Robe Completion

[duchess-webb.livejournal.com]

A friend/client asked me to make this for him. It was the first prototype of what I will soon be making through my company as special order designs (hopefully).

What he asked me to make was a robe with gold trim. This is what he got.

( Click here to see it completed... )

In case you were wondering, the outside of the robe is made of royal blue velvet while the inside is made of black suede-like velvet. The trim is a gold fabric ribbon we had found while getting materials. It is extremely heavy due to the suede-like velvet on the inside. It's thick enough to not need to wear anything underneath (literally!)

Under normal circumstances, this would have been an extremely easy project, but considering the tweaks I made that did not follow the original instructions given with the pattern (like the additional lining and the way I sewed the gold trim on), the materials I used, the fact I am incredibly meticulous, and the fact that during the first half of work on this, my right hand was bandaged up, I think it turned out rather well. :D

Fuzzy Dice

[bionicgrrl.livejournal.com]

I thought this was pretty cool: http://www.tackyliving.com/crafts/fuzzyDice.html

It gives pretty good instructions on how to make your own fuzzy dice. Also a great guide to my kind of living, tacky living.

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[moonsocket.livejournal.com]

Hi.

I was hoping someone might be able to tell me a good website for making flower crowns, or halos or something of that sort.

I'm going to Burning Man in a couple of weeks. It's a trade economy at Burning Man.
So I was planning to make and trade crowns/halos.

Other ideas for cheap/simple things to make for trade would be very much appreciated!

Thanks! :)

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[cntrlaltdlt.livejournal.com]

Damnit, If I had money right now, I'd buy this. It is so lovely. Like, I dont think I can find stuff liek that in my area. Online shopping is amazing.