IN modern world Handmade is very popular. In other words, handicraft. This is very interesting activity, because you can decorate your home with your creations.

By creating handicrafts with your own hands, you bring your warmth into your home, making it cozy and beautiful.

Also, by doing something with your own hands, you can save a lot of money, because you don’t have to buy any decorative element, but make it yourself. We will talk about some types and ideas of needlework.

Carpet weaving

A few decades ago, carpets were in every home. Now the popularity of carpets is returning. As they passed through the years, they changed their appearance. Handmade carpets are common.

You can knit a carpet from yarn, pompoms or fabric strips, weave, as our ancestors did, or make a beautiful carpet pattern on canvas.

A homemade carpet will serve for a long time, it is not difficult to care for, it looks beautiful and original. But the most important thing is that they are easy to implement.

Sewing

You can make a lot out of fabric: pillows, toys, paintings, appliqués, souvenirs and so on. Fabric can be used to decorate any household items, for example, various jars, boxes, vases and pots.

Most fabrics are easy to work with, so sewing will be a pleasure.

Embroidery

Probably the most popular type of needlework is embroidery. There are many techniques with which girls and women have been decorating their homes or clothes since ancient times.

Popular techniques include cross stitch, beads, satin stitch or ribbon embroidery. They are not difficult to master, but they require perseverance and imagination.

Embroidered items can be used to decorate clothes, pillows, tablecloths, or hang on the wall as paintings.

Knitting

This craft arose a very long time ago. Young girls knitted clothes, toys and other products for themselves and their families. Nowadays, many people think that knitting is an activity for grandmothers. But that's not true.

There are no restrictions on doing what you love, so even children can knit. Woolen threads make excellent products: clothes, toys, blankets and much more. Learning to knit is not difficult, the main thing is desire and imagination.

Beading

Bead weaving is a very beautiful, exciting and useful activity. This way you can make any figures and decorations.

Weaving is not difficult task, the main thing is to understand the principle of operation. Beaded trees remain popular, as they perfectly decorate the interior of an apartment and make it unique.

Felting wool

Felting is a labor-intensive process, but the results are worth it. This craft came to us from ancient times. Nowadays woolen items made from wool are very popular.

Firstly, they are very warm, and secondly, they are made of wool different colors can be done beautiful patterns on clothes.

There are also toys lying around. They turn out to be very original and beautiful, ideal for home decoration, just like paintings made from wool. Felting wool is very beautiful handicraft for home.

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Pillows in the interior

A pillow can be used for more than just sleeping. With its help you can decorate any, even the most boring and drab, interior. Designing and sewing pillows is a simple and fun DIY project.

With this product you can express yourself and make your interior bright and original. Pillows are very popular unusual shapes, for example, in the form of figures of various animals, letters or numbers.

Decoupage

This is the decoration of various objects with pre-prepared drawings, pictures or ornaments. The resulting composition is varnished for preservation.

Furniture is usually decorated in this way, but you can also use any other items that you want to decorate in this way.

Scrapbooking

Recently, a type of creativity such as scrapbooking has gained great popularity. This is the production and decoration of books, family or personal albums with photographs.

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In scrapbooking, you can use any type of fabric, lace, decorative tape, glitter and much more.

Scrapbooking is a fun and rewarding activity. It develops imagination, and the finished albums look very attractive.

Weaving

There was felting, knitting, it's time to talk about weaving. You can weave anything: boxes, baskets, bags and even furniture.

Furniture making requires experience because it is quite difficult due to the large amount of work involved. Weaving itself is a very exciting and simple task, the main thing is to understand the basics.

In the modern world, there are many interesting types of needlework, photos of which can be seen on the Internet. Of course, all types of needlework have the right to be loved. What type of creativity to engage in depends only on you.

