Dec. 10th, 2009

Re-paint

Dec. 10th, 2009 03:47 am
[identity profile] drowningmermaid.livejournal.com
I haven't painted in a long time and have decided I need to do it more often. I love it. For this craft, it's a wooden Santa decoration (about 2 ft. tall) we were given. I repainted (the original job was flaking and not to mention horrible). I have no idea how old this wooden Santa is, but now he looks MUCH better. Probably better than he's ever looked (aside from when he had leaves and a tree trunk and all that jazz).

One of these days I'll remember before pictures BEFORE I repaint something.

Here's the after shots:

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two detail shots )

I'm SO happy with this Santa. I can't stop looking at him. Maybe I'm officially in the holiday spirit?
[identity profile] armstreet.livejournal.com


Thick leather, thin blue leather exterior, handmade coined brass artwork
[identity profile] demiraks-world.livejournal.com
So, I like these Jersey scarves I keep seeing every where and it appears American Apparel sells "blanks".



The descriptions in the etsy listings say that they have unfinished edges.
Does this mean I could just go buy my own jersey fabric and use it as is??
Would there be a way to "finish" the edges so it wouldn't fray - just sew a line around it maybe?? (no serger)


All the scarves on etsy are lovely but I'd love to customize my own.
[identity profile] malicious-pengy.livejournal.com
It's the week before finals week - also known as me writing all the research papers I've had more than a month to do week. I've developed a twitch in my right eye. I've also been stress-sewing between hours of reading and writing. Cross-stitching is so freaking orderly.

This is from the very beginning of the Firefly series - when Wash is playing with his little plastic dinos. :) The dinos themselves are from a little boy's bib pattern in Special Occasion Designs and Borders by Dale Burdett. It's from 1990, and stolen from my mother. I changed the colors, and flipped the T-rex to be facing the letters. The alphabet is also from that book.

Before I actually post the full thing...I decided to do the stegosaurus one color at a time, rather than one region at a time, like I tend to do. (What can I say? Attention problems?)

It was actually really interesting to me to watch it come together. It's fascinating to me to see seemingly strange and alien patterns come together to make sense. I actually wish it hadn't looked so much like a the final product by the second color.

So, if you'll bear with me, five photos of my stegosaurus, adding one green at a time, and finally outlining it. Yeah, I know I'm a bit silly. It's finals week, remember? *twitchtwitch*

My Steggy Series - 5 Huge Photos )

And here's the almost final product. Need to iron and frame it or something...but that will have to wait until I have an iron. I'll post an update eventually, probably tacked on to a different entry.

The whole piece...3 more photos )
[identity profile] okyourturn.livejournal.com
Hey!! :)
I was wondering if anyone knew of the website with the awesome stich patterns on it? I've ordered before from them and can't seem to remember :( They had tattoo, pirate, sushi, all kinds of stuff :) Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

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