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It works very well, especially on good paper. I'm not an artist. I am a colorist, and apparently not the best one because I do go outside the lines. This tool takes care of my mistakes. | 5 |
I was skeptical about this since I heard so many bad reviews about the smell. My bag actually doesn't smell at all like anything, which is neither good nor bad. I smelled the beeswax bars at a local store and they smelled absolutely divine like a smokey honey. However, this one does not have the nasty gasoline smell others have complained about, but it also doesn't smell like anything, so I cannot complain.
These little pellets do take a while to melt, but all in all I am very happy with my purchase. I am using these for lip balms and they work as expected. | 4 |
Nice smooth needles that are all comfortably rigid. Even the thinnest set doesn't seem to have an issue with a heavy hand or a tight knit. | 4 |
Minus one star because the case came cracked. | 4 |
Interesting product a little pricey. | 4 |
Excellent value on 1 inch webbing. | 5 |
I considered other die cut machines when I bought this but Silhouette won out because of the versatility. I don't do a ton of paper crafting so I love that I can also use it to cut vinyl, fabric, sketch designs, etc. Living in a condo space is at a premium so the fact that this can do multiple things not only justified the price, but the workspace as well.
So far the experience has more than lived up to my expectations. Set up was easy. All I had to do was insert the CD into my laptop drive to install the Silhouette Studio and plug the Silhouette into the computer and in a few minutes I was ready to go. This bundle also comes with a card for free downloads for their online store. So in addition to the free 51 designs that came with this Cameo I also quickly had even more. I also appreciate that you don't have to buy expensive cartridges to get a single design and that most of the designs are just 99 cents (or even less if you catch them during a special sale). They also regularly make free designs available for download as well. So far I've been really pleased with the quality of the designs available on their site. Not only have I found what I wanted but it has inspired me to pick other shapes and products I might not have thought of. It makes it easy to pick and choose projects. And although you will also likely buy other accessories for this, as I have, I found the prices of those kits to be pretty affordable especially for what you get.
I also found using the machine to be easy. I expected a bit of a learning curve, but found that after watching a few tutorials online I was good to go and cutting things perfectly (and with few mistakes) right out of the gate. I was able to easily find the settings I needed for the materials I had, even though they were standard cardstock and crafting paper and not Silhouette brand, and quickly cut them out using designs from the online Silhouette store. I am VERY detail oriented and I loved how cleanly the Silhouette cut, even on thin material like paperback book pages. I will also say that you shouldn't let the initial stickiness of the cutting mat deter you. It was quite sticky on my first cut, but became less so with subsequent uses.
Overall I've been thrilled, for a newbie to die cut machines this has been approachable and versatile enough to justify the price and space. Even if you buy this as your first cutting machine it is so intuitive and easy to use. I don't know if I could love it more! | 5 |
First off, the instructions on the Rit website are NOT the same as on the bottle. The website says to add salt and laundry detergent and to use double the dye when attempting deep colors like navy blue.
I put five bottles of dye in 25 gallons of the hottest tap water I could get. I added half a box of morton's kosher salt because that is what I had. I added the salt five minutes after putting the blankets in the dye bath. I did not add the detergent because I missed that detail until it was too late.
I dyed two king size cotton knit blankets. One used to be navy and was terribly faded. One was white it its glory days...pretty dingy when I decided to dye it.
I left the blankets in the dye bath for three hours. The website says you can leave the material in the dye for up to an hour SO LONG AS THE WATER STAYS HOT.
Even after three hours, the water in the tub was very warm. Probably because the tub held the heat better than a rubbermaid tub would.
I DO NOT recommend using your bath tub. Maybe put the rubbermaid tub or 5 gallon bucket IN the tub and fill the tub around it...keep the water around it hot? My tub is 60 years old and pink and I didn't care that there was a bit of tint held by the tub because the tub is being replaced in the next year or so anyway. Most of it came off with scrubbing bubbles shower foam and a scrubby pad, but I would not use your tub unless you don't care if it holds the color.
I wrung out the blankets and threw them in the washing machine (one at a time) on COLD. They came out GREAT. The color is very vibrant and nice. I'm attaching pictures which show you how dark the blankets came out, but in the photos, the color has a lot of gray in it. These blankets are true blue. In the photo, the left blanket was the navy (faded) one and the right blanket used to be white. I used the flash on one photo and not the other. Hopefully this will help give you an idea of what you can expect if you exceed the time and dye the bottle says you need.