Photos of DIY handicrafts

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A few new tricks to help you cope with your homework. 1. Clean the dirtiest items in the bathroom. An old bathroom curtain will look like it came from a store if all dirty areas and even areas with yellowness and mold are washed with a solution consisting of equal parts hydrogen peroxide and water. To clean your toothbrushes from germs, soak them in vinegar for an hour. Then wash well under running water. Soak the washcloths for an hour in hot water and vinegar in a 1:1 ratio. Then rinse well clean water and dry it. 2. Wash the bathtub until it’s white. Hydrogen peroxide helps with limescale, yellow spots and gray surfaces. Spray it with a spray bottle onto the surface of the bath, leave for half an hour and then rinse well with warm water. You can easily clean the surface of the bathtub if you fill it with baking soda and after a few minutes add vinegar. After this, you need to lightly brush the surface and rinse with warm water. Unwanted yellowness is effectively removed by a solution of ordinary citric acid. We make the solution at the rate of one sachet per glass of water. Apply this product using a sponge to the surface of the bath and leave for 20 minutes. Then wash off with warm water. You can clean your bathtub until it shines and get rid of old plaque using a mixture of vinegar and salt. Mix the ingredients in a 1:1 ratio and clean the bathroom until white. 3. Dealing with a dirty toilet The toilet will sparkle with cleanliness if you use mustard powder with the addition of equal parts of citric acid and corn starch for cleaning. To clean and freshen your toilet, you can make your own cleaning bombs. Just 1-2 bombs thrown into the toilet will give not only a hygienic effect, but also a pleasant smell. You will need: - 1 cup of soda - 1/4 cup of citric acid - 1/2 tsp. vinegar - 1 tbsp. l. 6% hydrogen peroxide solution - 15–20 drops of your favorite essential oil Preparation: Pour baking soda into a bowl, add citric acid. In a second bowl, mix vinegar and peroxide and pour this liquid drop by drop into the dry mixture. Add essential oil and use a spoon to form small balls. Place the bombs on parchment paper and dry for at least 6 hours. Store the bombs in a closed glass jar. 4. Cleaning the seams between the tiles in the bathroom Using a regular white paraffin candle, you can get rid of mold, dark plaque and dirty deposits on the seams between the tiles. To do this, you need to run the blunt end of the candle along the dirty seam several times. This will clean and protect the seams from mold and dirt. Pour into a bowl baking soda, take it with an unnecessary toothbrush soaked in water and clean the dirty places. After cleaning, rinse the surface with warm water. The seams are like new! Mix warm water with hydrogen peroxide in a 2:1 ratio. Using a brush or sponge, we clean the seams between the tiles with this solution, which then does not need to be washed off. 5. Washing the tiles Take 15 grams of citric acid and dilute it with a glass of warm water. Use the resulting solution to wash the tiles. Then rinse off with clean water. If the tiled walls are too dirty, vinegar will help. Spray the surface with vinegar from a spray bottle, leave for 10 minutes and rinse with clean water. Then wipe the tiles with a soft microfiber cloth. This method will not only clean the tiles, but also disinfect them. 6. Putting things in order washing machine We clean the washing machine once a quarter. Regular citric acid will help clean your machine from scale and water stone. Pour 60 grams of citric acid into the powder compartment. We run the machine for a full wash cycle at the highest possible temperature. Cooking simple and effective remedy, which will put the washing machine in order. You will need: - 2 cups of vinegar - ¼ cup of baking soda - ¼ cup of water - sponge Preparation: Mix water and baking soda in a bowl. Pour this solution into the powder compartment. Pour vinegar into the drum washing machine. We start the machine in normal washing mode. After completing the cycle, wipe all rubber gaskets and the door with a sponge. Dry the drum with the door open. 7. Ideally wash the stove. We remove grease from the surface of the stove and from small parts with a regular eraser. This method is used by employees of professional cleaning services. A dirty stove can be tidied up using lemon juice and lemon slices. Squeeze out the juice, wipe the stove with lemon and leave for 15 minutes. Then wipe with a wet cloth. 8. Clean the oven until it shines. You can clean the oven from grease and carbon deposits using a glass. ammonia and a liter of water. Heat the oven to 150 degrees and turn it off. Place a container with hot water, on the top - a container with ammonia. Close the oven door and leave to cool until morning. In the morning, add a few teaspoons of any ammonia to a container with ammonia. detergent and half a cup of warm water.

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Classes 2

Tips to note! I especially liked idea 5! Which idea did you like?

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Classes 9

LAVASH ROLL WITH MINTED CHICKEN Ingredients: Minced chicken – 500 g Sour cream – 200 g Hard cheese – 150 g Egg – 1 pc Lavash – 2 pcs Salt – to taste Ground black pepper – to taste Herbs Preparation: 1. Salt and pepper the minced meat. Add chopped herbs to it. 2. Sprinkle one pita bread with a small amount of grated cheese and place another on top. Mix the minced meat with sour cream and spread it on the pita bread. Roll the roll tightly. 3.Brush the resulting roll with beaten egg and sprinkle with grated cheese. Place the roll on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 4.Bake for 40–45 minutes at 180°C. 5.Before serving, cut into portions. Bon Appetit everyone!

