Another painting

[http://users.livejournal.com/_delicateterror/]

( On to the painting! )

sewing machine problem

[littleweirdgrrl.livejournal.com]

There doesn't seem to be a way to put a needle in my machine!  I bought this old, absurdly heavy sears kenmore (model 5150) machine a while ago.  No instructions came with it.  It runs fine except for not having a needle.  Where the needle should be, there is a screw that looks like it should be the thing that holds the needle in.  But there is no hole or anything to stick the needle into.  There's this weird thick wire that goes under the screw thing and goes off to the side in a little spiral.  I thought maybe the needle gets jammed under the wire somehow, but that makes no sense.  Does anyone have any idea how to put the needle in?  If not, any suggestions for websites that might help?

(no subject)

[homicideisgood.livejournal.com]

hey y'all
real quick question for you guyssssss

i am in marching band, and we always have 1 thursday night practice where we dress up for halloween. its coming soon, and i dont know what to be!
i would LOVE awesome 5-person or even 6-person group ideas! (no nsync or bsb or anything--its been done) we love doing group costumes.
i wanted to be a piccolo, but that will be so incredibly hard, and i dont know what to make the body out of. so help there will be appreciated too!
we were also thinking of being team zissou, but mayeb that is too hard too.
anything, please! i will appreciate it for ages :)

(no subject)

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

Huge post full of boobies!!!

Pretty image-heavy, but with small file sizes, shows my Box Box, which is where I store condoms/dams/lube/female condoms to give to other students who find themselves in a situation where they need any of the above and don't have them. (Not pictured are the reems of educational suppliments to go with this.)

( For people who don't want to see nakedness or prophylactics )

Let me tell you, I was incredibly supprised by how beautiful vintage Playboys are. It almost felt like a crime to rip up some of those photos.

Anyway, let me know what you think.

pirate monkey!

[atomicgypsy.livejournal.com]

so my co-worker likes pirates, and has this little monkey at work, so i decided to make him some clothes.. because well, why not?



( avast!!! )

his name is Ambrose (after Ambrose Bierce)

painting

[foto-phreak.livejournal.com]

A co-worker of mine had her birthday yesterday. She is a HUGE John Lennon fan, (has a tattoo of one of his drawings on her leg) so I wanted to do something using his image. I found this painting online http://www.beatles-popart.com/beatles-images/bigJohnbigD.jpg of a popart piece and thought I'd give it a try.
( Read more... )

progress...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_delicateterror/]

( painting... )

(no subject)

[ashgrove.livejournal.com]

(Cross-posted to sew_hip.)

I've posted a lot of questions lately and I have yet another one.

I'm working on my winter coat, and thanks to the advice of the lovely people here, I ended getting up gorgeous shearling and even more gorgeous wool for the coat. The shearling is relatively thick, and the wool isn't exactly the thinnest fabric either. I have a sneaking suspicion that my usual all purpose thread won't be strong enough. Is my suspicion correct, or will it be strong enough?

Thank you!

(no subject)

[xmisspeachesx.livejournal.com]

So i just realized i have a lot of plastic shopping bags lying around my room, I don't want to through them away because a lot of the store names have really cool graphics...I'm thinking a collage but clear...so it becomes like a giant see through quilt...but what would i do with it? and any ideas on how to stick the bags together?? Also if you have any better ideas in general that i could feed off of....

My favorite bag is one that i used to doggybag my stir crazy aisian food :) I don't have a picture but the colors are red yellow and...clear? There are many circles in uniform rows and some have little cutout words like "Fresh" "Aisian" "Eat" or a cartoon buddha or noodle bowl.

(no subject)

[sin-da-rella.livejournal.com]

I have decided to start making bath and body products for the Christmas season....
One of my ideas involves honey, but I am not sure how that would work with dry bath products - like oatmeal baths, or bran baths, etc.
Has anyone else used honey? How did it go? What do I need to know?
And is it possible to get a honey *scent* without using honey?
Thanks! :D

in search of very specific fabric prints

[macabre-grrl.livejournal.com]

I need to make two pairs of pyjamas for a wedding gift. One must be printed with muffins. One must be printed with beans. Cotton or flannel cotton. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD THEY ARE TO FIND! I have searched so many online fabric and quilting stores, and it was plenty fun, but astonishingly fruitless.

They have fabric with frickin' artichokes on it, but not beans. And I don't want coffee beans. Nor jelly beans. Mixed beans, green beans, kidney beans, all fine. As for the other, no cupcakes. No danishes. Muffins.

I will be much obliged if you girls and guys can give me a hand.

sorry to be vague but i am at my wits end

[deerhoof.livejournal.com]

i have a problem. my apartment is the ugliest apartment i have ever seen. does anyone have any ideas for really ugly beige apartments? a cheap way to add color? ANYTHING would be appreciated, i am miserable.

earrings and bag

[pingvingvild.livejournal.com]

Hi, everyone. :D Today I found wooden buttons and I thought they'd be fun to paint and make into some different kinds of earrings.

( things. )

Hope you like it, and have a nice weekend! :)

Ingvild

minor fix

[mujercaliente.livejournal.com]

I have a white couch:


My roommate has a grayish cat. That sheds. On everything.
My parents were getting rid of a bunch of sheets but I managed to intercept. Add a few safety pins, about half an hour, and ( my couch is now cat-proof. )

I'm not a perfectionist to the point of wanting to redo the plaid part to make it line up perfectly.
Lauren

Attention Beaders!

[anteriority.livejournal.com]

I have two Fire Mountain Gems catalogues that I don't really need because I'm on a jewelry-making break so I was wondering if any of you beaders might want it. There's a 2005-2006 catalogue, which is probably still pretty useful, and also the new 2006-2007 catalogue. They both have postage paid stamps on them from Fire Mountain Gems so you wouldn't have to pay postage, I can just put your address on it over mine and send it to you. Please specify which one you want. First come first serve, obviously.


****EDIT: THE 2006-2007 IS SPOKEN FOR SO JUST THE 05-06 IS LEFT****