tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687772730090041452024-01-23T10:27:24.130-08:00Ravings of a Mad CrafterLoishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-80845775727319545712023-11-30T21:44:00.000-08:002023-11-30T21:44:20.890-08:00Apples<p> Despite the weather this year we have a bumper crop of apples! For the last month I've been cooking apples. At first the apples were early drops and hard, dry and green. Still they made good apple pies and apple crisps for days. The leftover apples finally got yellow and ripe. Last week I made a big pot of apple sauce. Most of which went into the freezer. But I saved 2 cups of sauce to make apple cake. My first batch came out well if a little dry. The recipe called for cake flour and made the small bundts really soft. Tomorrow I am going to try a different recipe for apple cake. If they come out well I may send them to a club Christmas party as dessert!<br /></p><p>The real problem is that a few days ago I went and picked up some more apples. We were expecting rain and didn't want to lose the apples. So I crawled under the apple tree and pulled out the fallen apples. Most were in great shape and we got two 5 gallon buckets and a large box full of green apples! The tree still has lots of apples so I see a lot more cakes and pies in the future.<br /></p>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-44510845407153464412019-01-11T15:10:00.002-08:002019-08-04T18:04:00.861-07:00Crystal Bracelet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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finally tried using it to make a strip of metal braid. The square shaped tool makes a flat braid like a watch band. Using size 20 wire I
made a very simple braid. <b> This is dangerous without eye protection!</b> While working braid the tension really needs to be as even as possible or the braid while change widths. Besides the ends trying to hit my glasses it went rather well. I ended
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally I decided to clip the ends off of the braid to make a bangle type bracelet. However I still didn't know how to close the bracelet which was a problem. Unfortunately I couldn't clip through all of the overlapping wires so I unbraided the ends of the bracelet to clip each wire separately. The wavy wires were so pretty that I only cut them to even them up on both ends. Next the ends were straightened and crystals added. The crystals were secured by a simple circular bend on each end. For this I used blue and clear crystals which had AB treatments so they really sparkled!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Personally I love this bracelet! There are some down sides to it unfortunately. The wire ends really pop up and so it is easy to snag them. The bracelet seems to also be compressing the actual braid tighter and causes the bracelet to need re-tightening. Still if I was not wearing something delicate and with had short sleeves on I would definitely wear this bracelet.</span></span>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-76091442154678311982018-12-15T09:50:00.002-08:002018-12-15T10:00:01.390-08:00Amaryllis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Pink Hippeastrum</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /> May we had the welcome sight of many beautiful Amaryllis flowers. They have been growing now for around 8 years. Collecting Amaryllis bulbs started the way I suspect most have, with a discounted bulb. There was a pink bulb at the hardware store on discount because it had only one sad flower left. So it came to it's new home and was ignored. A snail tried to eat it so I transplanted the bulb into a new pot, put it inner and forgot about it. When I looked again it had a baby! The original bulb died but I still have it's baby which is huge and thriving. The next year I brought home two new bulbs one red and the other white. When the new bulbs had babies I just left them in the pot connected to their mothers. In other words I ignored the new bulbs also. This went on over the years with a flower blooming occasionally. I had begun to believe these were greenhouse plants and would never be as pretty outside in the yard.<br /><br /><br />In 2016 the bulbs went crazy blooming! I had finally stopped ignoring them and they responded. All three colors bloomed! But that was when it got strange. The pink was tall and beautiful, The red was deep red and miniature. Then I had two different white flowers! I had purchased a solid white bulb and instead one bloomed white with a tiny red outline. The other looked like a peppermint candy, it had patches of swirling red against the white. The white bulb was just white when I bought it! I had no idea what had happened. Recently I started looking on youtube.com and found Amaryllis Man. He explains that the plants are easy to hybridize. So the peppermint striped and red outlined amaryllis were a combination of the bulbs I had bought! That has really caught my imagination and the desire to get a larger variety of bulbs. It seems that they are also easy to grow from seed which will make for interesting experiments!<br /><br /><br />Later when the flowers had finished I put the bulbs in several larger pots and separated the babies. The babies really struggled and the snails got fatter! Most of the babies were lost! That is why I went back to leaving the babies with their moms. Of course I lost the pictures I took and forgot to tag the plants by color!