tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003482615790976652024-03-05T06:43:16.255-08:00Momtastic StitcheryArtist,Homeschooling Mom of 2 girls.....Letting the art out through needles, thread and fabric on a daily basis. A personal challenge to create something every day for 365 days. Whether it be through fabric and thread, paint, pencil, ceramics, music, design or just plain enjoying the art and inspiration that is around us. Stopping to view the beauty not just smelling the roses but to take it ALL in and enjoy each day!The Momtastic Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16659881930285300700noreply@blogger.comBlogger500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-28539162275514452602012-11-04T11:48:00.000-08:002012-11-05T05:33:45.097-08:00Sunday Best #7: A peek into the best of Halloween 2012 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Day 298: There is a lot I can not show you because they are behind the scenes stuff of the local haunted house, the <a href="http://www.dragonshouseofhorror.com/" target="_blank">Dragons House of Horror</a>, where I worked at helping to create their Silent Hill themed rooms and helped with costuming which was one of the top work experiences of my lifetime. Just being around all those werewolves, zombies, ghosts (real and actors), witches, clowns and creepy little girls was a adrenaline pumping daily rush. But these are some of the pieces I can share from the season... Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End Pirate Queen costume, Little Red Riding Wolf, Alyssa and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill and a prop for the local band the Mighty Beefcake in Chains....</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hat made from a scrap of the dress that was turned into a costume of Elizabeth as the Pirate Warrior Queen from Pirate of the Caribbean At World's End.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alyssa and Pyramid Head from Silent Hill via the Dragons House of Horror in Rio Rancho, NM. The mask was a labor of love completed in 3 days to look like rusted metal but shhh it's really cardboard and the skin skirt even feels like it is made of skin stitched together. This combo in the set with actresses playing the nurses as well were a huge hit and were neck and neck with Michael Meyers for the best scare in New Mexico!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pyramid Head costume, mask and sword (after breaking and being repaired) via the Dragons House of Horror in Rio Rancho, NM</td></tr>
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Amazing 'give the crowd a bone' prop made for the local band lead of the mighty Beefcake in Chains</td></tr>
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Amazing 'give the crowd a bone' prop made for the local band lead of the mighty Beefcake in Chains</td></tr>
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What will you create today?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-4280313706537245802012-10-26T05:00:00.000-07:002012-10-26T05:00:04.839-07:00Adventures of Taichi Tabananica #26: Dude where's my car?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Day 297: Find more <a href="http://www.momtasticstitchery.com/Taichi.html" target="_blank">Taichi HERE</a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-86533506262136322342012-10-21T14:07:00.001-07:002012-10-21T14:11:36.330-07:00Adventures of Taichi Tabananica #25: A rumor's not a rumor that doesn't die...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Day 296: Having time to draw Taichi again.... find more Taichi <a href="http://www.momtasticstitchery.com/Taichi.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-29256118210199876622012-10-15T09:48:00.001-07:002012-10-17T10:27:32.052-07:00Mad Scientist Monday #23: Learning how to mind the gap...easy fix for blouses and shirts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Day 295</div>
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I know its been a long time blogging but in my defense I have been busy, crazy busy with sewing orders and stepping toes into the local film industry costuming, set and the like. Today our Mad Scientist is the 'Other Mother' from the book Coraline by Neil Gaiman. Perfectly creepy as a book for (not too young) kids, teens, adults and as a read aloud for extra scary bits. You can read about it more in this <a href="http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/a-neil-gaiman-review/" target="_blank">great review</a> I found online if you are not familiar with Gaiman's work already. So as not to give it away if you have not read Coraline, the Other Mother makes your choice to stay in her world permanent by sewing black buttons onto your eyes.<br />
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In tribute to this little bit of creepy we are going to learn how to sew snaps into the gap of a shirt. I call this the 'Boob Gab' because all of us who are well endowed on top know button down shirts don't leave any surprise as to what we are wearing underneath. To fix this we generally buy bigger sized shirts and look like we are swimming in them, wear a bra color that blends or never buy buttondowns ever again entirely. I will help you get over gap trauma, even if you say you can't sew you can do this and learn to love button downs again.<br />
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Hand sewing needle (About an 1 1/2" long and thin)<br />
Thread to match your shirt.<br />
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Sewing & Knitting Gauge (see photos)<br />
Snaps (smaller than your button size but not the tiny ones) nickel or sliver if lighter colored shirt and black if dark<br />
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Look it's a gap. Usually we notice because someone has said 'oh nice bra color you are wearing today' or they don't say anything but obviously uncomfortably (for the gap wearer) stare right through the gap into your bare naked soul causing you to want to throw on a full body parka, run screaming from the room or commit an act of violence against the starer. Unless you have a job where the boob gap is an asset then this fix is for you.</div>