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Classes 7

Dolma For minced meat: Minced meat (lamb, lamb + beef or pork + beef) - 500-600 g Short grain rice - 4-6 tbsp. l. Onions (medium or large) - 4–5 pcs. Basil, mint, dill, cilantro - a small bunch each Butter - 50–70 g Vegetable oil - 50–70 ml Zira (ground or pounded in a mortar) - a pinch Freshly ground black pepper Salt For the sauce: Sour cream, natural yogurt or matsoni - 1 cup Garlic - 4–6 cloves Basil, cilantro, dill or parsley Salt Preparation: 1. Wash fresh or salted grape leaves well. Advice. It is better to take fresh grape leaves young, the size of a palm (the leaves are collected in the spring). The darker the leaves, the older they are. For dolma, only leaves of light, white grape varieties are used. It is better not to use old and very large grape leaves. In this case, it is better to take salted leaves, which can be prepared for future use during the season, or purchased at the market or supermarket (rolled in jars). 2. Place the grape leaves in a bowl, pour boiling water over them and let sit for about 5–7 minutes. 3. Place the leaves in a colander and let the water drain. 4. Drain the water and shake off excess water from the leaves. Remove the petioles from each leaf. 5. Peel the onion and chop finely. 6. Heat the butter and vegetable oil in a frying pan, add the onion, add salt and fry over low heat until soft. 7. Rinse the rice. 8. Place in a saucepan, add water (1 part rice to 2 parts water), put on fire, bring to a boil and cook for 2-3 minutes from the moment it boils. Drain the rice in a colander. 9. Wash the greens and chop finely. 10. Place the minced meat in a bowl, add fried onions, boiled rice, chopped herbs, a pinch of cumin, salt and pepper. 11. Advice. Traditionally, minced meat for dolma is made from lamb, but beef can also be added to it. You can also make minced meat from pork and beef. 12. Place the grape leaves on the table with the smooth side down and the distinct veins facing up. Place some minced meat in the middle of each sheet. 13. First close the minced meat by folding the top edges of the sheet. 14. Then cover the filling with the sides of the sheet. And finally, roll up a tight tube, like a cabbage roll. In the same way, prepare the remaining dolma. Place 1-2 layers of grape leaves on the bottom of a thick-bottomed pan (substandard, torn leaves are suitable for these purposes). Place the dolmushki close to each other, seam side down (you can lay them out in several layers). 15. Pour broth or water level with the dolma. 16. If necessary, add a little salt to the water or broth, cover with a dish, and place a weight on top so that the dolma does not unfold during boiling. Place the pan with dolma on the fire, bring to a boil and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 1–1.5 hours at a barely noticeable boil. Remove the finished dolma from the heat and let it brew for about 10 minutes (during this time the broth will be absorbed into the dolma, and it will become even juicier and tastier). 17. Prepare the sauce. Wash the greens, dry and chop. Peel the garlic and chop finely. Combine sour cream with garlic and herbs, add salt to taste and stir. Chill the sauce well in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours. Serve hot dolma with sauce. Mix the minced meat well with your hands! Happy cooking! Be happy and healthy!

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SALTED EGGPLANTS WITH CARROTS AND GARLIC Try to prepare salted eggplants with carrots, garlic and a little fresh parsley for the winter in my simple way homemade recipe. This easy-to-prepare and delicious eggplant appetizer is a favorite among my household. Ingredients: eggplants, carrots, parsley, salt, garlic Ingredients for homemade blueberries (for one jar 3 liters): Eggplants (small size) - 2 kg; Carrots (preferably large, sweet) – 0.5 kg; Garlic – 150-200 gr.; Parsley - a small bunch; For filling: Water – 1 liter; Table salt – 2 tbsp. lie How to salt eggplants in jars for the winter. For clarity and clarity of the preparation process, the recipe is step-by-step. And so, having selected small ripe eggplants for cooking, the first thing to do is wash them. Then, we cut off the stalks of our vegetables and prick them with a fork in several places. This must be done so that the bitterness comes out during cooking. The eggplants prepared in this way must be boiled in lightly salted water for about 3-5 minutes. Remember, they should not be overcooked. Next, I usually put the boiled eggplants on the sink near the sink, put a cutting board on top of them and put pressure on it. I put down a bottle of water. While the unnecessary bitter liquid flows out of them, we can prepare the remaining components of our homemade preparation. Peel the carrots and grate them on a grater, either large or for Korean carrots. We also peel the garlic and then chop it. A bunch of parsley needs to be washed and finely chopped. Now, we need to stuff our little blue ones. To do this, we make a cut in each eggplant from the side of the removed stalk, but without cutting to the end of the vegetable. Place a little carrot, garlic and parsley in each cut. And then we wrap the eggplant with thread so that the filling does not spill out. The blue ones stuffed with vegetables should be placed in a three-liter jar. Then, we will dissolve salt in water, fill the eggplants with brine and cover with a nylon lid. To begin fermentation, we leave our preparation in a warm place for three days, and then put it in a cold cellar for storage. Serve the spicy, garlicky, salted eggplants with carrots by cutting them into slices (after removing the threads from the vegetables). It wouldn’t hurt to pour some sunflower oil over the blueberry appetizer and sprinkle with onion rings.