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />In 2017 the amaryllis put on a beautiful show in April/May! The plants had crowded their pots growing like crazy. The secret to growing amaryllis is don't ignore them! <br /><br /><br />The babies from 2016 were large but didn't bloom this year. The oldest pink amaryllis was alone in a large pot with it's two babies and still they needed to be repotted this year. I left the mother bulb in the large pot and transplanted the babies in separate pots. One of the babies had separated from it's mother and formed a nice bulb. The other baby was still connected to it's mom and looked like a large scallion bloom! So in a little over two and a half years the plant went from a tiny baby to a blooming bulb with babies of it's own! The sister bulb is still growing and getting more leaves but no signs of flowers.<br /><br /><br />In ordered to right the scallion baby up, I had to plant it awkwardly. The baby had seven large and long leaves and they started dying. So was it dying because I hurt it or was it going dormant? Amaryllis can drive you crazy! So as the weeks went by the baby shed more leaves. When it only had three leaves left it suddenly did the unexpected, it had babies! In the matter of three days the leaves of three babies appeared! That was very confusing. Then it got even stranger, the bulb suddenly started throwing up leaves like crazy! Little tips of leaves started popping out of the scallion shaped bulb every day! Then when I looked again the fifth leaf was actually a bud and now I'm waiting for a Winter bloom.<br /><br /><br /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Pink Hippeastrum plants. They were very tall this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Red Hippeastrum this was a miniature, less then half the height of the other amaryllis.<br /><br />The new babies brought the amaryllis count to 13 babies this year! So I did what anyone else would have done. Went shopping for more bulbs! Three weeks earlier I had bought daffodil bulbs and they already are getting roots! So of course I had to buy another amaryllis bulb this one is named Minerva and it came from the hardware store. Minerva is a deep red with a white star like center and was in a kit. <br /><br />The kit contained a large bulb with a flowering shoot and leaves just starting to show. There was also a pot and a disc of dirt. First you place the disc in the pot and then add 3.5 cups of warm water. Once the water is absorbed the bulb is placed in the pot and the dirt snugged around it. Don't leave any pockets of air around the bulb. Then treat the bulbs like any other amaryllis. <br /><br />But I didn't stop there, another four amaryllis bulbs found their way into the shopping basket. The four bulbs are "garden variety" with a lovely white flower. Two of the white bulbs are starting to grow and one has a flower shoot! The white bulbs will look great with the beautiful purple irises and daffodils in the flower bed.<br /><br />Many amaryllis growers recommend to remove the brown papery outer skin of the bulb. I don't usually do this but if I hadn't this bulb would have rotted. It looked fine until the brown skin was removed. So be careful when you buy any bulbs.<br /><br /><br />So what have I learned?<br /><br /><br />1. Don't ignore plants most like to be cared for.<br /><br />2. Be careful when watering. Try not to get water on the leaves. Amaryllis can develop a red fungus. Water on leaves can sit between leaves and rot the leaves. <br /><br />3. Amaryllis grow great in pots but look out for snails.<br /><br />4. Keep the out of strong winds, their long leaves can be easily damaged.<br /><br />5. Leave mothers and babies together. The mothers won't grow as quickly but the babies will thrive and grow into flowering bulbs faster.<br /><br />6. Feed them with fertilizer.</span>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-59302485036115574352018-11-12T17:55:00.001-08:002018-11-12T18:05:06.497-08:00A Cute Book<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I started swapping on <a href="http://www.craftster.org/" target="_blank">Craftster </a>again. It has been around three years since my last swap, so I needed to get organized! Last time that I swapped ATCs I was constantly trying to remember who and what I was swapping. So instead of using plain white envelopes, which I kept losing, this time I created a book. The book is very simple to make and I used odds and ends for it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First I selected six pieces of paper in four different colors and folded them in half creating a page that was 5.5 inches by 8.5. Next I folded the page again so it was 5.5 by 6.0. The page now had a 2.5 inch pocket to store ATCs and lists. To finish the pocket I taped the edges with double sided tape. So that gave me 24 pages in four colors with pockets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book has two interesting features that most don't. Usually each page, called a signature, are sewn together to create a book. But for this book each signature is sewn separately. When finished each of the 24 signatures are slipped onto a long ribbon. The separate signatures give the book the ability to be adjusted. So you can put bulky items in the pockets. The second unique feature of this book is that the signatures can be added or removed. This makes for a evolving book. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The sewing is really easy. The trickiest bit is to pierce in the fold of the signature. If you made the holes small you can adjust the hole size with your needle. Here are some helpful pictures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-79074974017051157372017-05-05T14:48:00.002-07:002017-05-05T14:48:45.884-07:00400 Yo-yos and Counting (personal and long)<span style="font-size: large;">Recently Lee and I spoke about the problem with my ever growing mount craft supply. Not only is it a hazard but like a volcano has oozed depositing supplies like lava in the hallway and bedroom. Well, it isn't really that bad but it is in desperate need of organizing. While cataloging DMC floss I became worried that I had become a hoarder. After learning more about hoarding I am glad to say that I freely share my stuff and do not collect supplies just to possess them. The truth is that I need to stop buying craft supplies at least until I have put away the current supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Curbing my buying was harder then I thought it would be. I spent 60 days without buying anything but physical necessities and even stopped buying food treats. During the two months I tried to put things into a new perspective of what I needed as compared to what I wanted. We saved a little money during this experiment but at the end of it I went to the quilt store and spent money. The quilt store is going out of business and so I bought fabric for my yo-yo quilt project and then on impulse I bought a jellyroll. The discount at the quilt store was great and I have a book on jellyroll quilts that I bought at a 90% off sale several years ago. So I am now trying to learn all I can about quilting. So not only did I spend money on crafts, worse I spent money on a new craft. So I brought home a jellyroll and three yards of purple fabric to add to mount craft. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have become tired of not finding supplies I know are somewhere in the craft area, and I refuse to buy stuff I already have! So for the last couple of months I have been moving stuff out of the craft room to sort and then finding a permanent place for all of it. The supplies would have been all sorted except that I decided to catalog all of it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Memory fading comes to us all and I thought that a file that logged what supplies I have might help keep me from acquiring duplicates. This really sounded like a good idea at the time. But best intentions don't always work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I started a notepad list and started logging my embroidery supplies and fibers. When I took up needle painting I bought lots of DMC floss, and had a handwritten list that I updated as I purchased more floss. When I type in the list it took a bit of time because I collected over 320 different colors and many duplicates of favorite colors. Then I type in the many different Brazilian threads I have collected. I finally got to cataloging the even weave fabrics. I measured each piece and the gauge and put them in the list. Measuring the fabric was useful, Now I can look at a pattern and the list and see if I have the fabrics I need for any project. Then I lost the file!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So while I tried to remember the name of the file and search for it on my computer I started to catalog my books. I have had an account with www.librarything.com for years. So I went to librarything and started cataloging books on their service. I already had around 150 already entered so I figured another 200 books and I would be finished. Whether to add the pamphlets and magazines to librarything was still to be decided. At this point looking at the the 7 book shelves that made up my crafting library I estimated 350 books and around 200 magazines. In fact I have told friends that I had a large collection of around 350 crafting books. Most people would look at me and think I was exaggerating. So I thought that now I would prove to myself and others that I really loved books! So over the next few days I hunted down books that were all over the house some in stacks because they didn't have shelf room designated for them yet. As the number of books entered at Librarything kept going up I started to see a problem. My calculation of the number of books was seriously under estimated. When I finished adding all but a few stragglers the book count was over 600 books! Not counting magazines and crochet pattern books! To say I was astonished was putting it mildly. I immediately put myself on a book diet and found shelf room for most of the books. This process is still in progress and I've done well not buying books. Except I did buy "Festive Elizabethan Creations" by Shirley Holdaway. Perhaps I will do another chair next year but with patterns from the book.</span>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-4929734088929399962017-04-18T08:04:00.002-07:002017-04-18T11:38:37.002-07:00Chair-ity Finished or Never Buy a $8.00 Chair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happily the chair is finished and turned into the library's Char-ity event! It has been an interesting journey and I have learned so much. Why never buy a $8.00 chair? As might be expected the lower cost of the chair turned into more work. We did <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sit on the chair and it was really strong so I thought "this is it!" But now I've come to realize that there are other concerns like stripped screws holding the seat to the chair<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, damaged <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">up</span>holstery, and <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">removing the chair<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">'s </span>finish.</span></span></span> So next <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">chair </span>I will be pickier<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It all started with the dissolution of the monasteries. There was no longer as much <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">church embroidery</span> and many embroiderers lost their employment. So embroider<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> started to<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>wo<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">rk <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">more </span></span>on <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">c</span>lothing and household goods. