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15 Easy Duck Tape Projects

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When Fox Chapel Publishing sent us a copy of 15 Easy Duck Tape Projects   (RRP $8.99)  to review we were super excited and couldn’t wait to get stuck into it (pun intended).

This book has been created by ShurTech Brands – the makers of Duck Tape and this book is filled with fun and imaginative things to create.

We are no stranger to using duct tape crafts in projects and have a few on our sister site already:

ipad Cover 

Purse 

Clear Card Purse

This is a great book for all ages but I think it would really appeal to teenagers especially boys. Sure , some of the things are girly but a little male touch and these projects could very easily be manly. What other unusual use have you found for tape?

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How to Store Embroidery Needles

I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]