Finished quilt!

[grammardog]

This quilt is loosely based on a pattern called Plaids & Stripes by Roberta Horton. Most of the fabrics in the top have been salvaged from men's cotton shirts which were damaged or stained. Yay, recycling! The top is hand- and machine-pieced, and the quilting is done by machine.

I'm really happy with this project. I love the scrappy, sort of cottage-y look of it, even though I don't necessarily go in for a lot of rustic or country-looking things, and I also love that is mostly made of fabrics which were fated for the landfill.



( A couple more pics... )

little help?

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Well, craftgrrls and bois, the time has come for this little lurker to remove herself from the shadows and throw herself on the mercy of her fellow crafters.

I recently got hired to teach English as a second language in Japan. I leave in early September, which I'm incredibly stoked about. Thing is, reading up on the carryon guidlines for United Air, I'm not allowed anything sharp and/or pointed. This includes knitting needles, crochet hooks and safety pins. Pastes, liquids and gels are out, too, so there goes stuff like glue, although that strikes me as messy anyway.

So here I am, faced with a fifteen- to seventeen-hour trip with nothing to keep my hands busy. Travesty! I'm thinking of bringing along some precut lengths of hemp and a few beads to make some jewelry, but that's all I can think of.

Any ideas, folks?

Oh woe is me!

[iguanasdefuego.livejournal.com]

I need your help!

The letters on my keyboard are fading. Just a couple of them. I would like to take the letters of the keys (keeping the original keys on the keyboard, so all the buttons look the same) and put on letter-stickers later. But as I said before, some of the keys still have the letters on them.

I've tried 91% rubbing alcohol, acetone nail polish remover, sanding them with an emery board and rearranging the letters so they'll all have a turn to get faded by use.

Any ideas? I'd like to keep the keys their original color so they match the rest of the keyboard (I'm a big fan of matching). Pleeeeeease help!

Can ya dig it?

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Four days of sewing, and I'm finally done with my messenger bag! It took a lot of work (especially since it's 100% hand-sewed), but I'm glad I made it. It came out to be pretty cool and it's my first attempt at a bag.

I like a lot of pockets so I put six in this, including one big zipper one on the inside. I pretty much made the whole thing up as I went :P I had looked at as many tutorials and bags as I could, I just went off of what I had learned. It may not be the best, but I love it incredibly.

Well, enough with the text, let's get on to the pictures!

( 6 More pictures in here :] )

I've also got some cool news. I was surprised with a sewing machine a few days ago as an early birthday gift. It's my first, so I'm having a little trouble getting the hang of it. It keeps tangling up on me. No one else in the house has much experience with one, so for now I'm out of luck. But it's okay. I'll hopefully figure out the problem eventually.

Prof. Sprout

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I decided to go as Prof. Sprout to our local Borders Friday evening, their theme was that of a ball, so rather than go with garden attire, I spruced up Pomona's image a bit.


( Herbology hat, jewelry, and shoes )

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[bekochan.livejournal.com]

it's been kinda slow, i was working on other stuff most of the week but here is more jewelry
( let's )

Mail Art

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Because my boyfriend and I live across the country from each other now (thank you, college), we've decided to become pen pals as well. We put together packages for each other full of things we've made and/or found, especially things from the dumpster. I feel like he always one-ups me as far as coolness-of-package goes, so this time, I've really put effort into it.

( Just look at the envelope! )

I will fill the inside with patches I'm still working on silk screening, a fake hand I found in a dumpster that I'd been using as a picture frame, a letter on stationary I drew while drunk, stoned, and on one hour of sleep at a meeting (ha ha!), and a collage from pamphlets I picked up at my school's health center. I'll be sure to post more when I've put them all together.

Not too exciting, but....

[hermione585.livejournal.com]

... I thought I'd show you what I did with about 20 mins of the 4 hours I was at the bookstore waiting for Harry Potter.

( Swish and Click! )

ravenclaw robe

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put down my crochet hooks for a while and dug out my sewing machine...

( clicky for picture )