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">F</span>aster and more durable stitches helped this new wave of embroidery. You can't make a living spending most of your life<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> embroidering </span>one dress<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">!</span> There are also some interesting effects when using buttonhol<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e</span> stitches to needle weave. If you <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">needle weave </span>enough buttonhole stitches in an area it causes the embroidery to become dimensional. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stuffing material </span>can be added before closing your work<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>making a firm bump on the fabric.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The daffodil was the final embroidery. I had more fun with this flower. The petals and cup are in detached buttonhole stitch with simple shading. The stem is made in several colors of green in a chain stitch. Then to give it some dimension I had the vine stitched behind the stem, making the daffodil pop to the front. I added a snail and a bug and was finished! The embroidery was so quick and easy it took less then a week! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bag started off as something to make out of some scraps of linen that were left over. The bag's finished size is 5.5 x 7 inches and is made of unbleached linen. I also made a satin bag to be a lining. Putting the linen fabric in a hoop I couched a blue cording with a darker blue thread in the shape of a heart. Then I embroidered pink Brazilian roses surrounded by simple leaves and white fantasy flower on long stems. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bag was cute but a little dull so I decided to make a closure for the bag using a button. Taking a small scrap of linen I embroidered matching Brazilian roses using two strands of floss and a small needle. Then cutting a circle around the embroidery I ran small stitches along the edge of the circle. Next I pulled the thread to make the circle into a yo-yo. Before tightening the circle too much I placed a plastic ring inside. Making sure the design was centered on the ring I secured the yo-yo with a couple of back stitches. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the last week I have been watching the "Clone War<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">s" animation to <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">try and make a small doll that appears in the show. The doll appears in Season 1 <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">episode</span> 20 "Innocents of Ryloth" around 12<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">minutes in,</span></span> </span>and Season 2 episode 3 "Children of the Force"<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> nearly 8 minutes in. It is a <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">very</span> simple doll but the proportions are a bit tricky<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Here is the prototype made out of felt. I lear<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ned a lot making this <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">doll. The points <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">of th<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e head were difficult at this size,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> it is tiny). So I need to improve the pattern before I try again. The stripes are embroidered which I didn't like. Next time I will try adding str<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ip<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">es</span> of fabric instead.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Below is a Christmas Nativity cutting I did last year. The cutting came out really well but was a bit hard to cut. I bought it from http://digital.papercuttingsbyalison.com/category.cfm?cat=23<span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption"></span> The site now has downloadable patterns and it features some really nice Christmas designs. I really love that it is so lacy and has so much detail. At first glance it can be hard to see that the pattern has all the elements of the nativity. I think this will be one of my entries this year once I get it framed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The picture above shows what I considered a good drawing, so I really had no where to go but up in the class. The instructor empathized contours over several class sessions which really helped to get us started at really seeing the object<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These last two drawings show that I am still struggling but represent a huge step forward. The lion is not proportioned properly and the mane is not that good, The face was an exercise in balance. This was my first try at drawing a face. I had practiced eyes but not within a face and balancing the nose and mouth. I know I can do better and will!</span></span>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-49783152437046138422016-06-01T21:48:00.001-07:002016-06-01T21:48:19.260-07:00Been a while<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It has been quite a while since my last post. Unfortunately I've been unwell and unable to craft anything to post about. Sadly, pain in my hands caused a lot of issues with holding a needle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being able to embroider again feels wonderful. There are some mistakes including the over sized eye. Definitely need more work on shading and colors. Still it isn't a bad start after such a long time of not being able to pick up and hold a needle! Hopefully the bee eater is just a start!</span></span></span></span></div>
