April slumbers
This is an italian saying that celebrates the first true month of spring (March can be pretty cold sometimes!), a month that lets us enjoy those warm temperatures and makes us all more relaxed and, well, sleepy! Of course there are many exceptions, we are very well aware that our german, dutch, british or scandinavian friends (as well as some of us here in Italy too) are still fighting the cold weather!!! So we thought we’d give everyone the chance to lay back and relax, without getting too sleepy, with a fun shopping offer. A 20%, discount as well as an additional 10% off our products from our “On Sale”…
Set your table for Easter, in just a few quick steps!
Applique and the crash effect with the Freudenberg vlieselines are now at your fingertips! Take a look for yourself 🙂 All you need is a flatiron, some fabric (offcuts we’ll do too!!), thread, pins and your creativity! In just the blink of an eye, your table will be set for Easter and will have your guests in awe 🙂 Plus, experiencing with vlieselines means entering a whole new world of creative opportunities, because you can work on basically any printed cotton fabric and add your personal touch to it. An example? Well, since Easter is near, why not make a tiny custom creation to put inside a chocolate egg? With…
Ladies and Gentlemen, Casa Cenina is proud to present the We R Memory Keepers Evolution Machine!
The amazing alternative to the Sizzix Big Shot Machine! Many years have now passed since the launch of the Sizzix “Big Shot” die-cutting machine and it was – let’s face it – a true revolution in the crafting world: for the first time ever, a machine thought with an industrial die-cutting concept (the same used for the cutting of all those boxes that we use everyday!) was suddenly available for all crafting and creative sewing enthusiasts! This market has expended more and more throughout the years, along with the making of improved accessories and dies. But when it came to the machine, the only option was always the Big Shot…
Welcome to Casa Cenina new blog.
Where needlework, patchwork, quilting, knitting and crocheting addicted gather. More that an “online journal” (as it’s often defined in many dictionaries), we have thought of an actual “meeting place”, where hints, opinions, tutorial, questions and answers can easily find their place to be, along with anything that can keep the fire of creative passion burning! We have put our heart in it, ‘cause we know that winning projects can be built only on its solid base. And we have put the know-how of our whole team in it, with the contribution of each of us – from the IT specialists, to our graphic designer; from our content specialist, to our…
Give more convenience to your creative flair
When practicality joins creativity Who says bing creative mans also being somehow messy? And who says that some “traditional” things cannot be modernized? Here in Casa Cenina we’ve thought about it and have found some little/great, revolutionary things that won’t simply help us keeping all our crafting tools and necessities tidy, but they’ll do it with that little additional creativity we like to put in everything we make, showing us that even one of the most traditional sewing necessities, like the thimble, can be “reborn” in a brand new concept! See everything .. Now it’s up to you to get to know them: we’re talking of our brand new sew…
Soon-to-be fashion stylists (fun for both kids and grown-up fashionistas)!
A tutorial to sew the cutest dolls’ outfits in just a few minutes Once you take away smartphones and videogames there’s not much left for your kids to play with nowadays … So how do you make a day fun without the use of technology? We have a few crafty ideas in mind 😉 One of them called Dress Your Doll: an entire collection of mini kits to make your own clothes and accessories for your dolls (such as Barbie) in a fun, quick and simple way! See the outfits … Dozens of outfits to make using only scissors, needle and threads. The rest is all included inside the kit:…
Collection 23: the awakening of nature according to Renato Parolin
A brand new collection has bloomed His love for woods, plants, flowers and all animals has always been in all the works of the most beloved Italian cross stitch designer, so it’s impossible not to be surprised any time he reconfirms it, with brand new inspirations, in a new collection! So the magic keeps happening in his new “number 23”: a collection dedicated to Spring and its gifts, including a special series – all with names in the unusual and quite unknown Icelandic language! – fully composed by flowers. It’s called “Blóm Collection” (in Icelandic, “blóm” means “flower”) and is made up of 13 models, each declined into two different…
Jersey Beanie hat (for children of 3 to 5 years of age)
Here below all the information you’ll need to make a fun and colorful “Jersey Beanie hat” That you can customize with your favorite fabrics and colors. 1. Needed Materials: • “Bees” Jersey fabric: 15×30 cm • Off-white Jersey fabric: 23×55 cm • Stretchfix: 15×30 cm • Ruler and cutter • Scissors • Pins • Needles • Flat iron • Sewing Machine • Thread • Fabric Marker • Cutting Mat 2. How to make it • Pin and cut all of the perimeter (with a margin of half a centimeter). Fold in half (on the longer side) the off-white fabric Draw the pattern such as shown in the picture and the opening of 5 cm. • Clamp the wrong side of the Bees…
“Your Small Room”… More than accessories!
The elegance of handmade Tired of always looking for new things for our hobbies? Never! And we’re always very proud of it, but even more when our steady research is “acknowledged” by something truly unique, just like in this instance, with the little masterpieces from “Your Small Room“. We’ve discovered this company – whose work and vocation is 100% artisanal – in a little corner of charming Eastern Europe, where the culture of needlework has centuries-old roots and wood art, too. A little business, standing out for their passion for living and precious timbers, to turn into even more precious needlework accessories that you will NEVER have to put away…
DMC Étoile: the evolution of cross stitch floss
DMC dress up their stranded cotton DMC veste di luce il moulinèIt’s not a metallic fiber and it’s not traditional stranded cotton… it looks exactly like stranded cotton, indeed, and with the most famous cross stitch floss it shares 8-meter skeins and 6 strands. However, its composition makes it completely different: 73% cotton and 27% lurex polyamide! Thanks to this special mix the Étoile from DMC sparkles just like the Summer’s end heavens! Its name tell it all: Étoile means “star” in French and it is conceived to deliver a lovely twinkle! Just use it as the traditional stranded cotton (they also share the same size) and you’ll see that no knots are…
