tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183 Where crafty people unite Where crafty people unite 2012-08-08T19:33:00Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:12278245 Caroline 2012-08-08T19:33:00Z 2012-08-08T19:33:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='katzb101.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=43127&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://katzb101.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>katzb101.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />My chair at work and the little felt cushion I made to help support my back. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/12278245.html#cutid1">click for pix</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=12278245" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:12275948 http://inna68.livejournal.com/ 2012-08-06T12:25:00Z 2012-08-06T12:25:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='inna68.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=806184&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://inna68.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>inna68.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Just my last two projects.<br /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/12275948.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=12275948" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:12264678 http://tapestrystitch.livejournal.com/ 2012-07-20T09:52:00Z 2012-07-20T09:52:00Z accomplished public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='tapestrystitch.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1744018&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://tapestrystitch.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>tapestrystitch.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Hi everyone :) <br /><br />Just wanted to share the hodge podge of crafting I do. And if you're lucky (or if I am) I'll be able to show some of these off as finished some day. Ha.<br /><br />I have this great ability to come up with ideas, and start them but I fail at finishing anything.<br /><br />The current big project is a wall hanging come tapestry. Based on the Battle of Agincourt it will be a massive hanging with appliqué, embroidery and a dash of quilting. So far I have the paper template sorted, I have one Longbowman stitched up (embroidering each part before being appliquéd onto the main backing) and all my components. With the exception of the fabric for the backing. Which is proving very hard to get here. Just some heavy, stiff, blue cotton. That's all I want. Not a blend, not a faint pattern, just plain. I might actually just end up buying blue bedsheets and be done with it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealquinnykins/sets/72157628838564733/">Here is my Flickr stream</a> for all my creativeness. Mainly painting and embroidery but you will also see how much of it isn't finished.<br /><br />Thank you and I am new here on Livejournal - I've been joining creative communities at a rate of knots and I would love more creative friends!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/therealquinnykins/7357626846/" title="Killough 0380 by quinnykins, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7219/7357626846_db87b72495_n.jpg" width="214" height="320" alt="Killough 0380"></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=12264678" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:12156347 http://inna68.livejournal.com/ 2012-02-22T13:22:00Z 2012-02-22T13:22:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='inna68.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=806184&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://inna68.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>inna68.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>May be somebody remembers, a week ago I posted three MUG RAGS. Well, it turned out they were first&nbsp; pieces from a breakfast set I am making now. So the new additions are:</p><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/12156347.html#cutid1">Pictures, instructions, links</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><p><a name="cke_range_marker"></a></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=12156347" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:12095855 ext_40325 2011-12-17T10:15:00Z 2011-12-17T10:15:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='alathia.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=41691&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://alathia.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>alathia.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Boy clothing seems to trend towards puppies! construction vehicles! dinosaurs! trains! Not that there is anything wrong with those (my kids actually really love dinosaurs) but finding cool boy shirts that don't cost more than my own clothing is pretty difficult these days.<br /><br />So I made these shirts for my boys for Christmas. They are appliqued from felt, then I'm going to iron them on through the iron on transfer, then as a final touch embroider details. The shirts cost me $4 each, way cheaper than trying to find something they like online!<br /><br />To the stars!<br /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6416602465_e9bb52ef0a.jpg"><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/12095855.html#cutid1">no puppy dog tails here</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=12095855" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:12077640 ext_78464 2011-11-20T16:57:00Z 2011-11-20T16:57:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='gnommi.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=81810&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://gnommi.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>gnommi.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Wow it's been ages since I remembered to post stuff here. I'm still <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnommi/sets/72157622128744041/">drawing/painting/collaging/stitching peculiar beetles</a> like the blazes! <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/12077640.html#cutid1">Embroidery, applique and printmaking fun</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />These are my favorite prints so far:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnommi/6345276684/" title="Polyphylla lime/lemon reduction print by gnommi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6051/6345276684_4d147cd52f_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Polyphylla lime/lemon reduction print"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnommi/6230766783/" title="my favorite drypoint print by gnommi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/6230766783_3b2c00a1e3_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="my favorite drypoint print"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gnommi/6345283406/" title="Eudicella final print by gnommi, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6235/6345283406_1fdcb12f9b_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Eudicella final print"></a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=12077640" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:10859661 ext_103804 2009-02-04T12:52:00Z 2009-02-04T12:52:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='caelista.