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April 12, 2026

Handmade Monday #467

April 12, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Handmade Monday #467

Welcome to Handmade Monday #467 a link up for craft ideas, recipes and all things handmade.

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April 12, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 35 Comments
Handmade Monday
April 08, 2026

Solace DIY Leather Bag Kit Review

April 08, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Solace DIY Leather Bag Kit Review

DIY leather bag kit review, how I got on sewing a leather bag using a kit from Solace leather

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Kit Review
craft kits, Product review
April 01, 2026

Easter Egg Gift Box

April 01, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Easter Egg Gift Box

How to make little Easter gift boxes just the right size to give a creme egg (or any other egg that is actual chicken egg size)

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April 01, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 12 Comments
General Papercrafts, Easter
Easter, papercraft, Gift Wrap
March 28, 2026

Turn Garment Swing Tags into Gift Tags

March 28, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Turn Garment Swing Tags into Gift Tags

Don’t throw away those swing tags that come with all new clothes, turn them into upcycled gift tags.

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March 28, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 15 Comments
General Papercraft 3, Upcycled 4
upcycling, Gift Wrap, papercraft, recycling/repurposing
March 18, 2026

Simple Embroidery on Butterfly Print Fabric

March 18, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Simple Embroidery on Butterfly Print Fabric

Embellish inexpensive butterfly print fabric with some simple embroidery stitches to add extra colour and texture

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March 18, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 3 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 6
embroidery
March 11, 2026

Quilted Ruffle Bag Tutorial

March 11, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Quilted Ruffle Bag Tutorial

How to make a quilted bag with ruffle frill. A bag sewing tutorial

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March 11, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 2 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 6, refashions 1
sewing tutorial, sewing, bags
March 04, 2026

Marbled Clay Ring Keeper

March 04, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Marbled Clay Ring Keeper

How to make a pretty glittered cone ring keeper from marbled air dry clay

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March 04, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 22 Comments
Everything else 1
Air Hardening Clay, Home Decorating, Product review, glitter, jewellery, tutorials
February 25, 2026

Simple Cross Stitch Alphabet Pattern and tips for using variegated threads

February 25, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Simple Cross Stitch Alphabet Pattern and tips for using variegated threads

Free chart for a simple traditional style cross stitch alphabet sampler plus some tips for working with variegated threads.

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Sewing and Embroidery 6
cross stitch
February 18, 2026

How to make a little pouch from your fabric scraps

February 18, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
How to make a little pouch from your fabric scraps

How to make a cute little pouch from your fabric scraps

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February 18, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 6 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 6
sewing tutorial, Sewing my Stash, tutorials, sewing
February 11, 2026

How to make a bag with a multiway handle

February 11, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
How to make a bag with a multiway handle

A free pattern and step by step sewing tutorial to make a versatile bag that has both and short handles.

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February 11, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 30 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 1
Gifts, Sewing my Stash, gift ideas, sewing, tutorials
February 07, 2026

A little tribute to Jenny 2026

February 07, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
A little tribute to Jenny 2026

A little tribute to my mum on what would have been her birthday, remember her encouragement for all things crafts.

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February 07, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 6 Comments
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their stories
February 03, 2026

The Creative Craft Show Ticket Giveaway

February 03, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
The Creative Craft Show Ticket Giveaway

Win 2 tickets to the Creative Craft Show at the NEC Birmingham this March

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February 03, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 8 Comments
Giveaway
January 28, 2026

12 no knit or crochet ideas for novelty yarn

January 28, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
12 no knit or crochet ideas for novelty yarn

12 non knit or crochet ideas for novelty, highly textured or fancy yarns.

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January 28, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 36 Comments
Everything else 1
Gifts, Home Decorating, Kids activities, My Favourite Finds, Party ideas, cushions and pillows, gift ideas, round up, yarn
January 24, 2026

How to make trinket dishes from empty tape rolls

January 24, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
How to make trinket dishes from empty tape rolls

How to turn empty tape rolls into cute trinket dishes, 3 upcycled craft ideas

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January 24, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 24 Comments
General Papercraft 3, Upcycled 4
recycling/repurposing, papercraft, decoupage, upcycling, craft tutorials
January 14, 2026

Vintage Handkerchief Jewellery Pouch

January 14, 2026/ Sum of their Stories
Vintage Handkerchief Jewellery Pouch

How to make a useful little travel jewellery pouch from a vintage handkerchief.

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January 14, 2026/ Sum of their Stories/ 31 Comments
Sewing and Embroidery 1
sewing, recycling/repurposing, sewing tutorial
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