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Tutorial: Modern Tie Dye Striped Summer Scarf | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Modern Tie Dye Striped Summer Scarf

Give your tie dye skills a modern makeover with Tulip Tie Dye and my new striped summer scarf tie dye tutorial! In this project, you’ll learn how to add bold stripes to gauzy fabric to create a sheer summer scarf or wrap that’s perfect for evening beach walks or air conditioned offices. Designed to transition …

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Tutorial: Wooden Spool Earrings | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Wooden Spool Earrings

Sewing geeks, represent: Enhance your crafty fashion cred with a pair of wooden thread spool earrings made with real mini spools! Wooden spool earrings are a fun, quick craft—you can make a pair in less than an hour—and they make great gifts for sewing-obsessed pals. Supplies: * 2 flat 4mm earring posts * 2 earring …

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Sunday Snapshot: We Win at Weekends | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: We Win at Weekends

BBQ, crochet, beer, and bike rides on Governors Island. Clearly, we win at weekends. How was yours?

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Craft Haul: Faux Glass Resin Beads | Red-Handled Scissors

Craft Haul: Faux Glass Resin Beads

While running crafty errands around Brooklyn this afternoon, I saw these faux glass resin beads in my local bead shop, Brooklyn Bead Box, and I couldn’t resist. They look just like glass—even up close—but they’re so light that you could use even the largest beads for earrings. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to …

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