:D

[im--ciinnn.livejournal.com]

i made this purse out of my brothers pepe jeans shirt.

( hand sewing takes foreverr =| )

Yippee!

[zillion-eyes.livejournal.com]

some more new (or so) items

 

( more here! )

I made some of these a while back, but I moved and things were put into upheaval. All of that while trying to renovate my site. BUT I finally got em posted!
Katherine

Liquid polymer for stamp making?

[beautifulwolf.livejournal.com]

Has anyone tried using liquid polymer for making your own rubber stamps? I've not tried it yet buy was just using it for making fairy wings and thought maybe it could work for making stamps out fo my own drawings.

The reason I ask is I wanted stamps that are more durable than erasers and last longer and this seems to hold up well, and have the right texture.

Muffet Makes Cards!

[muffetly.livejournal.com]

I just spent ages coding this for my sales journal... and thought I'd share it here too!





Handmade cards, each thumbnail is a link to a bigger and better picture.

The cards are a creation in Cardstock, mulberry paper, acetate, glass paints, glasspaint outliner, glue, embroidery floss, lots of glitter, sequins, funky foam, coloured pencil, beads, ribbons, knitting and anything else I found hanging out in my craft drawer!

question about using wire as a pendant "chain"

[mabelsthecat.livejournal.com]

I hope this isn't too confusing; I'm confusing myself as I try to think of how to ask this question.

I am making pendants. They are quite delicate, and require a delicate "chain." What I envision in my head, is a thin wire, attached to the pendant via jump ring, then threaded through one bead, then separated, then joined via clasp of some sort. Like ( this )

My questions are:

a) what kind of wire should I use? I have access to Michael's and a couple beading stores, so I should be able to find anything recommended. I would like the wire to be fairly flexible, and not kink easily.

b) what should I use as a clasp and how do I attach it to the wire? Again, I would like a fairly delicate clasp. If I were beading, I would just use crimps, but since I'm not, I'm reluctant to use them because I don't want the rough end of wire sticking out and I'm not sure I will be able to cut close enough to the crimp.

I appreciate any help you can give... I'm sorry if I'm not clear with what I'm trying to do. If you think you might be able to help me, but I'm not being clear enough, please comment and I will try to explain further.

(I'm also thinking, for more earthy pendants I will just use hemp, and for more girly ones I will use ribbon... but for these, I would like the industrial look of wire)

Thanks guys!

any fun ideas?

[eefanugget.livejournal.com]

i want to make some coasters. i have little felted ones i made, but i'm sick of them.

ebroidery on a machine

[barefootmomma.livejournal.com]

I looked in the memories but I couldn't quite find what I was looking for. I'm sorry if I missed it.
I have a sewing/embroidery machine that I just started using. I'm a little confused about what kind of stabilizers to use though. I have some cut-away, but it's so scratchy that I don't really like it. Would it be okay to use the stuff that disolves on cotton knit type fabrics?
Thanks!

birdies!

[found-evidence.livejournal.com]

Playing around with some felt this weekend, I came up with this...

( Birdies! )

Some summery yarns!

[hello-mango.livejournal.com]

I have been really busy spinning lately, despite the soaring temperatures here. It hasn't been too bad. I think knitting and crochet are worse in the heat as they tend to sit on your lap whereas spinning yarn just passes through your hands and not onto your body anywhere, if that makes any sense?

Anyway, here are some of my recent yarns in lovely bright summery colours.
Zest(citrus colours make me thirsty!):

( more this-a-way----> )

(no subject)

[hbeck.livejournal.com]

a couple of weeks ago i posted this in my personal journal:

"i have a lot of clothes. it's not a bad thing. but there are some i don't wear. so i have come up with a plan. i am going to wear every single piece of clothing in my closet in rainbow order. yes, my closet is in rainbow order. so it will be about three weeks of black, then 1 week white, 1 week brown and onward.....to the colors! if i can't make that garmet look good that day then i have two choices, reconstruct or give away."

and now to prove to myself that i keep my word...

( The Great Closet Reconstruction 2006 )

Weird Clay: Squidssss

[djnurseallison.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend is really into the Adult Swim show Squidbillies, so I decided to make him these unholy creations.

( Hooray, magic Jesus! )

New Earrings

[silverwing21.livejournal.com]

Hey! I just made some new earrings, thought I'd share.

( It's a bloo, blue world. And pink. )

wee wonderfuls: pirate kitty

[blood-gold.livejournal.com]

here's a pirate kitty i made for my friend, who moved to the other side of the planet... served with a bottle of rum, of course!


( meeearrrghh! )

Laminating sheets?

