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[mistressbatty.livejournal.com]

greetings...I have a few craft..related questions.
I'm trying to start a crafting club at my college. I need to have ideas before I go to the office and make a proposal of sorts. So far my ideas are...

*have a 'free box' which has crafting supplies that group members can take and are welcome to add to

*members can bring their own supplies, work on whatever they want to and have a comfy environment with other crafty people

*every week or every X amount of weeks there will be a demo, myself or someone else in the group, showing how to do a certain craft or an added skill to a craft they already know....sharing craft education

*creating pieces for projects or organizations (i.e. - making knit/crochet blocks to be sewn together into afghans for the Warm America project, knit scarves for needy children, etc)

*make pieces and sell them at different venues to earn money - money will be donations to groups (such as groups working to get art programs in elementary schools)

What I'm interested in is other ideas that I can have the group do. Does anyone know of any organizations ...arty groups...places that would like donated blankets, scarves, hats, etc (all handmade) or groups such as ones trying to get elementary art classes?
I'm looking for all kinds of suggestions, including crafts that can be done as a group but aren't too pricey or too...young...
Thanks!

Feelin crafty!

[webmyrcury.livejournal.com]

Hello all! Its my first time posting here, just joined yesterday. You all are extremely creative people - so far this is the most active community I've ever joined - SO many posts every day! And it really gets my creative wheels turning, seeing the things you all do. Keep up the great work!

As for me, well, I'm 22 years old, and have been crafting ever since I was a kid. My grandmother used to sit with me and show me how to collage bits of fabric onto paper, and later, how to do plastic canvas ornaments and such. From there, I taught myself how to make all sorts of beaded jewelry, and my biggest thing for a long while was making Dreamcatchers. They were/are so much fun to make! And now, I just try to do whatever comes to mind, or whatever I'm inspired to do, by things I see. I enjoy making crafty things for friends and family, and quite often will opt for those things instead of buying presents at holidays and such. ^_^


( Here are some of the things I've been up to lately! )

I've got tons of new projects in mind, and will post those as they come up! :)

A serger, in need, suggestions?

[oh-flounder.livejournal.com]

hello there, craftgrrls.



this is a question post, the helpmehelpme! kind ....

i have a friend who is on the track to aquiring a serger, but she needs advice.

so, dearest grrls of eljay, what are some recommendations for serger goodness?

thank you and i hope you each have a wonderful day and you know i looked around elsewhere for answers, like i would come in here asking about something obvious and easily findable, never :o

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[art-lurker.livejournal.com]

So I was commissioned to make a dress completely out of ties. I bought 200 off of Ebay, and had enough then to sort them by color.

See More Here

necklace emergency!!!

[dollyday.livejournal.com]

can any one help me!!!!

i really need to know how i make a ribbon as the connector of a necklace,im desperate to make for for myself,also i may sell a few too if it turns out nice:-)

so basically i want to make a bead necklace,like 6mm ish beads with normal wire and i need to know how you get the ribbon as the tie either at the front or back of the necklace,does that make sense,im hopeless trying to explain stuff,hehe,please tell me if you know,i have an idea how to do it but i want to make sure:-)
thanks in advance!!!!

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[twotrees.livejournal.com]

Who is it that makes the beautiful, unique handmade tiaras? It was someone in this community and she twisted wire and beaded them. They were very elegant and fairy-like but they were also funky. She made custom ones too. She used to post her pics but I can't find them anywhere on here. I would like to start looking for one for my wedding. Thanks.

craft show additions, hopefully!

[lavinia-short.livejournal.com]

( here are the products of last night’s labor: )

"Peachy Keen" Amigurumi Baby

[roxy-craft.livejournal.com]

http://www.roxycraft.com

Cool Article on Google News

[ex-melistres510.livejournal.com]

Whitney Matheson: Pop Candy - The cool and the crafty

She wants examples of craftiness. I sent her pics of my polymer wine glasses.

what to do with all these pearls

[schatze78.livejournal.com]

I have so many freshwater pearls, it isn't even funny. does anyone have any good ideas as to how to go about using them. I made this necklace a while back and made some bracelets for my sisters using the white and black pearls, and it seemed to be a hit, but I'd like some new ideas. anyone have any suggestions? OR does anyone know of a good way to go about selling them? I've never sold anything I've made, so how do you all even come up with a price?

