First Post and First Plush

[dark-angel1383.livejournal.com]

This is my first post to this community. :) So, Hello!

I just finished up a swap over at Craftster so I can feel safe posting my project without my partner's surprise being spoiled.

I made her a plush Yoshi, wh was originally supposed to be much smaller than he ended up (almost 2 feet from top of the head to bottom of the shoe... yikes!)

This is the first plush I have ever made. I set out to scour the internet to find a pattern, but there were none. So, I made a paper pattern and when to town.

Machine and hand sewn felt. :)



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Oceanic Interlude

[lampworkbyamy.livejournal.com]

I made a set of beads that I'm super pleased with.

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[neweuropa79.livejournal.com]

Hi all, I've lurked on here for a while, but I finally got around to putting these pictures of one of my latest projects online, and I'd like some advice. This is a chair I made for a friend, who is in a medieval reenactment game with me, and while these chairs are about as period as, say gym shoes, they are easy to make (jigsaw, drill and sander). So here are my issues.

A. the stain is really mottled near the Phoenix. I did several coats of the stain, minwax special walnut, all over the chair, and yet where I had to do detail work it glossed in some places and didn't in others. Also, ripsaw marks are not sanded down enough. And I found out that wood putty does not stain. Nor does wood glue or DAP.

B. The bottle opener is wrong side up. (easily fixed)

C. I didn't take any photos of it together for carrying. The seat and the top of the back are the same shape, and there is a rope (it would be leather, but I didn't have the money for that) that goes thru the holes in the seat and back, and then down through the keyhole and around the seat piece, and back up (there are little cleats to hole the seat in place too) so it becomes a backpack style to carry it. I need pictures of that.

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So how do I fix the stain problems for next time? The other stuff I just need to do more sanding and realize which way a bottle opener works (duh), but the stain issue I've had on my own chair I made too. 

And what do you think?
(oh and if the pics are too big I'll shink em)

Sculpy Earing Question

[pirateisapirate.livejournal.com]

For those of you who make sculpy earings.
Where do you get blank posts?
And do you attach the posts before baking the clay, or do you glue the things on after you bake them?

I will hug it and squeeze it and call it Metallicar.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

The '67 Chevy Impala from Supernatural.





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Necklaces.

[nerdish.livejournal.com]

What happens when a beader is stuck at home caring for her mother? C/C reviews are appreciated.

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macrame plant hangers

[amyakieran.livejournal.com]

I cannot find any info on this anywhere in the memories. I have been searching for MONTHS on how to make macrame plant hangers. I find tons and tons for sale premade, but I want to make one (or a few) myself. Got any ideas where I can find tutorials or instructions? Do any of you out there make them?

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[seestephgo.livejournal.com]

what are the exact dimensions of a chapstick label? I'd look myself, but alas... I've no chapstick. I'm looking for the regular chapstick brand type chapstick labels. Thanks!