More embroidery

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I finished this last night, so I'm not in a total snit at the weather. (Which is, if you'll look through my front door window, WHITE AGAIN. Gr. Argh.)

Tiger's grumpy with me because I made her wear white to model it for me.  It's her zipper cardigan, though.  I dug it out of the Goodwill bag of stuff she's casting off. The only problem with it is that it IS WHITE.  It's nothing a good pair of fairy wings can't fix, IMO.  If she won't wear it, I'm going to sell it at the farmers' market. :-)

I also did not fail to notice she wore it to school this morning.  Sheesh.

It's a little shiny in the wings because I didn't have a chance to soak off the water-soluble stabilizer - that's the stuff that keeps the squishy knitted yarns from poking up through the stitches - kind of like embroidering an Oreo cookie.  I used a heavy stabilizer, brand name Solvy BadgeMaster.  Probably overkill, but the lighter Solvys perforate and peel away before the stitch-out's complete. Maybe my stuff is just dried out a little, I don't know. I like BadgeMaster.

I don't claim creative kudos for the idea, though: it was a tutorial on Urban Threads. (HAHA! You thought I'd  post a single project without mentioning it?!)

Sort-of cross-posted to my journal (with a weather pic)

Baby Steps

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I made my first hand bound hand made paper journal. Its kind of small as the paper making kit I have only makes small sheets. I am going to be making my own bigger frame for lager pages this weekend.



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This is sort of an intro and a see some of my things I do since I have commented, but not posted here before.
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I have to take some more pictures of my things - I did not have as many on my laptop as I thought.

Mat Cutting

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I have recently completed some cross-stitch pieces, which are unfortunately odd sizes for normal size frames. Instead of buying more expensive frames, I decided to buy a larger normal size frame and a mat to fill up space in the larger size frame. What is the simplest way to cut a mat to fit a frame? I'd prefer to do it myself, since I'm trying to save myself some money. Are there special mat cutters that aren't too expensive? Can I use a box cutter or utility knife?

Pictures of projects to come soon, gotta wait for my camera battery to charge :)

The peacock

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 I got to spend the whole day in the shop yesterday kid free.  I started on  quite a large sculpture, but I'm really happy with it.  I't just needs beading and stringing and I'll put it up on my site.  Here is a sneak peek:


It's close to 3 feet high.  The bird will be "clutching" a sconce with a dish for candle/birdfood. 

Made from reclaimed electric fencing wire.