I would definitely go heavy on the dye and check the Rit website before you attempt to dye something a dark color. | 5 |
I love these stumps and tortillions to shade with. They are the best I have found. | 5 |
great tool at a great price | 5 |
After making warbled hems on my sewing machine, I decided I needed a walking foot - no more wavy hems on stretch knits. This is easy to put on your machine, it works with a double needle, and you can do a zigzag stitch with this foot. | 5 |
The felt is a bit stiffer and sturdier, but that's the texture I wanted since some felts are too soft and floppy. I need this to be stiffer for cutting out small patterns and holding its shape, which the felt does just fine. The variety of colors is good, but I got more reds and greens than blue or purple. I have no problem with that, but be sure to anticipate this on your purchase. | 5 |
My 4 year loves them. So much nicer then cheap safety scissors. She has much better control because she can get more then one finger in the lower hole. | 5 |
Arrived as advertised, arrived on time, great product for the price. | 5 |
Cutest die ever. I used this for a birthday card for my son-in-law. Replaced the flowers with balloon cutouts. Turned out great and he loved it. I'm going to try a Christmas theme and one for Halloween. Lots of possibilities. | 5 |
love this ribbon | 5 |
Nice thread, it is very durable and has a wonderful color. | 5 |
Love this batting. Very manageable. Thicker than other battings I've purchased, so it ads a lot of body to whatever type of project it's used on. This is the only batting I will ever use from now on. | 5 |
I love the price, the color, the size, the spring action, the lock on the bottom, the safety cover for traveling and the sharpness of the cutting blade! | 5 |
A superior product. Very well packaged for the journey, no dings or puncture holes in the packaging or tube. Titanium White also remains the go-to tinting agent for almost all oil mediums and remains a trusted additive for subtle gradients in tone, shades, as well as coverage. | 5 |
Works beautifully to fold creases in craft papers and projects. A basic tool any paper crafter or mixed media artist needs. Love it! | 5 |
I got this box to hold tarot cards. It easily holds two sets of cards. The latch works well. The top closes fully. I can personalize the outside and that is a plus too. | 5 |
I've had many different sets of Exacto knives since my early airplane modeling days. The knives are what I expect Exacto to be in terms of quality and safe use. I purchased a nonExacto set from Sears and my first use the handle broke where the blade fits into the handle. Luckily the blade missed my finger, but I tossed them and returned to Exacto. These work and I feel comfortable using them.
As for the inside packaging, it's flimsy and I'm crafting one of wood to replace the cheap plastic interior.
I'm satisfied with this set. | 5 |
I admire the quilling of several artists from India and Europe. Reading about them, they all recommend this product as a glue and sealer. It gives a light but firm hold and dries clear. The matte finish adds a different texture if used as a sealer. Good value. | 4 |
Great studs - I used them to embellish my faux leather jacket. Easily pushes through the fabric, no hole maker or awl needed. | 5 |
Okay | 4 |
Awesome. Works as it should. | 5 |
Works as expected! Just don't lose the Allen wrench or the little screw in piece or its useless. | 5 |
I was surprised that it is printed on hard cardboard --was expecting canvas at least. Well will gift it | 1 |
The presentation is exciting for a child as the box opens up to a (cheap) plastic tray with indentations to sort the beads by color and by shape, and to hold the loom. Children like having things organized like this with a place for everything and everything in place.
My 10 year old daughter needed a little help from her older sister to get started with this, but once started has spent hours of enjoyment with it. It is her first experience with beading. Girls at this age like anything crafty like this, though I am thinking the pink and purple is a bit overkill.
The pictures suggest jewelry, but a larger weave can create a square coaster. (Or a hot plate, I'm guessing, if you use heat-resistant beads.) I would prefer less gender-oriented colors so my crafty son would also want to use it.
We will look for more color variety in our replacement beads - these are all pastel colored - as well as variety in size. And we will replace the embroidery floss with elastic beading cord.(There are 4 larger heart shaped beads and 4 larger flower shaped beads included with the smaller beads.)
