DIY Unicorn Dreamcatcher

This dreamcatcher can be a great gift for a Unicorn fan! It requires only a few supplies, which you might already have at home. Spare a few minutes to make this adorable unicorn theme dreamcatcher!

Materials

Yarn – 5 to 6 Different Colors
Felt fabric – 3 to 4 Different Colors
Scissors
Craft Wire – 16 Gauge
Hotglue Gun
Faux Pearl Beads

Step-1: Determine the size for the dreamcatcher and create the loop accordingly. Wrap the loop using white yarn or fabric; make sure to cover the loop entirely. Use white yarn to create the dreamcatcher web pattern inside the loop.

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Step-2: Cut out long strands from different colored yarns. Take 4 yarn strands to make a group and make 8-10 groups of yarns strands. Attach the yarn strand groups at the bottom intact side of the loop. You can trim the open bottom edges of the yarns if you want to.

Step-3: Use felt fabrics, cardstock papers to create flowers. Keep a nice and balanced color combination of the flowers. Make as many flowers as you’ll need. Cut out the unicorn horn pattern from a foam piece. Cut out a slightly curvy piece from foam piece, see picture of this step. This curvy piece will be the base for attaching the flowers, horns and ears.

Step-4: Cover the top of the horn pattern using golden fabric or paper or paint, which ever supply is available. Attach the flowers on the front side of the base one by one. Attach the ears and then the horn at the back side of the base. And finally attach the curvy piece on the top side of the dreamcatcher loop.

Attach hanging mechanism and done! You can add more details if you want to.

Enjoy!

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One of the most common problems that cross stitchers at all skill levels have is that the cross stitch fabric can start fraying while you stitch.

Beginner cross stitchers might wonder why this happens and if there is something they are doing wrong to cause it.

The reason cross stitch fabric frays is because it is a woven fabric, and the nature of any kind of woven fabric (whether that’s cross stitch fabric, a torn up towel or a piece of fabric you’re going to sew) is that it wants to fray.

It’s not necessarily a huge deal if you cross stitch fabric starts fraying mid-project if you have left a lot of extra fabric around your stitching. But if there’s not much fabric to spare in order to be able to finish the project the way you want, you’ll want to do something to stop the fraying.

When I was growing up I remember my mom using masking tape for this purpose, but it turns out there are lots of different things that you can do to stop your cross stitch fabric from fraying.

Craft with Cartwright came up with 15 different things that you can try, which seems like a lot, but that just means you have lots of different things you can try.

If you don’t want to buy something, you can stitch along the edges. If you already have supplies like tape or glue, or access to pinking shears or a serger, there are lots of options you can try.

Some of these are more permanent than others, so it will depend a little bit on how you want to finish your cross stitch project as to which is the best choice for you. It’s a great idea to read through the whole list just so you can have them in the back of yoru mind the next time you start a project and think about how you would like to protect it.

You can find the whole list at Craft with Cartwright.

How do you like to stop fraying on your cross stitch projects? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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