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The boob gap usually occurs after the 3rd button down, counting the one at the neck.</div>
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We are going to place our snaps halfway between the 3rd and 4th button. Your gap placement might occur at a different location so make sure you put your shirt on and check the location before sewing. Use your gauge to determine the center point between the buttons. I measure from center of top button to center of bottom button to get the perfect central snap location.</div>
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See the hole in the blue gauge marker? Place a light pencil dot right through the hole marking the center point.</div>
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Next we want to measure how far in from the edge of the shirt to align with the button row. Move your gauge in until the tip is even with the center points of the top and bottom buttons. Mark lightly with a pencil. These marks should be right on top of one another if you have measured correctly. Always best to measure twice, sew or cut once~usually I do it three times and then stand back to look and make sure.</div>
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You get to do your measurements all over again for the buttonhole side! Instead of the center of the buttons as your top and bottom points use the center of the buttonholes. Don't just take it for granted that they are absolutely aligned from one side to the next because not all clothes are manufactured of equal quality.</div>
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Hands down this was THE BEST WHIMSEYBOX I have EVER received. Why? because the DecoArt Ink Effects were new to me and I did not have to use anything else for this project but what I received in the box~HAPPY DANCE!</div>
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It was so easy literally a caveman can do it. You just start painting. You can lightly sketch with a pencil your design, print a design or even finger paint it on. Remember if you write words reverse them so they will show up the right way when ironed on.<br />
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I randomly drew out a raven and sort of a skeletal hand. In the ironed on pictures you can see where the prints were lighter in the ligher painted areas and darker in others, this could produce some really interesting effects.<br />
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Then you let the paint dry for 30 minutes and iron it onto your cloth. Apparently you can get 3 transfers per painting piece but I only did one for these.<br />
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The colors paint darker than they print but that doesn't really bother me too much. There is a free guide you can look at to see the colors before and after, check in the aisle where you buy your paints.<br />
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Once they dried completely the fabric was not stiff nor did it crack when moved.<br />
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I have never been this excited about a new craft/paint product as I am with these. I foresee lots of possibilities and plan on purchasing a bunch of new colors soon.<br />
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Apparently they work best on their own with a more synthetic than natural fabric BUT there are sprays you can purchase to prep the natural fabrics to hold the paint AND you can wash these!! <br />
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You can see lots of other projects <a href="http://decoart.com/inkeffects/gallery" target="_blank">at the Decoart Gallery page</a>.<br />
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This is how much I am in love with these paints.....I hope they spark something in you too!<br />
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I love to doodle and draw and I love to make TODO lists. Marker+small cloth covered notebook+list lover=new list notebook for my purse, of which I have at least 2 because you never know when you get an idea or need to remember something and I know I can always find one and I love seeing my kids doodles because they use them when they are bored.</div>
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Simple but awesome because with doodling you start at one point, without a plan and end up with your book completely decorated. For this project you need to really just relax and enjoy the process. Any mistakes you make are not mistakes but things you can incorporate into the design. HAVE FUN WITH IT!</div>
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I literally just put the marker to the corner of the cover and started drawing a line, not even trying to make my brain work ahead of my hand. As it started to take shape towards the end I realized the influence of that Aesop fable with the crow trying to reach the water at the bottom of the jar and adding pebbles. What subconscious part of my mind this came from and why I do not know.</div>
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Even the words I wrote just came out of no where. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Just a drop of whimsey' because apparently I was going for a water on pebbles type thing.</td></tr>
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I just kept adding things until I was satisfied~not trying to do too much or try to force the image.</div>
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Its kind of awesome to just let go a little and create. You should give it a go, it might not be as simple as it sounds but I think you might surprise yourself.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one blue dot, I decided it needed to have some color and this was it.</td></tr>
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Sneak peek at next week's Whimsey<br />
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What will you create today?
