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Make a Chic Raffia Flower Brooch with the Hana-Ami Loom!
Though I tend to work mostly on large-scale fiber arts projects, sometimes I’m just not in the mood to work for hours at a time and see little progress. It’s in times like that where I look for a super quick and easy project to get my mind off whatever else I’m working on at the moment. After only an hour at most, I can have a whole new piece to take away and feel accomplished with! These projects, for me, are just as important as the larger ones. They…
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Watch Us Wednesday – Woven Baskets
You can weave custom baskets with our Basket Frames, available in 3 sizes of these shapes; round, oval, and square. The baskets can be created with any fiber that is flexible enough to weave including yarn, raffia, ribbon, fabric strips, and twine. Imagine being able to create the exact color match to your home decorating projects or for your next party or gift giving needs. It’s a quick weaving project to create a custom look.
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Watch Us Wednesday – Hana Ami Flower Loom
We put together a playlist of YouTube videos featuring tutorials for the Hana Ami Flower Loom. This loom can be used to create flowers with a variety of fibers including yarn, raffia, and ribbon depending on the look and application of the flower. The loom is packaged with the inserts you need to create different sizes and shapes of flowers. It’s an easy and fun process to make the flowers, as you can see in the videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3wuXbDFXuE&feature=share&list=PL5CtqoNhlTkFaCl1wQi2HoqTdvxrqX1Ar
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Make It Monday – Raffia Flowers
Spring is the perfect time to decorate a straw bag with raffia flowers created with the Hana Ami Flower Loom. The loom can be used to create flowers with most any fiber for other projects. Here’s the link to complete PDF file of instructions to print or download to create your own raffia flowers. You can see all of our Make it Monday posts by clicking on the words Make it Monday below this post or by visiting our new Make it Monday Pinterest Board. Have you tried any of our…
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Baskets made with Ribbons and Raffia
Organization basket ideas! One great way to use the Basket Frames is for storage. So this week, we will be creating baskets to store our craft supplies and tools to organize our craft table. Let’s use ribbons and raffia with our Basket Frames to create our baskets. A bucketful of ribbons and raffia’s! Beautiful and vibrant colors! We alternate different colors of raffia to give this Large Square Basket interest. Oval Basket (Large): Made with red ribbon with a touch of green ribbon on the rim. Oval Basket (Small) and…