I would say that at the current price of $36 it is a bit pricey for what you get, but we love the product! | 5 |
heart | 4 |
I was very excited to receive these bobbins in bulk supply and the price was awesome. The thread felt like a shiny poly to me and did not work well with my machine so I actually ended up tossing them. I have a high end Babylock machine and the tension when using these bobbins was never tight so I went back to my old brand. | 3 |
Excellent quality brushes for canvas or rock painting. Love them. | 5 |
These knitting needles rock! Yarn glides over the needles with ease,
the plastic connector does not tangle and lays straight. They are very much worth the price as they will last a life time. | 5 |
Love this chalk cleaner | 5 |
I had high hopes for this machine, as it seemed to have every feature I wanted. However, I could not thread it, no matter how many times I tried. I have almost 60 years experience using sewing machines, and have never had a problem before. I even watched instructions videos on youtube, to no avail. The thread take-up lever seemed to be missing or invisible, and I just could not catch it. I am returning the machine. | 1 |
Very pretty | 5 |
Yes, it gets hot! Used it to iron on small vinyl hearts on grand daughters sweatsuit! | 5 |
You basically need this for your cover stitch. I am horrified at the cost and really this should just be the foot that comes with your machine So yeah, just suck it up and buy it. | 5 |
These are quite cheap quality. One of them does not even align the punch mechanism enough to work. They are rickety, stiff and not sharp. They stick and get stuck. Compared to others I've used,these require way too much pressure for even a couple sheets. They are frustrating to use. I kept them because I use them seldom. If my hobbies ever require frequent use of hole punches, I will give these away and buy a quality set. I would never give these to my kids, if I could afford better ones. These are the kind of tools that fail to provide the kinesthetic pleasure that makes working with our hands far more rewarding than staring at a screen. | 2 |
Great product realsonable price. | 5 |
Not as much on the spool as it seems. | 3 |
a-okay | 5 |
Item exactly as described. | 5 |
Liquitex offers a wide variety of mediums that can be used to create texture on cards or mixed media. You can add acrylic paint or gelato's to the medium to create your own colors. You can also add color once the medium has dried. I have used this paste on a plastic stencil and the image came out very crisp, detailed. When dried the texture and design was raised fairly high and was very durable. Although I used a regular weight card stock will work, a heavier weight card stock would work better for the medium weight. Lighter weight is usually recommended for cards. I think the medium and heavier weights would be interesting on canvas. I would purchase this item again and would like to try some of the gel mediums. I would recommend this item to crafters and mixed media artists. | 5 |
I like this brands of wire. | 5 |
a product I highly recommend for everything. | 5 |
Meh - not overly impressed. The squeeze handles are plastic and punch doesn't do the best job punching card stock. It works okay on 22lb-28lb paper, but was hoping for better performance with 60lb card stock. I guess if you are using it for craft-work and scrapbooking it probably does okay - not on my high recommend list due to performance. | 3 |
With the different colors I will be able to make something great I just. Have to remember what I was going to do with them I came a few days before the time line | 5 |
I love these pens for color-coding my planner | 5 |
Absolutely love these, seems like the dark blue color doesn't always work though. | 4 |
You can't get a better, clean cut hole in clay than with this assortment of size hole cutters. I'm using these cutters all the time. Before I had to use a knife or other cutting tool and it wasn't nice, clean and round shaped no matter how hard I tried. These are essential if working in clay and you need a clean, perfect round hole in your ceramics piece. | 5 |
Good stuff. Work great. Will buy again. | 5 |
Great for the price, and I like the colors. | 5 |
These lobster claw clasps are exactly what I had expected! They will work well for the items I am making with them. | 5 |
This edge tape works really well and I like that it can be readjusted as needed. | 5 |
I recommend this mold for anyone making soap. It releases the soap very easily and after using the plastic molds, which drove me crazy trying to get the soap out, I will always use this kind of mold again. | 5 |
These worked exactly for what I needed them for! I used them to decorate a porcelain plate. I then baked the plate and the marker stayed on even through the dishwasher. It was great! Love all the color options too! | 5 |
It's good for the price. works great with kids they enjoy playing with it. I like the colors too, they look just like the picture | 4 |
Helpful, but beads still roll around some. | 4 |
The moss itself is really nice. It's several colors and well packed. It makes the plants look nice and keeps the moisture in. It's pretty and the plants like it, but it does have a noticeable smell that I don't care for. Someone had given me a bunch of orchids with moss and I had thrown the moss I was given away because I thought it had been sprayed with fragrance. I wanted to replace it and asked on the questions here if this was fragranced and everyone said no, but it does have a noticeable smell. | 3 |
Great price for Sizzix embosser and shipped quickly! | 5 |
great ornament, perfect size for my project. hope to buy more and highly recommend. | 5 |
Jumbo takes the place of multiple skeins but I prefer the smaller ones as they are easier to use. Not as soft as other Red Heart yarns | 4 |
I am sewing bags and from experience the best shape is when you use this product. It is light weight, provide perfect shape, easy to use. I will continue to buy it from this seller. Thank you. | 5 |
Works great with big kick | 4 |
just what I needed. | 5 |
Great assortment. Look forward to using. | 5 |
This machine is an absolute dream to set up and use.
If you have ever threaded and set up a new Brother then you will find this embroidery machine very straight forward. It threads exactly like the Brother sewing machine I have. It is even EASIER to use than a sewing machine. The little touch screen on the machine basically prompts you along. My Mother and I had a very amusing time seeing just how large an embroidered item we could make. She made the word "Cats" about 5 inches high (???), just moving the fabric in the embroidery hoop. Beautiful embroidery, with zero fiddling required on our behalf for tension or spacing.
This is truly an amazing machine. We experimented on an old pillowcase and did a much better job than the monogramming that William Sonoma puts on their sheeting.
I think the only commonly monogrammed item you could not do in this machine is a hat.
