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29 Aug 18
Crochet Pattern: Simple Hairband

Crochet Pattern: Simple Hairband

I was doing some house keeping in my craft room last few days, only to find out that I have so many left over yarns from my previous knitting and crocheting projects, oh dear!!! What am I going to do with them, I can’t just throw them away? They are…

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24 Aug 39
Crochet Pattern: 5-Petal Flower

Crochet Pattern: 5-Petal Flower

I created the crochet pattern for the blue 5-petal flower that I attached on “The Dazzles” after some requests from readers. And that was weeks ago, I have a tough time writing the crochet pattern as it involved 2 layers on the petals, front and rear, and they then join-up…

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24 Jul 6
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 4: How To Take Measurement On Your Foot

Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 4: How To Take Measurement On Your Foot

Continue from Part 3: Interior Beading Once you have the shoes faces filled up with the beads pattern, you are ready to have them made into a nice pair of Peranakan Kasut Manek (beaded shoes). If you have a local shoe-maker who knows how to make Peranakan Kasut Manek (beaded…

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20 Jul 20
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 3: Interior Beading

Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 3: Interior Beading

After you have finished your border beading, you can go ahead to fill up your shoes face with your chosen pattern. The photo below shows you an example of my design on a thong style sandal which I have not completed when I took the photo.

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10 Jul 14
The Born Of “The Dazzles” Vintage Frame Clutch Bag

The Born Of “The Dazzles” Vintage Frame Clutch Bag

May be you were wondering why I just showed you only detailed depictions of “The Dazzle” in my previous post and did not write down the process…. Not my style huh~ you are right…. and I am doing it here!!!! About a month ago, I was having a chat with…

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21 Jun 10
Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 2: Border Beading

Beading (Manek) Tutorial – Part 2: Border Beading

Continue from Part 1: Preparing The Frame & Canvas After having your frame and canvas prepared, shoes-face traced out, the next step is to sew a stretch of beads along the shoes-face outline like the picture shown below. You need: 1. Japanese seed beads size 15/0 for the border 2. Very fine needle so that…

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