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[shiftyeyesgirl.livejournal.com]

hey. I'm new to this community, joined this morning. I'm a college student with not as much free time as she'd like and lots of ideas and ambition.

anyways, I was thinking about something last night. Over the summer, I bought some pokemon fabric that one of my friends liked, and I was thinking about using it to make him something. I have about three yards, and I was wondering if any of you knew of some good ideas of things to make? I thoguht boxers, but I wouldn't be exactly sure what size to make. I've also thought about making some kind of interesting pillow. but if any of you have other ideas, I'd love to hear them.
:)

(cross posted to art_grrls_sew)

Asymmetrical semi-circle skirt

[seeinglife.livejournal.com]

Random idea (almost circular skirt but asymmetrical via placing the waist opening to the side of the ellipse), random piece of fabric (52x45" of black cotton I found whilst cleaning), and this is the result. Hey, for once one of my random ideas pretty much turned out as planned!

But it needs something else. I can't decide what. Random bleaching? Cool stencilling or screenprinting? Lace or ruffles along the hem (approx 4 yards, yikes? D-ring tape? Some sort of mesh overlay - dyed cheesecloth, chiffon, lace, fishnet?

( Crappy pictures with dying batteries )

You can't even tell I'm wearing red tights under the lace ones, psssh. But hopefully you get the idea.

Last weekend's creative explosion

[angelfuck13.livejournal.com]

I actually made a huge bag- sewing can reap amazing benefits! Now I can carry anything including small children! hahahah
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[fuzcat.livejournal.com]

I am going to copy this right out of hammercock's journal and double the squee.

Squee! Squee!

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http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/

Free graph paper generators! You can specify the size and number of boxes and lines! You can make asymmetrical graph paper! You can make hexagonal, triangular, trapezoidal, and dot graph paper! You can make lined writing paper, musical notation paper, and Celtic knot design paper! How cool is that? Squee!

i'm a little slow!

[hgflower.livejournal.com]

i don't know why it took me forever to figure this out, but stenciling a picture that needs bridges is sooo much easier if you put the bridges on the picture before printing it out onto freezer paper!! if that makes any sense. i don't have the good fortune to own adobe photoshop or anything cool like that for that matter, so i always open my pictures up on regular old paint and kinda stretch/skew the picture from there to get the size that i want. i've tried 3 times already to cut out hagrid in an acceptable fashion before finally realizing today that i could just erase bits of lines to make it easier for me to see when i start cutting him out!
sorries for the text only post, but just wanted to share this little tid bit with anyone else who might be a little slow like me :p
will post pictures later tonight of finished potter shirt with quotes and all!! (so excited! i'm such a nerd..)

Kitty Bag

[superminx.livejournal.com]

Hi All, I think this may be my first post here? Can't remember. Anyway... I wanted to share this bag I made.

Kitty Bag, originally uploaded by superminx.

a 'bowling' bag I made - for a very skinny bowling ball :-) - with a hand appliqued, embroidered, beaded and quilted piece I made.The front is actually covered in clear vinyl to protect my handy work :-) I made the pattern from scratch and was pretty excited that it all fit together so nicely. The front and back are piped (thanks Oma for all those years helping you make piped cushions), it has a zip in the top and on the front side is a pocket just the right size to fit a mobile phone. I haven't lined it yet - that's my next job, but I'm so happy to have got this far being that I'm one of those people that rarely finishes anything.

Oh... and it's actually a perfect size for Blythe.

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[emothrill.livejournal.com]

For my birthady i am going to buy craft stuff. I need help on some things.


I wanna make earings and like braclets any ideas what type of way I could make them stay together really well? I didn't know how to word that.

