Mom's Day Presents

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Present Bags	Presents and Bags

The kids and I crafted some keychains and gift bags for the moms near us.

( Mom's Day Presents Pictues )

Plushies!

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Sorry about that guys! Here is a pic of a cute bird I sewed!



Thanks for looking!
~Nessa

Making a pattern out of a t-shirt

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Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to do this?

I want to make a t-shirt out of a deep v-neck American Apparel shirt I have and I'm stuck on how to do the v-neck, etc..


Thanks so much!

More experiments with natural dyeing!

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hello all,

I've been experimenting with natural dyes again - some of this was so I could use up odds and ends that had been stored in the freezer, some of it was using dyes I'd just made.

( t-shirts and wool under the cut! )

swim suit..

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So I was supposed to be flying to Australia today, but my first flight got canceled, which means I'm stuck at home with a lot of time and very little to do.

Since I don't have my own sewing machine yet, and I can never find a swimsuit top that fits, props go to my mom for making this kick-ass bikini for me (yeah, with no pattern! my mom rocks).

( since I'm shy, pics are back here.. nsfw? )

The Bobbin Made Me Do It

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If I missed the info in the archives, I'm sorry, but I did look.

My boyfriend got me a sweet vintage sewing machine out of a dumpster, and I plugged it in, pressed the pedal, played with the knobs, and everything seems in working order. Up until now, I've been using a little pink Barbie sewing machine I got for fifty cents at a thrift store. Shut up, it worked!

Yesterday, I got up at 4am in urgent need to sew something (this often happens when I have insomnia), and since my last project broke the Barbie needle (silly me for thinking that little machine could sew leather for longer than a minute), I decided to fire up the real deal, only to find a bobbin compartment I'd never seen before and had no idea how to thread it up.

Well, I googled Pacesetter, Brother, manual, and various other bits, but it just came up with new models.

What the heck, man? How to I work this thing? I've never NOT been able to fiddle with something until I figured it out before, so I'm calling out for help.

( here's what I have to deal with )

Help! Help!

Mother's Day present.

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So this weekend's crafting project has of course been a Mother's Day gift. My mother is a huge part of my life, and although we might not always get along, I'm so grateful that I had her as my mother. Can you believe she actually flew all the way from Melbourne, Australia to L.A. just to meet me? A 15 hour flight, an overnight stay in a hotel, then 15 hours back, because she knew how shattered I was to have to leave Brett and come home. Crazy, crazy woman, but I'd be lost without her.

She recently got a new PDA to replace her old electronic diary, and so I made this cover for it.

Polar fleece on the outside with minky fleece on the inside for maximum cushioning and soft cuddly protection. (by the way, how awesome is that minky fleece? It feels so lovely that you can forget it feels like you're rubbing your hand over lots of tiny fabric nipples!)

(Top rolled down so you can see inside. You'll have to excuse the dark photos - I took them at night.)

I was thinking about making some more of these. A lamb for me (I already have the material ready) and a Cthulu for my fiance because he's adorable and loves the squid-faced men.

So I was wondering, craft grrls, do you think this is something that people would be interested in? Mine is going to be for my mobile phone, but I can easily adjust them to fit PDAs or ipods. What do you think? Thanks in advance for any advice!

Shrink plastic

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Hi!

I've always used an oven to shrink plastic, and it worked perfectly, but I've started to use ink jet plastic and don't really want to be baking toxic inks and stuff in my oven. I have a heat gun but i'm having real problems with getting a smooth surface, the plastic always has little dents, crinkles etc..

I'm sure there's lots of talented people here who are total whizzes with heat guns, so If anyone has any tips I'd much appreciate it!

And just because everyone loves pics, I just finished this dress..



( Couple more pics under the cut.. )

thanks!

First Crochet Projects

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Hello!

These are my first crochet and amigurumi projects - ever! Enjoy!

( WARNING:IMAGE HEAVY )

Thanks!

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hey ! ive been lurking for a little while, and decided its about time i shared something ive made.

i don't have that much time to do artsy things at school, so when i get home over winter/summer breaks i go crazy with all the extra time. i pretty much spent the entire 3 weeks of this winter break making these -



harry potter puppet pals, because i'm a nerd.

they're made out of different colored felt that i cut and painstakingly hand-sewed together, and then i glued more felt for the hair/harry's glasses/dumbledore's beard and hat/snape's nose and eyebrows, and used puffy fabric paint for the faces. woo :)