How to Tweak Your Craft Project to Make a Perfect Fit

Craft projects do not always come made-to-measure. Chances are you will have to do some fine tuning to make your chosen project fit. You may be able to find the perfect project where everything is just right, but if that is not the case, a bit of careful tweaking can make it work.

First of all give your project the once over in terms of:

- Craft skills required

- Time

- Tools and materials

- Size

- Pattern

Any one of these may need some attention so go through your project to check where you could alter anything before you start.

It is easy to pass something over in the first instance because you do not like the colour of the finished article. Maybe the writer has made it in a fabric that is not to your taste, or you would just like to make something larger/smaller.

- Do they give recommendations on alternative fabrics or trimmings etc, if you want to make some adjustments?

- Would you like to adapt the size of the project. Something smaller might work perfectly, or perhaps a larger project. Is there a pattern you can adapt, and do you know how to do that?

- Can you make the proposed project from different specialist materials? You may be able to substitute a technique or a tool - because you have something available, or you prefer to work a particular style?

- What is it about the accompanying photograph that prompts you to pass it by? What of the above changes would make it better?

- If you want to make it for someone special, or a particular occasion, what materials, greeting, colour etc could you choose to work it in?

- There may be a number of things that need your tweaking. Check out all the possibilities before you give up on it.

Some minor fiddling could turn it into something to be proud or - and something you would enjoy working. There is no point spending time and effort on something that your heart is not in! So go ahead and do your tweaks and create a craft project to be proud of.

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