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[melligator.livejournal.com]

Hey crafty types, I have need of opinions and guidance. I have this shirt that I want to girlify just a touch:



...however I want it to keep a 'finished' look, and I also want it to keep a sleeve of some kind. I'm nervous to cut into it the way I usually do when monkeying with shirts, I usually just wing it and see what happens!

Any suggestions for a more feminine look, but still on the 'refined' side? "(Refined joker shirt, ha!)

Christmas knitting!

[trelali.livejournal.com]

I just finished a project for my grandmother, who collects nativity scenes. It's meant to be a washcloth but I'd love to turn it into a wall-hanging or frame it or something. I'm not sure which would be best, though, so suggestions would be appreciated.

The piece is 10" by 10" in cream cotton yarn - which is another problem! The design isn't nearly as clear as I'd like it to be, especially for my elderly grandmother. Could I try to darken the pattern a bit? Maybe with tea or fabric paint?

Any suggestions would be welcome! Thank you!

( Nativity washcloth wall-hanging framed knitted thing )

Dear craftgrrl

[chickenlime.livejournal.com]

Hello Craftgrrl!

I've been lurking around this place a while, and I must say you guys are brilliant.

I was wondering if any of you dudes could help me come up with something to do.

I got really hardcore into crafting when i was 11 or 12. My step-dad's mom was ALLLLL about crafting, and so we got along really well. She died a couple of years ago. I was told afterward by my step-dad's sister, that she wanted me to go and take as much crafting stuff as I wanted if something were to ever happen to her. (Let me tell you, I was hella touched. ;o; This lady had mountains of crafting things. I barely scraped the top.)

ANYWHO, so now I've got numerous boxes of craft stuff in my room. The problem of it all is that it's been a few years since I was doing any of this, so I'm a bit rusty when it comes to putting it together. Also with Christmas coming up and me being broke as a joke, I've been trying to come up with things to make but have been drawing blanks.

So Craftsters, I've got endless pipe cleaners and pom poms. Google eyes, felt, tiny top hats, ribbons, needles, crafting wire, and a MOUNTAIN of yarn. (not to mention all sorts of odd 'this and that' things. i found a baggie that just had tiny wooden beans painted like doll heads in them.) Maybe this is a bit too vague, but can anyone give me an idea as to what I can do with all this stuff?

Any help would be most appreciated. <3333333

(tl;dr i've got a lot of stuff and I don't know what to do with it.)

Tis the season...

[sillyfaery.livejournal.com]

( Here's what I've been busy with on my precious days off... )

Apron Advice

[enjirux.livejournal.com]

Hello crafters,

I need a bit of advise. I am in the middle of sewing an apron but I am worried that using two layers of cotton might be not enough to prevent the cloths worn underneath the apron from staining.

Has anybody got "experience "with aprons? Or any idea how I could "pimp" my apron other then adding zillion more layers or searching for a thicker material? (I have already searched but can't seem to find the robust material aprons you can buy are made of hence my "lined approach".)

Thank you in advance : )