sewing

Ricë finishes up exposing her embarrassing scissor collection and shares her recommendations for your own (much smaller and more sensible) selection.

Shears, snips, pinking shears, teflon blades, school scissors–who knew there were so many different kinds of scissors? And who knew one person could have so many pair and not even realize it?

Couching is an embroidery technique usually used with fiber and fabric, but it’s a perfect technique to use in collage and art journaling, too. Got a strip of something you don’t want to cut up? Couch it!

If exact color matching is vital for a particular series, you’re going to want to plan for that right from the beginning. Ricë learns this the hard way, as usual.

We’re taught to rely just on the standard tools of our craft–brushes and paints, or just the clay–but having a personalized system can make the work so much easier. Ricë shares the accoutrements she relies on for long, tedious beading projects like the one shown here.

Ricë think she may finally have found the solution to the problem of fingertips poked full of tiny needle holes. Nope, it’s not another thimble–this is something that will also work for painters and encaustic artists, bakers and gardeners. You’re gonna love these!

Melly explains her Breast Cancer Awareness Project for October–it’s just a little different from the ones you might have seen before.