Chhaya Mehrotra Blog

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Apr 14 2025

Quilling Earrings: Create Stunning Jewelry with Simple Designs

If you aren t familiar with paper quilling, this craft involves taking thin strips of colored paper, rolling them into a coil, pinching them to form a shape, and gluing the shapes together to create designs and objects.

Apr 15 2025

Easy Embroidery Designs: Adorable Patterns for Any Skill Level

As you know, there is no magic here but the colorful embroidery thread and some simple hand embroidery stitches create enough magic on your fabric to convince you that there is something special and magical about embroidery.

Apr 17 2025

Simple Butterfly Embroidery Designs: Stitch Your Way to Beauty

And, in a pinch, you can trace your pattern onto some tracing paper, baste the paper onto your fabric, stitch through the paper, and then remove once complete.

Apr 18 2025

Show Your Love with These Easy and Adorable Valentine's Day Crafts

Pair them with other February craft ideas for preschoolers, like paper plate Valentine crafts or toilet paper roll Valentine crafts for an extra dose of love.

Apr 18 2025

Easy Crochet Mittens: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners

Made with medium-weight yarn and a 4mm crochet hook, these mittens have a stretchy texture due to the blend of cotton, nylon, and polyester in the yarn.

Apr 22 2025

Simple Knitting Patterns: Discover the Joy of Knitting with These Easy Projects

The knit in the front and back of the stitch gives you a little purl bump, which will help you keep track of increases when you begin working in the round.

Apr 22 2025

Discover the Beauty of Palestinian Embroidery: Simple Patterns & Tutorials

The following are useful resources to create a custom design using a DMC thread color library, experiment with various motifs, shapes, and patterns by placing them within the grid squares, and finally download PDF versions of your design for reference while stitching.

Apr 22 2025

Easy Skirt Sewing Patterns: Make a Perfect Skirt in No Time

I didn t have quite enough to make a one seam skirt in the fabric I wanted to use, and I am plus size,so I just cut half the width I needed plus two seam allowances via the entire width of the fabric and then sliced it down the middle.

Apr 23 2025

Embroidery for Beginners: Learn Basic Stitches and Patterns

From there, expand your stitch knowledge and practice the 15 stitches every embroiderer should know, and you ll go from beginner to intermediate stitcher in no time.

Apr 23 2025

Simple Pullover Sweater Knitting Pattern: A Warm and Easy Knit for Any Occasion

Read all about the easy bottom up construction and what you need to make it or grab the printable PDF and start knitting this men s sweater knitting pattern.