[arlixantic.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone. I'm helping my little brother do a project for when school starts and I need a thick laminating material. Anywhere I could get some? Thanks.

embroidery

[runepidemic.livejournal.com]

I received a custom order to embroider a design on 11 golf shirts and only have 17 days until they need to be to the customer. Eep!

I need to embroider the designs and then attach them to the shirts because if I wait until the shirts get here, there will be no time left. I think I'm going to use Steam-A-Seam 2 to do that but I need to know what type of fabric I should embroider the design on. I used muslin for the sample but feel like it looks too "bleh" for a finished product.

This was only the 2nd time I ever embroidered and I was probably insane for accepting this order. I'm on an extremely tight deadline, so any advice you can give would be wonderful.

Bad photos of the sample can be found here.

Thank you!

[x-posted on craftster]


EDIT:

I found a lovely quilting store that, in my 16 years of living here, I had never seen or even heard of before I looked in the yellow pages (believe it or not). The woman there was extremely helpful and assured me that Steam-A-Seam 2 was exactly what I needed and luckily they had it in stock. For the fabric I'll be embroidering on, she gave me a very high quality 100% cotton muslin that is much nicer and more durable than the $1.27/yard muslin I used for the sample. I forgot how much spending the extra few bucks at a mom-and-pop store is worth. The thought of walking into JoAnn with the questions that I had on hand was not pleasant. Haha. Anyways, time to embroider!

I crochet!

[somethinguseful.livejournal.com]

I really, really hope this doesn't violate the craftgrrl rules, although I did read them! If they do, let me know! I will go peacefully!

Last month, I went home to see my mum and dad and I visited my favorite little yarn shop ever. The nice lady who owns the shop really enjoys spinning together fun/novelty yarns with a natural fiber, creating some neat combinations. Last time I went, she had some little bits and pieces for sale (drastically reduced, of course) and I bought four of them in coordinating colors. My question to you girls (and maybe guys?) is what I could do with these.
I was hoping to make something other than a scarf or hat (I crochet), so I would love love love suggestions.
I'm still a beginner after all these years, but a very fast learner. Any suggestions?

I apologize for the text-only post, but I assure you that I'll have pictures to post soon of my quilt and the dress I am also working on!

things i like #7

[liliebelle.livejournal.com]

i love storybooks since i was a child. i mostly have a thing for the old ones. in most cases i don´t care much about the story- i just like the covers.

(no subject)

[hygher.livejournal.com]

I have a few different projects going so I'm going to section this off using Lj-cuts

( Love in a Box )

( DS Case )

( Stenciling on Wood )

(no subject)

[sassi214.livejournal.com]

My new things.
Fresh off the machine!
God how I adore my Husqvarna.



( There's a lotta love (and stuff) this way )

(no subject)

[onthehook.livejournal.com]

Anyone here blow glass OR make their own purse handles that they could show me?

help?

[theresnoculture.livejournal.com]

I need a pattern for a hoodie super bad and cant find one.
i really want to make a regular hoodie, but where it zippers have a piece going over that extends to the left side, i.e. side button hoodie. i have big cute buttons, but i just need a ppatterrn.
any help would be great, i dont know how to make it button to the side or anything. i just have an idea in my head.

Metal Cuff-Bracelet

[invalidheart.livejournal.com]

My younger brother made this metal cuff-bracelet type thing in school last week. I think it's pretty cool, a little rough around the edges, but it's still pretty cool. He gave it to me :)
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swap basket

[keymistress.livejournal.com]

this is one of the few swap baskets i've put together recently that will be going out to some lovely people! this one's for a really sweet girl in Singapore, the rest will be flying elsewhere. each basket is slightly different from another.

Goomba, goomba, goomba...

[bugguh-buggs.livejournal.com]

I was looking for something simple to refresh my crochet-y memory and I came across this


( welcome to the mushroom kingdom )

Voodoo doll and coffin

[rainbow-river00.livejournal.com]

A friend is having a really hard time with an ex and her current guy isn’t helping much with certain areas of support. So I made her a little voodoo doll and a coffin for it to live in.

( sort-of picture heavy – dead weight and all that )

Bedlah

[parasitegirl.livejournal.com]

First I built a belly dance bedlah (bra and belt) from scratch: individual cups, interfacing galore, grossgrain ribbon infrastructure and then silk and some beaded fringe. I quickly embroidered it with silver thread and performed in it. That was at least a year and a half ago. Then I decided that I needed to rip out the silver thread and really buckle down and make something more professional looking...so I started beading and beading...I got the money for some non-homemade costumes so there was no rush... a thus I burned out on beading for about 8 months.

Last week Monday I picked it up again and now it is finished (I still need to anchor in the belt lining and hooks...but here it is because I need to bask in having finished!

( Bedlah behind the cut, contains human torso )