Love Drops

[urban-quilter.livejournal.com]

I've been working on some of my old WIPs recently, and finally got around to quilting a confetti quilt I called "Love Drops"



( The Full Monty under the cut )

Printing Question + Handmade Books (Older Project)

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Hello all, I was hoping that some of you with experience in producing printed products from your designs might be able to help me answer a couple of questions. I would like to design desktop calendars this year as Christmas gifts for some of my friends, using photographs that I've taken, and I'm wondering about the best methods for printing:

1) Is there a commercial source that will print jewel-case sized calendar pages (on heavy cardstock) using my design, with decent color fidelity, but for an affordable rate?

2) In terms of paper; I would like the calendar to be on a matte heavy paper, preferably stiff, with a little bit of tooth to it, but I'm wondering if this would affect the way in which the photo images printed - would I do best using a regular white cardstock or a matte photo paper?

3) Is it a safer bet to invest in (or borrow) an inkjet photo printer (not readily available to me at the moment) and print them at home?

Thank you so much!

Just so that this is not text-only, here are some handbound notebook prototypes I made almost a year ago but never got around to posting:

Perfect-bound penguin notebook, bookmark, perfect-bound and saddle-stitched mini notebooks.


( more images under the cut )

Embroidery trouble shooting

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My boyfriend is badly in need of some sort of messenger bag to carry files back and forth from work with. I'm wanting to get a plain one and embellish it with something 8-bit and nerdy (he is a big fan of old school video games.) The problem is that every bag I'm finding has external pockets on the flap that will make it impossible to embroider. Anyone know tricks to embroider over a pocket without making the pocket useless? Know of a supplier of basic messenger bags without flap pockets? Should I give up and make a stencil instead?

I had my heart pretty set on emulating the blockiness of the art with cross stitch. I've even been working on developing my own stitch chart.

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[breathedwishes.livejournal.com]

Im new to stitching, sewing and embrodiery. My boyfriend plays d and d since probably he was in jr. high, and he's going on 27. I really would love to make him a dice bag, or find a dice bag, i can decorate etc, myself. I've googled, I've searched online, in stores. and I can't find anything, that I can comprehend. So, if anyone knows where I can buy a simple bag, that i could use, or a how to diy a beginner like me would understand, I would love you so much!

Sorry, I cannot hear you, I'm kinda busy.

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El Chupacabra with goat buddy!

( 3rd Christmas post! And some other stuff )