How to maintain Scrapbook

Are you interested in doing crafts? Crafts either needs colorful paper, threads or just ink.

In this article, we will cover as to how to select the ink for our craft project.
The basic things should be gathered first, things like paper, photograph, accompaniments, glue. Next comes the ink to mark it on the book that you are decorating.

The ink is needed for decorating of the photographs, writing comments, adding dates and such important information. The pens what we are using to write and decorate this should be the one that uses the ink which will last for long time.
Normally to give the borders to the photographs that you have stuck in your scrapbook, a black sketch pen is used.

The pen that you can use is a Marker; this type of pen has a thin tip so you can get the neatness in the writing. Once you write on the photograph, you can also erase it by using a cloth piece. You can also use CK OK pens, which are recommended by the experts in craft.
CK OK pens have waterproof ink, which will not fade, it is non-toxic, very lightweight, it is odor less and considered an ideal for the craft projects.

The pen should not bleed and it should have a license for Photo Activity Test seal.
After pen you need protectors which are incorporated with PVC which does not smell. Protectors are used to protect your craft book from dangerous elements.

The protectors that you choose should help you in properly managing your photographs. These are the sheets of thin plastics.
The thin plastic sheet that you will select should be of polyethylene, polypropylene, or made of polyester. You should select colorless, clear plastic protectors with a P.A.T., seal.
So all set with the pens and protectors, now select paper. The best is cardstocks which is good for designing quality scrapbooks.

Stitching Borders of your Quilt

Making Quilts is one thing but then decorating it to make it look presentable is another. After completing the quilt, making the border makes it look very beautiful.
To make the quilt border, we need to take proper measurement.
Make Quilts borders:
Measure proposition of the quilt, leave about one fourth inch on all the four sides of the quilt. The margin of the borders should be ideally ten inches by thirty four inches. Include the one fourth inch to this margin.
Cut the cloth as per the measurement of the quilt to make it into two different borders. A upper border and the lower border.
Leaving a space of one fourth inch for stitching increasing your measurement accordingly. Cut the cloth as per the new measurement. This type of the quilt that you are creating is known as framed quilt.
Spruce Borders:
To make your framed quilt look beautiful, it should be spruced nicely.
Starting at the crown of your quilt and working down to the middle, measure your quilt. You want the length dimensions.
If your dimensions are 30 ½ inches, thus round it off to the nearest tenth, i.e. 30 to complete your calculations: You will need to insert ¼ inch into the seams and make room for your sides. Next, use measuring tape, or a ruler to measure your quilt. Measure from the alongside and factor in the dimensions of your borders.
Now insert the ¼-inch seams to the sides.
After finishing the borders, you need to make some unique pattern. For this fold the strips of the border into half and put the pin in the middle. Do the same on all the sides. Use pins used specially for crafts.
Once you have marked all the points, you can start stitching, but make sure that it is aligned properly to give that neat look. If done properly, you will find beautiful layers forming on your quilt.