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Classes 4

Buckwheat cutlets

Magic cleaning. Marie Kondo

Marie Kondo is a Japanese expert on tidying up your home. Her books, videos, tips and life hacks have become popular with many people all over the planet. According to Time magazine, she was included in the TOP 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. She became popular due to the special philosophy of her method - Kondo believes that cleaning helps not only to clean up space, but also to bring order to one’s own life.

Cleaning according to Kondo is measured, thoughtful, respectful in Japanese, and feels almost like meditation or ritual. An important component of it is getting rid of unnecessary things. It’s worth asking yourself, does the thing bring you joy? If not, Kondo suggests saying goodbye to her - and literally thanking her for her service before throwing her away.

The group is dedicated to her advice, views on cleaning and organizing living space. How to wash the dishes until they shine, pack a suitcase so that everything you need for a trip fits, fold clothes so that they take up minimal space.

Flylady

In 1999, American Marla Seelly came up with the “Reactive Housewives” cleaning system, which today is better known in Russia under the name “Flylady”. The principle of her method is gradualism - it is better to spend 15-20 minutes cleaning every day and keeping the house clean than to devote several hours to general cleaning.

Reactive housewives suggest choosing one room in the house for a week and cleaning it in parts every day - on Monday, wash the stove and stove handles, on Wednesday, clean the refrigerator, on Sunday, throw out 27 items from the kitchen.

Desperate Housewives: Home Economics, Crafts

Here they publish tips mainly on needlework and cooking: how to knit a cute baby hat, weave a beaded decoration, prepare a sour cream cake and understand how many milliliters are in a tablespoon. Occasionally, this thematic selection is diluted with posts about beauty and information ala “101 ways to use citric acid.”

The ideal hostess

A group that attacks imperfect housewives on all fronts. Recipes, tips on raising children, cleaning, laundry and just everyday little things that may be of interest to women and others. There is, however, a traditional share of information garbage - such as how to correctly read the love line on the palm, and what the time of birth of a child says about his future character, but there is not as much of it as there could be. Therefore, if you are tormented by the question of how to wash the yellow armpits from that damn white T-shirt, or how to fertilize your home flowers, this is your place.

Women's crochet hat
Head circumference: 54-55 cm

A white hat with a brim, decorated with flowers made from Grass yarn.

To knit a hat you will need:
200 grams of yarn “Tenderness” (53% viscose, 47% cotton, 400 m/100 g) - white,
some black and white “Travka” yarn and silver yarn,
metallized chain 60 cm long.

Women's crochet hat

Knit the hat with crochet number 2 using thread in 2 folds.

1st row (front side): make a sliding loop (see description below), 3 air. p. (count as 1st tbsp. s/n), 13 tbsp. s/n into the loop, connect the conn. a column with the top of a chain of 3 air. p. Tighten the loop tightly, do not turn = 14 tbsp. s/n.
2nd row: 3 air. p., 2 tbsp. s/n in the next column and in each column in a circle, art. s/n in connection column, connect the conn. Art. to the top of the chain of 3 air. p. = 28 st. s/n.
3rd row: starting to knit convex stitches. b/n, do 1 air each time. lift and turn the knitting. Convex st. b/n around a chain of 3 air. p. and around the next column, * 1 air. n., convex relief st. b/n around the next two columns*, repeat *-* in a circle, 1 air. etc., connect the conn. Art. with the first convex relief st. b/n = 28 convex stitches. b/n + 14 arches from 1 air. P.