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Since the theme for the Altrusa tree this coming year is mice I started making a prototype. I plan on making several styles of mice and in different colors. This mouse needs some changes. I sewed the legs and arms without filling them so they look flat and rather strange. The rest of the mouse just needs a little better shaping. This prototype showed that 4 inches is the smallest size that will show details. I really love the extra large ears on him but the next mouse will have ears with more shaping. Still not a bad start. The tree will have sections in which the mice are doing activities. This mouse will be in the bakery section and the red thing is a very unconvincing cherry!</div>
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Jar decorated for Christmas using coffee filter papers.</div>
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Second jar design. Made with fabric roses. The gold at the top is a hanger. </div>
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The metal leaf shape was made by bending 20 gauge wire and using a chasing hammer on an anvil to flatten it.</div>
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Battery powered tea lights and small candles by Living Colors, Candles.</div>
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When finished all they needed were some battery powered tea lights! These were purchased from a Dollar Store. The ten tea lights for $6.00 and sixteen assorted lights for $10. The packages also included replacement batteries. I was sceptical at first, so I ran a test and the tealights ran for eight days straight. The light was rather dim after eight days but turning the light off for 30 minutes helped to restore the brightness a bit. These are great lights and I hope to get some more of them.Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-77000924006438270922015-11-17T20:45:00.001-08:002015-11-19T11:37:46.641-08:00Altrusa Tree Finished for 2015, lots of pictures!<div style="text-align: right;">
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lemons. Next to the lemons is another ceramic chicken! Hiding to the
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Old Mixmaster! </div>
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<span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">Scherensch<wbr></wbr>nitte rooster cutting surrounded by cute chicks. I'm starting to worry about the gnome, hope he escapes the mug soon.</span></div>
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In back of the gnome is the rooster lamp, the lamp shade is a wire
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Over all image of 2015 Altrusa tree and gifts.</div>
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Another view of tree.</div>
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Red Gingham Country Chicken tree view. </div>
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Another giant gnome, this one is standing in the tree!</div>
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Angled view of the windmill. Hanging inside is a aluminum water bucket. The bucket has been turned upside down and made into a lamp! What a wonderful idea!</div>
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Bottom part of windmill with beautifully embroidered tea towels.</div>
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Tea towel hand embroidered with chicken doing housework! It is really cute! </div>
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Cross stitched cherry dish towel.</div>
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Serenading rooster tea towel.</div>
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A little out of focus but pretty hand embroidered tea towel.</div>
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Wednesday is dedicated to reading to the chicks on his embroidered tea towel.</div>
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Another gnome, at least he is safe hanging from the tree! He had better not eat the popcorn garland!</div>
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Giant gnome placing hat on the tree top!</div>
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<span class="gphoto-photocaption-caption">So here is our Country Chicken Tree for Altrusa 2015. I hope that everyone will get involved next year! If you see that I missed some please let me know because I don't want anyone to be left out. More images can be seen here </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Countrychickentree">http://tinyurl.com/Countrychickentree</a><br />
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Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-88769342065292173022015-11-01T04:39:00.000-08:002015-11-01T10:28:16.906-08:00Altrusa Tree 2015<span style="font-size: large;">I was going to give this years Altrusa tree a miss but decided to make a few things last minute. For the first project I cut out a rooster and framed it using a recycled frame found at a garage sale. I fell in love with this cutting, even though it was a challenge to cut. The fruit and vegetable background was designed by Debbie Mumm and can be found in her "Market Fresh" clip art package. The bold background is really striking with the black cutout. The rooster cutting was originally pale blue and spray painted black.</span><br />
