Crafty Marie

My craft room is unfortunately too small to fit a full-sized ironing board inside. So, instead, I made a portable ironing pad that I could position on the side of my sewing machine. I'll show you how to make this DIY tabletop ironing board in this easy tutorial. Wanting my portable pressing board in a hurry, I decided on an easy no-sew method to make this DIY mini board. Luckily I was able to use materials and supplies that I already had to hand. You may well have most of these materials too. Since I made this tabletop board, my sewing and quilting projects have been much faster and easier to complete because I can iron my fabric at any time without having to leave my craft room.

Yarn tassels provide a fantastic way to add in some decorative interest and breathe both movement and life into crocheted, knitted and even fabric-based projects. You'll learn how to make beautiful yarn tassels with multicolor wools for a stunning finish. These multicolor yarn versions are not very hard to create and need no special tools. You can make these from all kinds of string, cord and ribbon as well as ordinary wool and yarn.  You often see them made up in a single color but it's just as easy, and faster, to make these decorative embellishments in more than one color.