
Wrap 6" of each side in and handstitch a simple seamtop and bottom
with a 1/2" seam allowance.
Make sure that fabric is sewn right sides together.
You want to be able to turn the pockets inside-out
to show the right sides of the fabric. Turn right-side-out and press.
Place the batting on the binder with the binder closed.
Trim to the edges and hot glue down. When cool, put the fabric cover on top.
Use the hot glue gun to decorate front of binder with trims and trinkets.
A simple way to personalize would be to spell out
the person's name with ribbon or cord.
Place the pages in the binder. If desired, include stickers and colored paper.
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