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Occasions

Category: <span>Occasions</span>

When you have a special occasion to celebrate, something you make by hand adds a personal, festive touch. Do you go all out decorating and making gifts for your favorite holidays? Or special keepsakes for important life events?

Whatever or however you celebrate, find ideas and inspiration here. Make each occasion memorable for friends and family with decorations and gifts that you make with your own hands.

ChristmasDIY Christmas OrnamentsDIY Valentine IdeasEasterFathers DayFourth of JulyHalloweenMothers DayThanksgivingWeddings

DIY Christmas Ideas

DIY Christmas
Sashiko Ornaments Set 1

How to Make Sashiko Ornaments

Making Sashiko ornaments is a great way to see what the slow-stitch movement is all about. It's slow stitch, to be sure, but the projects are so small you can...

EPP Moravian Star Tree-6

How to Make an EPP Moravian Star Ornament

EPP Moravian Star Ornaments made with diamonds are an adaptation of an 1830's geometry lesson. The first known star, made in a German boys' school had 110 points! This version...

DIY Halloween

DIY Halloween
Crazy Embroidered Pumpkin Glamor Shot

Make a Crazy Quilted Pumpkin

When asked to “decorate an art pumpkin” for a local arts alliance exhibit, what’s a fiber artist to do? Add the personal challenge of using materials already in my studio....

Finished fabric trick or treat bowl

Fabric Trick or Treat Bowl

This Fabric Trick or Treat Bowl is fun to make from clothesline and fabric strips. I joined the coils with a simple zigzag stitch on my sewing machine. My open...

Lucy in her holiday scarf

How to Make a Dog Bandana: DIY Easy Sewing Tutorial

I love my dog bandanas! My owner and I walk every day. People always make comments about my holiday and seasonal bandanas! Here is how to make a dog bandana...

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Painting by Demi + Olive Handmae

Spotlight: Anna Swan of Demi + Olive Handmade

Demi + Olive highlights my passion for making kids' rooms extra special. I make personalized collages, hand-crafted décor and crafts.
Cahoots Handbags

Spotlight: Paige Davidson of Cahoots Handbags

Unique handbags from vintage fabrics made with my mom and sister. Paige is also a painter with a BFA in Studio Art..
reggae skull

Reggae Skull

Sometimes these things just sort of happen. You find a fake skull with articulating jaw and have a fake boar tongue from a taxidermy form. Then you pull out some…
fake scythe

Fake Scythe

This fake (and safe) scythe is ready to enhance a Halloween costume or add a frightful touch to your Halloween decorations.
Halloween graveyard fence and headstones

How to Make a Halloween Graveyard

Halloween Graveyard Fencing is so easy to build and really sets the mood for a great Halloween party! The gravestones are made from painted Styrofoam
Finished DIY Paper Fans

DIY Paper Fans

My wedding was outside in the summer. In order to make that a little more comfortable for our guests I made some simple DIY paper fans. Learn how to make…
Close up of the painted red, white and blue stars

Patriotic Yard

Easy yard art for the Fourth of July! All you need is a cardboard template and spray paint. No clean up - just mow!
Thibodeaux modeling his scarf

Create Custom Stencils with Freezer Paper for Fabric

Let your dog be part of the Fourth of July festivities with a flag-inspired kerchief. Bones were stenciled with paintsticks. Red and white stripes were pieced.
Pledge of Allegiance Flag Quilt

Pledge of Allegiance Flag Quilt

An embroidery machine does the heavy lifting on this flag quilt that features the Pledge. The machine takes care of piecing, applique, embroidery and quilting.

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