Necklace Pendant Endeavor

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Psst! The answer to #1 is 'Yes!'

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Crochet projects galore.

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I have been quite the busy bee. That's what happens when you have class three days a week and you just quit your job because you'd never see your family who lives 500 miles away on the holidays otherwise. *Big Breath* Okay, so I have been making tons of stuff lately. I went to my local JoAnn store yesterday, too, to find some dark orange yarn for a hat I wanted to make my boyfriend's sister who lives in Germany and they were extremely low on stock. I was very disappointed. So I went online and ended up buying $76 worth of yarn...did I mention not having a job anymore? Oh well. I tell myself that I'll end up selling that much worth of stuff, so it's okay.
Right now I'm working on what I hope is a medieval-looking sweater/tunic. I am only crocheting the collar, cuffs on the bicep and cuff on the wrist as well as a corset-type belt thing. Then I was going to sew some kind of fabric (a knit, probably) for the actual shirt. I made two cuffs and the collar tonight with some dark brown wool-ease and some oatmeal-colored acrylic SuperSaver yarn. I am a little sad that I went with a synthetic, and not even a high quality one at that. But the color was right and it has tweedy flecks of dark brown and gray in it that I thought was wonderful. I'm taking a fiber arts class in the fall that includes wool dying and yarn spinning, so I figured this shirt could be my first and I'd perfect the pattern, then perhaps use some of my handmade things in a few months to make one of a different color.
You'll have pics of the finished sweater in a couple weeks!

peektures now!
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Owl Shoes

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I brought a pair of white canvas H&M shoes, and they became this:

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Crinkle Toys

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I'm making one of those tag blankets for my daughter, but wanted to make it crinkle as well. Whats the material you can use that would be washable? I know people use cellophane, but is there anything else?

Thanks guys :)

yay Christmas

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I've been super pumped to make all of my Christmas presents this year. One of the things I'm making are daruma dolls and the first one FINALLY dried last night so I got to paint it! It came out better than I was expecting.
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Christmas present craft ideas

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So, although Christmas is still about a month away, I have so many things to focus on for classes that I need to begin making/planning for gifts!

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Ring

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So SkyWookiee finally joins the silver invasion with her second ever presentable ring.

Crocheted Finished Edges

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Laugh if you will, but I cannot do a proper crochet finished edge after I finish a crochet project. For some reason, I get confused as to where I should and should not put a stitch as I go around my project, and it usually ends up with a slightly ruffled look.

My solution to this has always been not to put a crocheted edge around anything, but I'm working on a project that really needs one. I plan on doing a simple sc all around, but I know it's going to get that slightly ruffled look.

Is there a site out there that explains where a crochet stitch should and should not go when making a finishing edge? Or maybe there's a simple explanation that I'm completely missing? I really think I'm just making it harder than it is.

Thank you.

Lens Advice

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Hi guys,

I rock a Canon XTI digital SLR with a Sigma 28-70mm as my go to lens. It's great for the majority of my day to day applications (if you're bored you can surf around my flickr) but I'm finding it really kinda bites the big one when photographing jewelry.



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Maybe I'm being overly critical but I really don't think it works. I need something to get the whole peice in focus, I especially want a nice clean tight shot when I get to the rings. With jewelry I really feel the devils in the details.

So what lenses do you guys use? Hopefully something that won't break the bank ;)

EDIT: Thanks so much for your comments. I recognise the lighting issue and I have all the materials on hand to make a light tent / photo box, which I plan to do. Where I'm looking for feedback is my current lens isn't a standard kit lens and isn't made for macro / detail images which is why only part of the necklaces are in focus. Thanks.

CD Visors

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I haven't posted any of my sewing items in a long time but here are 3 cd visors I finished this weekend:

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Thanks for looking :)

The iron on transfere pen won't transfere please help Maybe you know why it won't transfere..

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This was supposed to be a fun quick project but since the pen won't transfere and we don't know why.You're supposed to trace the pattern, then iron and poof there you go. You got the design on your fabric.  followable, and all it did was ruin my pattern template and put a few spots on my white 100 percent polyester blankie. You can't iron polyester for very long or very hot, maybe the iron wasn't hot enough to transfere? 


we've spend about two hours fucking with trying to figure out why it won't work or what will work. I tried coloring the outline with ink then soaking it,  in hopes a pattern would bleed through and be I tried graphite paper and it won't transfere. I tried puff paint and it works ok, but you eventually ruin your pattern and puff paints not ment to come off of fabric, so after you embroider the image, you'll have tacky ugly puff paint lines.



I don't know what else to try, perhaps maybe chalk or a pastel chalk pencil, cause chalk crayons smear when you rub them.

Every one has given up and their not willing to help me try to figure it out anymore.

Take Me to Your Leader!

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In my stomach flu haze, I finished the little alien that I was working on. Now, off to bed.

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T-Shirt Quilts

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Okay craftgrrls (and guys?)

I am not a sewer or a quilter. However, I'm getting married, and as something I'd like to do before I get married, I want to make a t-shirt quilt with my mother (who has more sewing experience than I).  I've checked some of the memories and haven't really found anything.  I've looked at some online websites, and couldn't really find specific answers to the questions I'm looking for.

I currently have 50 t-shirts.  I would like to do a quilt with 25 on each side, 5 rows of 5.  I've found that the standard "square" size once it's sewn is 15 inches, which sounds about right to me. 

I found a website that says, whatever I want the t-shirt size to be, I should make a cardboard square and use it as a stencil to each shirt, and that I should factor in a 2 and a half border, for sewing potential.  Is that right?  That would make my squares 17 and a half inches on all four sides, and I'm worried that some of them would be too small. Maybe I should aim for 14 inch squares? 

General opinions would be highly appreciated. Or any "better" websites on how to do this.  Maybe my google-fu isn't working great today. 

And considering that both sides will have t-shirts on them, how many yards of fabric do you think I'll need? 

To Polymer Clay Crafters

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Oh my...I am so livid. I just ran out of my supply of Original Sculpey and had to buy more. Well, the new Original Sculpey claimed to be 'New and Improved'. It is NOT. It is like working with bubblegum that has already been chewed for 3 hours. Sticks to everything and is impossible to get fingerprints out of! I am making small jewelry pendants and need the clay to be moderately firm. Can anyone help by suggesting a better brand of polymer clay around the same price? Thank you guys so much for your help!

Easy wreath bow?

[amethyst-heart.livejournal.com]

I made a wreath from some grapevine growing in the backyard and wrapped it with translucent red wired ribbon. I suck at making intricate bows. How can I use what's left of my ribbon to make a pretty bow that isn't too complicated? As always, thanks in advance.

-Nik

Painted rock

[yuhop.livejournal.com]

sea rock 2.5", acrylic colors.