The embroidery designs that come with the machine are pretty standard. The extension is a .pes format, which we didn't find any free software for (I'm sure it's probably out there, but I didn't want to end up downloading anything questionable). Apparently this is a Brother creation. Anyhow, whatever design you can get onto your speed stick, you can get the machine to embroider. There are many sites from which you can purchase a design, but I'm hoping that the process of converting a regular .pdf to .pes will yield more interesting and unique designs.
There are two booklets that come with the machine, but they end up being reference material as the machine itself provides step-by-step instructions. If you try to do something wrong, the machine will stop you. We tried to print a large font using the smallest embroidery frame, and the machine put the kibosh on that pretty quickly.
This machine takes a different bobbin size than my Brother sewing machine, which I've bitched and moaned about already on my sewing machine review, so I'll tone it down on this one. I think the bobbin size on this embroidery machine is the same as my Singer, as they look identical, but I haven't tried on in it. At this point I'm pretty much resigned to having separate boxes for all the different bobbins.
This machine is a blast to use with the few designs already on it, I can't wait until I can force my husband to figure out how to put a picture of one of my birds from a .pdf to a .pes. | 5 |
wish the colors were more subtle, they look sort of unnatural. | 3 |
I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but it looks perfect. Is as good as expected and a great size for my cutting needs. It arrived when it was supposed and in perfect condition. I recommend this product. | 5 |
These are great little canvases they are a lot better than what I expected for the price will defiantly be ordering more in the future. | 5 |
I am a working artist. I am always looking for artistic metaphors to indulge my works with metaphorical/symbolic reading. Keys have deep and abiding resonance to love, hate, security, freedom Et al. I am already putting them to good use and will do so into the future. They have unlocked a veritable treasure trove of symbolism here for me. Please keep these in stock - I'll be back for more! | 5 |
Easy to use. Takes using embosser/cutter to another level of creativity. | 5 |
Fuzzy and warm yarn! Color way is gorgeous! I'm knitting a scarf on the diagonal with it and it's turning out beautifully. Love the yarn! | 5 |
Loved it I like roosters just started on it but I do love doing latch hook rugs | 5 |
This is just about all this product is good for. It is so small that you cannot get anywhere near enough roving involved in the process to blend fiber. I know the larger older items are expensive but this is not the answer, unless of course you own a troll with an itchy back. | 1 |
loved it | 5 |
enjoy much | 5 |
Just the right color and amount. | 4 |
My exchange student was very happy with these as he was decking out a top hat for his Marching band performance. These were surprisingly heavy and nice-looking, especially for the price | 5 |
use it all the time | 5 |
Very handy to have. Nice to help prevent those dropped stitches when one wants to put the knitting away and pick up later on. | 4 |
Best bead boxes around! | 5 |
Very nice assortment | 5 |
Perfect for what we needed it for. The color was good also. | 5 |
Quick delivery and nice to have around. 4 stars only because they are not as cost effective as buying a 'universal' needle which I will do next time to save money. | 4 |
Works well & seems like it will hold up great. | 4 |
As Advertised | 5 |
Vellum is the secret to making card that are treasures. Each card I make is thoughtful, but more importantly, let's the receiver know I care. Vellum is an important ingredient of my card making as it gives a quality all of its own whether used as a shadow, or the basis for calligraphy. | 5 |
Magnifique crayons. | 5 |
I purchased this bobbin box for my embroidery thread that the threads were coming lose and was a major mess. I have put in several and they are not full - and do not have the threads coming out all over. I think they are very nice with how they hold them tight. They keep things neat and I can just grab one and start embroidery stuff and no mess in the bobbin box. They are great and hold plenty but would like to have a second set (I like to have plenty on hand at all times).The price is very reasonable and can not go wrong if thread is an issue. | 5 |
Very good buy!!!! | 5 |
I really like these but when they first arrived they had a bad odor. I took them out of the package and stuck them in a spare room and within 48 hours, the odor had greatly reduced. | 4 |
I have always wondered how to do pin tucks, I wonder no more. This foot makes the process so effortless I will use this a lot. | 5 |
Great yarn! Made a Christmas afghan from this plus the green. Looks great! | 5 |
Fast delivery, Pack well. Got this as a gift so I won't know if they like it or not until November when they get it. They wanted this one so I got it for them. They like to keep busy. Plus they do a really good job with paint by numbers. You would not know it was a paint by numbers painting. | 5 |
I did want to be able to write the DMC floss number on the end tab, as I always did with the cardboard bobbins, but have reversed on that! I love the sturdiness of the bobbins, I did find a pen that would work on it, but am considering buying the pre-made number stickers from DMC. | 4 |
Love the brush pens but I find them difficult to control (as a complete novice). I'm wondering now if I should have started to learn water coloring with a set like Distress markers. Practice, Practice, Practice! | 5 |
The paint kit included the basic colors, and shades in between. I paid much less than I would have had I purchased this at a local retailer. | 5 |
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