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Mothers Day

Category: <span>Mothers Day</span>

Need easy Mother’s Day gift ideas to make yourself? With a DIY Mother’s Day, your homemade gifts for Mom are extra thoughtful. Try arranging several easy items in a DIY basket. Browse our handmade Mother’s Day craft ideas to make her day with a present for Mom you made yourself.

Homemade Gifts for Mom

Finished wine coasters that double as mug rugs

How to Make a Mug Rug and Wine Coaster from Charm Packs

It's charming, quick, and easy! Make mug rugs from a charm pack for your cup of coffee or tea, that doubles as a wine coaster. Now, everyone can keep track...

Finished small Kinchaku bag

Japanese Lotus-Style Kinchaku Bag Pattern & Tutorial

Lotus-Style Kinchaku bags are also called Lotus Flower bags or Origami Lotus Bags. This is a fun bag pattern and is super simple to make, so they are perfect for...

Make an EPP Mug Rug - EPP Mug Rug with Snack 4

Make an English Paper Pieced Mug Rug

English Paper Piecing (EPP) is gaining traction as part of the slow stitch movement, but making a full-size EPP quilt is a long-term commitment. Thinking of an introduction to EPP,...

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Kraft-tex computer case final 3

How to Make a Laptop Case

Laptop sleeves can be expensive - and not very durable. Make your own laptop case with 1/2-yard of fabric in less than an hour! You can use a piece of…
Kraft-tex mouse pad detail

DIY Mouse Pad

The makeshift mouse pad on my desk, which had evolved from a large folded piece of tissue paper, looked more than a bit pathetic. It slid about on my glass-topped…
Open showing field notes

How to Make a Field Notes & Passport Wallet

With the Field Notes & Passport Wallet, I can slip my passport, driver's license, a couple of credit cards and some cash to lighten my load.
Car Caddy - Road Trip Ready

Make Your Own Car Caddy

I was so tired of digging through the console in my car when I needed something! It's placed a little far back for me to reach without turning, and that…
Finished bookmarks

Quick Beaded Gifts

If you have beads and some basic tools, you can be ready with a unique and personal beaded gifts in minutes. I made all of these projects with beginner-level beading…
Samples of 3 tubular herringbone ropes

How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry

Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but…
Cellini Spiral Detail

Peyote Stitch Cellini Spiral Basics

Peyote-Stitched Cellini Spiral looks really complicated, but it’s just a glorified peyote rope. The stitch is even count tubular peyote with a step up. It’s the change in bead sizes…
Dangling pearl earrings

Two Ways to Make Dangling Gemstone Earrings

For her wedding, my daughter wanted "new" pearl earrings to coordinate with the "old" pearl strands she planned to wear around her neck and in her hair. It meant a…
Bobbie and Ma

Creative Mothering

When I was just seven, our father accepted a position in Iran that brought a big move and a big change in our lives! Our family of four (there would…

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