Articles for tag: Backing, Vintage Furniture, Wall Repair

Cleaning, Repairing, and Preserving Old Mirrors

People usually don’t stop to think what enables a mirror to reflect an image. Mirrors aren’t solid sheets of magical material that naturally reflect images. Most people look into a mirror on a daily basis, but they don’t realize that a mirror is simply a sheet of glass with a delicate reflective backing. The reflective ...

How to Make a Jigsaw Puzzle

Jigsaw puzzles have a rich history in the world. They started out being invented in the mid 1700’s by European mapmakers. From there, they have been manufactured and sold by several American companies such as Parker Brothers, Springbok, Par, Strauss, Stave, and many more. Mapmakers made the earliest jigsaw puzzles by gluing maps onto sheets ...

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How to Make and Display a Sea Shell Shadow Box

The craft I am about to talk about in this article is for all you sea shell collectors and beach lovers out there. The craft I have been doing to display my sea shells and enjoy them all year is by making a sea shell shadow box using all the sea shells I have collected ...

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Simple Steps to Making a Hand-Stitched Quilt

A quilt consists of a soft layer of filling sandwiched between two layers of fabric and held in place by rows of stitching. Top Layer For the top layer of the quilt use smooth medium-weight material such as cotton, poplin or polyester/cotton. It can be a printed material, or you can use a sheet of ...