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=108693&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://caelista.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>caelista.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/caelista/3252032426/" title="Rufus by caelista, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3306/3252032426_4c443c9f5f.jpg" width="500" height="382" alt="Rufus" /></a><br /><br />This is a Norman knight based on the figures in the <a href="http://hastings1066.com/bayeux30.shtml">Bayeux Tapestry</a>.<br /><br />This was one of those projects that just took over once I had the idea. My friend is studying medieval history so I thought it would be nice to make a figure of a knight. Then I couldn't find many good references for 11th- or 12th-century armor so I started looking at the Bayeux Tapestry. The figures are so charming and lively, I was hooked. With the help of a couple of library books I designed this guy and learned a lot about the conquest of England in the process. <br /><br />He's made of felt with applique, embroidery and couched thread. I tried to stay close to the handful of colors that were used in the "tapestry" which is actually an embroidery on linen with wool thread.<br /><br /><b>And a question:</b> I want to make a wire armature for a project and it seems like the best way to hold it together would be soldering. If you work with wire and have other ideas, I'd love to hear them. If you have a soldering iron and have any tips, I'd love to hear those too!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=10859661" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:10535735 ext_154345 2008-10-13T18:36:00Z 2008-10-13T18:36:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='sassi214.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=165645&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://sassi214.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>sassi214.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Sentimentality.<br />I have this bad sometimes.<br />Which means I don't get rid of things that I really should.<br />Like wee clothes that my children have grown out of.<br /><br />See this happy cow?<br /><br /><img src="http://littleredbirdie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cowjump.jpg" alt="cowjump.jpg" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/10535735.html#cutid1">Come this way to learn more about him and others...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><i>*This post is a re-post of an earlier post that I submitted today. It has been modified at the request of the moderator. Please excuse if you are seeing this twice! <b>Thank you to all the nice people who left wonderful comments in the first post!</b></i><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=10535735" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:9928254 ext_50998 2008-02-14T13:48:00Z 2008-02-14T13:48:00Z Org Lounge - Mirror (Groove Salad: a nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves. [SomaFM]) accomplished public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='madfishmonger.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52595&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://madfishmonger.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>madfishmonger.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/9928254.html#cutid1">Applique shirt and a hot dog bag</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />I need some <i>honest</i> opinions on these, I need to know where I need to make improvements. Mostly I'm just glad to get these finished. Next, the ice cream bag!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=9928254" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:8555279 ext_50998 2007-01-12T23:08:00Z 2007-01-12T23:08:00Z busy public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='madfishmonger.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=52595&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://madfishmonger.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>madfishmonger.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />My grandma gave me some instructions on how to do appliques. I decided to give it a try.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://craftgrrl.dreamwidth.org/8555279.html#cutid1">many pictures</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=8555279" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:2751158 http://bklyndoll.livejournal.com/ 2004-01-25T21:08:00Z 2004-01-25T21:08:00Z creative public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='bklyndoll.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=1740424&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://bklyndoll.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>bklyndoll.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />ok, i searched through the faq/memories section and can't find it. i want to make appliques but am apparently too dim to really understand any of the instructions i've seen online. in my head, i can sort of visualize what i need to do i just don't understand what happens after you've nipped your applique and are at this stage:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.nmia.com/~mgdesign/qor/begin/bappli1.gif"><br /><br />please help *sighs*<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=2751158" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:293183:1134548 ext_332977 2003-05-04T19:25:00Z 2003-05-04T19:25:00Z public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='kachina.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=372531&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://kachina.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>kachina.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />hi! i'm in the process of making a shirt/tank-top out of a very plain grey fabric... i wanted to spice it up a little bit by adding a black cut-out (or is it called an applique??) of a seahorse on the front. i found a great stencil for one here: <a href="http://painting.about.com/library/blpaint/blstencil-seahorse1.htm">http://painting.about.com/library/blpaint/blstencil-seahorse1.htm</a><br /><br />anyway, i was wondering if anybody who has done this sort of thing before had any advice/instructions for me? should i just sew it on close to the edge of the fabric or is there a better way of attaching it?? i am pretty new to sewing, so i have yet to master the art of fabric appliques... <br /><br />any help would be greatly appreciated! :)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=craftgrrl&ditemid=1134548" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments