Felt Bird Tutorials

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Felt Birds. Make for fun, easy projects with loads of application. Felt, that most easy to work with materials does not fray! can be easily cut in shapes. All you need is 2-3 shapes to create a bird. Bit of glue and dab on an eye, and you have a cute bird embellishment. photo source: [...]

French Pillows w Bird Collage & Bunny Portrait

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Today I have for you beautiful & unique French Bird & Bunny pillows, spotted in the hip-groovy Marais district in Paris. Bird Pillows If you’ve made our ‘bird with umbrella’ pillow, you could make this French bird pillow as a companion. Techniques:  To make a pillow like this, however, you must first create the whole [...]

Felt Christmas Ornaments

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Want to make Felt Christmas ornaments this year? I’ve collected five tutorials / design themes that I like. Take your pick of any of them. Happy Ornament-making or buying!   Let’s kick-off with inspiration from the Design Pro’s at Land of Nod: 0. Embroidered Felt Christmas Ornaments Kids Ornaments: Birds and Birdhouse Tree Ornaments – [...]

Decorative Pillows :: Beautiful Birdcage Craft Giveaways

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Did you see this fabulous bird pillow tutorial made by Bev from Flamingo Toes for us?  It’s a beautifully embellished pillow tutorial with lots of techniques and tips to get the ‘just so’ detail.           This bird pillow is a match to two other pillows she’d just designed, one of a [...]

How to Make a Parasol Bird Pillow

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Today we’re starting something new: FEATURED GUEST BLOGGER CRAFT TUTORIALS. What I mean is that I’m inviting lovely and really talented craft bloggers to guest post tutorials for their wonderful unique crafts on FineCraftGuild. Our first guest blogger is the creative Beverly from Flamingo Toes, based in California. Ahhh. Look at the sewing project she’s [...]

Best Homemade Advent Calendars

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My friend was cleaning her closets the other day, and asked if I was interested in her old house-shaped letter-box. It looked … a bit dated, a bit odd-shaped, a bit bland as it was plain wood, and … I did not know what to do with it. Mentally, I was running my ‘Do I [...]