Archive for November 4th, 2009
Anyone who loves to make candles has probably made one with an empty cardboard milk carton, canning wax, ice chunks, and a piece of string (adding perhaps a crayon for color.) Likewise, most of us have more than likely formed a hollow place in a pile of sand, poured melted wax into the hole, and added a wick forming a sand candle.
However, if we want to make professional-looking candles, it is necessary to use the correct candle making supplies. Using the proper supplies and following simple directions, we can produce candles that we can be proud to display or sell.
Express Yourself with a Crazy Quilt
In the world of traditional quilting, a quilt block is a precise and rigidly defined geometric shape that must be repeated. While this sense of structure can be comforting to the creator of the quilt, it doesn’t hurt to try something a bit more spontaneous from time to time. Enter another, less predictable form of quilt making: crazy quilting. As the name suggests, you’re free to be as creative and zany as you see fit while patching together these works of art.
Crafting a visually appealing crazy quilt isn’t as simple as stitching together a few random patches. There should still be a method to your madness. Keep a rough design of the finished product in your mind at all times, focusing on creating a stark contrast between patches. You can use ribbons, lace and even buttons to embellish the quilt along its stitching.