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Powering Up My Dremel 4000

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We here at CraftGossip.com were lucky enough to be sent the new Dremel 400o tool kit to review. I assumed this tool would be like all my other Crafty tools good for some things and not so great for others. Boy oh boy was I wrong!  this dremel drill is the way to any crafty girls heart.  It is powered up and capable of so many different jobs that it’s just amazing.

My review pack was for the Dremel 4000 30 tool kit which comes with 30, Yes I did say 30 accessories. Including circle cutter, sanding tools and a storage box.

So far I have used my drill (I have only had it 2 days) to drill holes in some pendant pieces, sand down some polymer clay beads, cut a round Christmas ornament out of balsa wood and I finished off with sanding down my dad’s toe nails. (ok that bit is not true) but if I wanted to I could have done it with the smaller attachments.

The new Dremel 4000 is compatible with any existing Dremel attachments you might have for older models making it perfect for upgrading to a more powerful one.

Here is the technical stuff on the drill and tool kit (via the Dremel website)

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These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.