Any good online sites to start kniting? I wanna learn, and I am going to learn this weekend sometime.

Any other ideas on stuff that I can get that is cheat at store for other crafts?

Would anyone have any good halloween or thanksgiving craft ideas? I wanna make my friend's something for halloween.

Thanks for the help

duct tape flowers speech follow-up

[lonelystars.livejournal.com]

So I posted about a month ago about these duct tape roses and the speech I was going to give for a college speech class, the original post here. and about two weeks ago I did it and waited until I got the grade to post a follow up.

when I gave the speech they were amazed. seriously, jaws open and everything.

which yay, cause I spent a lot of time making these and all. and stressing over it!

as soon as I pulled out the bouquet of flowers I heard "ooo"s and "aww"s. then when I started pulling out the barrettes and the pen everyone was like "whoa!" even more and then when I pulled out the little wrapped box everyone was making all this noise and I just laughed cause I didn't know what to do.

so here, ( pictures of the finished flowers )

I was surprised at their reactions, I really was. but the best part: she actually said that in her 15 years of teaching this course she had never seen such a reaction from an audience ever. ever!

so my final grade was a 90% :D good considering I went way overtime and got marks off for not making eye contact with people, and she says my voice had too much "sing-song" yeah whatever, she's the kind that doesn't give anyone very high marks.

I do belive I need to buy myself a present lol

:) just wanted to share. thanks for all the support and help in the beginning

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[-madison-lee.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I just joined this community a little while ago.
I make lots and lots of things, actually. Skirts, purses, picture collages, digital editing, jewelery, I stencil. I hemp and I sew and I crochet a little. But here is a ( skirt and shirt combo! )

sorry, this was crossposted.

Magnetic T-shirts?

[jubilee7782.livejournal.com]

OK, I know, all text entry = bad Jubilee. My digital camera is still being funky, but I have a question for you all. I'm working on a project for my creativity class and I need to find a way to attach magnetic poetry to a t-shirt or bag in a way that it can still be re-arranged. No rush and all ideas will be considered. Let me know what you all think!

monogrammed ahead of time

[elena-marie.livejournal.com]

hey craftgrrls!
i am trying to find out the ratio for the most popular-selling initials. (mom wants to make scarves that are embroidered with initials).
i've googled my heart out with monogram and initials and "most common" and i can't for the life of me find a simple list of most common initials. i know there's charts for most often used letters in general, and such, but i'm looking for names. am i stuck with looking at baby names from 20 years ago and tabulating the results myself? anyone have any ideas?

thanks in advance!

last supper of codependency

[crissy.livejournal.com]

6" x 8" painting on maple panel

Question.

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For my friends birthday, I'm making her a bunch of little things, and I started thinking about making stickers, but I have no clue as to how to do this. Any suggestions?

so i lied

[hgflower.livejournal.com]

i didn't work on my potter shirt. instead i did one for friends!

( phoebe is my favorite! )

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[thatdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Hi!
I am this girl.
and would like to thank everyone for such positive responses and kindness!
I am a grand procrastinator annnd
and so I decided to ( not do homework )

I still don't know how to use my machine.
comments, criticism, love: always welcome!
♥

a few new pieces and i need help with a design

[lttle-red-lotus.livejournal.com]

i've been so busy with homework and school that i don't have any time to bead. this weekend i made time. take that, biology lab paper! ha! i've also got a design question at the very bottom.

( The Forest Queen's Bracelet )

( Deep Within The Forest Necklace )

( Garnet and Shell Necklace )

( Flower Brooch Design...PLEASE HELP! )

serger problems!

[pork-chop-girl.livejournal.com]

why is my serger doing this??? i thought i threaded it right, in the correct order, loopers first, and then needles. needle tension is at 4 and loopers are at 3. stitch length is at 2, and feed ratio is at 1. i cut out my pieces and sat down to get ready to sew and then THIS happened!! so frustrating. i need the stitch to look nice too because im making seams on the outside. i greatly appreciate any sort of advice!



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