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Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-34940354414146697082015-10-31T09:52:00.000-07:002015-11-01T10:24:31.997-08:00TM Patch Workshop<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week I gave a workshop on how to make TM ( Teesha Moore) patches and we had a lot of fun! We spent 1 1/2 hours trying to be imperfect, which is harder than it sounds. It's much more fun to concentrate on creativity than if something is sewn straight. Everyone did a great job on their patches and all were very creative! We had fun and they even want me to come back for a different workshop. Several ladies were interested in ribbon work and ribbon embroidery. Though both uses of ribbons would make a fun workshop, unfortunately ribbon is expensive and not easy to obtain here. So I am trying to come up with a project that might make a reasonably priced workshop. Thank you to all the ladies who participated, encouraged and shared with all of us! I had a great time!</span></span><br />
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<br />Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-66596944810290130522015-09-02T10:33:00.002-07:002016-06-28T08:30:10.111-07:00Altrusa 2016<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next years Altrusa tree is being planned already, it may seem a bit early but we will take some time to make it. Linda wants a silhouette tree! Which will be fun for me since I enjoy paper cutting so much. I suggested that we do a Jane Austen tree as a secondary theme. So after a bit of research, cutting and tape, I've come up with some ornaments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well it is a start anyway. The 2015 tree is going to have a country theme and roosters. So far I have collected stuff for a hat and made a rooster paper cutting. I have yet to think of some ornaments for the tree. Just maybe a large basket with felted chicks may show up!</span></span>Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-25039163920288721682015-01-03T22:28:00.000-08:002015-01-03T22:28:35.353-08:00HummingbirdI've been working on a paper sculpture of a hummingbird but I can't get the images to post. Maybe tomorrow.Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-60926410112177476382015-01-02T20:33:00.002-08:002015-01-02T20:33:41.006-08:00Papercutting for 2014Last year I started learning paper cutting. I had done some 3d paper cutting using puff tape and layering but was not prepared for the intricate cutting of Scherenschnitte and Wycinanki Starting by enlarging and cutting designs really helped get me started. Now nearly a year later what started as curiosity has become a passion. I've cut over 150 patterns and used more than 350 blades. I now can cut almost any pattern and have a level of skill of an advanced paper cutter. As much as I enjoy the challenge I have started looking at other paper arts including Kirigami and paper sculpture. I've started by making a humming bird sculpture and making some kirigami pieces. Here are a couple of the kirigami pieces I've made.<br />
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Both of these cards were made by printing the templates onto card stock and then cutting them out and then pasting them onto a background card at the center fold. They were both a challenge to make and I learned a little more on making pop-up cards. I am sure that these paper crafts will open up even more possibilities this year.Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668777273009004145.post-19393860274591100292015-01-01T23:11:00.000-08:002015-01-01T23:11:00.746-08:00Happy 2015!January 1st seemed a good time to start blogging again. The last month I have been learning to make IQ Lamp shades. Then are really beautiful. Instead of plastic I used thick parchment paper that I have had leftover from a printing job 20 years ago! <br />
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These can be difficult making the lamp and I would recommend buying the kit. The kits come in a lot of colors, shapes and sizes. The reason I recommend the kits is because the pieces interlock and it is difficult it get them right hand cutting. Another reason is the thickness of the paper you use makes a difference. Here is a link to the IQ lamp shop. http://www.iqlight.com/shop/<br />
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Last night I finished the current doily, it's official name is Jolie Decor from Magic Crochet number 133, August 2001. It came out alright for once I didn't have to fight to block out the doily. One of the perks of using such an open design. The doily didn't even use up the whole ball of thread.<br />
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In the afternoon we unearthed some of my yarn which was surprisingly undusty. Found some real treasures including over 800 yards of wet spun linen.. There was also nearly a dozen forgotten crochet hooks including some really nice wooden ones. The problem is which projects to ravel and which to keep working on. There is a spider pattern throw about a quarter finished and a really lovely afghan made in different colors and yarn types including a sweater I raveled from the Thrift Store. I even found a hat I knitted 14 years ago and never finished putting together!<br />
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I really love crocheting, it is an old friend but I just get into too much trouble with this hobby. So now it is just a quiet Sunday afternoon and I really don't want to do anything. Perhaps I will start another doily!Loishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219393007584620342noreply@blogger.com0