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-52941768241890925252012-07-02T12:00:00.000-07:002012-08-25T08:41:11.290-07:00Momtastic's Whimsey #3: Decorate Your Hair<br />
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Day 292 Have you received your Whimseybox of craftiness or want to know more about what it is? Click here to check out <a href="https://whimseybox.com/" target="_blank">Whimseybox's</a> website. </div>
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I am a member of the <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/introducing-our-new-design-team" target="_blank">Whimseybox Design Team</a> and will be putting together weekly crafts and projects based on the items that come in the monthly boxes. What I am going to try to do for my participation in the project is A. use primarily what comes in the box and B. not buy new supplies to enhance those projects but use what I have around the house. I am proud to be a part of a group of extraordinarily crafty people. If you want more ideas check out <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/project-portfolio" target="_blank">Whimseybox's Portfolio of projects</a>.</div>
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I could not resist that dark purple ribbon that decorated May's box. Seeing ribbon makes me think of historical times when ribbons were the jewels of the sewing world, cheaper than lace and they added a bit of color or shine to an outfit. I love the idea of wearing it in my hair to add a simple decoration of color to brighten the day.</div>
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DO NOT let the fact that this uses hand embroidery intimidate you, you CAN do this! Remember to have fun!</div>
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Supplies from the April Whimseybox:</div>
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various buttons</div>
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Supplies from the March Whimseybox:</div>
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Ultra Fine Point Sharpie</div>
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Supplies from the May Whimseybox:</div>
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J&P Coats Embroidery Floss in Imperial Blue</div>
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Purple Ribbon</div>
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Other Supplies:</div>
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UPDATE: Ribbon action shots</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished hand embroidered ribbon headband.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Supplies that arrived in the May Whimseybox with the marker and buttons added from previous boxes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ribbon is about the width of this ruler which made it easier to draw lines to test my designs.</td></tr>
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First onto your sketch pad or scratch paper trace a line in pencil on either side of the ribbon. Use the ruler to keep it straight. Do a few of them if you want to try some different designs for embroidery.</div>
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This will allow you to use the size of the ribbon to sketch out some embroidery ideas.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketches for the ribbon embroidery.</td></tr>
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I sketched out a few designs before it coming down to these two. I was going for pebbles or cobblestones scattered across the ribbon or chains linking the buttons. I ended up deciding on the chains.</div>
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I chose 3 green flat buttons (ones with shanks might poke too much) and while I was going to work with the Violet Dark thread I felt I wanted more contrast instead and went with the Imperial Blue color.</div>
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Since the ribbon is too dark to really effectively transfer your design placing the ribbon next to the design on your paper will make it easier to free hand the image. Using your fine line Sharpie marker draw the 3 circles where you buttons will go first in the same location as your design centered on the ribbon.</div>
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Using the Fine Line Sharpie again draw 4 'smiley face' lines (in place of the chains on my sketch) connecting the buttons. You can see the 'smiley faces' in the image below. I went almost to where the buttons would be going but you can even connect the lines if that works better for you. </div>
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Cut off approximately 12" of your embroidery thread. There are 6 strands in your thread, separate them into 2's, so that you will end up with 3 lengths of 2 strands each. </div>
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Let's try again. Either cut another length or smooth the snarled threads back into a line. Hold the strand in between your fingers and let it hang down. Look close, you should be able to see the tops of the 6 threads, pull on them one at a time, SLOWLY, and pull them up and away from the rest of the threads. Once you have them all separated take 2 of them and smooth them back together leaving the others in a safe pet and child free/proof zone for you to come back too. </div>
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Now thread your needle!! Here is how I personally do this: </div>
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smooth end of thread with fingers or wet it a touch by 'kissing' it between your lips</div>
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then thread it into the eye and pull about 3" through</div>
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(Bad eyes or unsteady hands? There are needles with slots in the eye that help you place the thread in them or use a needle threader.)</div>
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set your needle and thread down on the table</div>
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for this project make a small knot in about 1" from the end of your thread length so that it won't come through the fabric</div>
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Now you are ready to sew!</div>
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Tip: Are your loose threads suddenly missing and you SWEAR you put them on the table in front of you? Don't fret just look on the floor, your pants or generally your elbow where they usually hide, thread likes to cling especially to other fabrics!</div>
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Starting at the left side of the 'smiley face' furthest to the left we are going to make Chain Stitches using the line as your center. (AHA NOW you see why I drew a line instead of chains to follow!)</div>
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No really its EASY just breath and have confidence!</div>
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To make the first chain stitch in your chains.</div>
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Start at the tip of the furthest line to the left.</div>
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Bring your needle (with thread) up through the fabric until it hits the knot.</div>
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Bring the needle back down right next to, nearly on top of the first stitch.</div>
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Slowly pull the needle and string through the underneath part of the fabric leaving enough for a tiny (appx. 1/4") loop.</div>
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Now bring your needle up on the line approximately 1/4" away from the first entry point.</div>
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Make sure the needle is at the tip of the loop on the inside.</div>
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Your subsequent stitches will start approximately 1/4" away from each other on the line with each one forming the next loop and holding the previous loop down.</div>
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To finish instead of making another loop you just come down on the other side of your last loop and make a knot on the underside of your fabric.<br />
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You probably have enough length along the 12" to do an entire 'smiley' of chain stitches.</div>
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Your stitches might not be perfect and they might wobble a little but each stitch is a learning experience and NO ONE but you will notice that you messed up. If it really bothers you, you can snip it out and start again but with this type of fabric the holes will show and it tears easily so be careful. You can see in the image below my stitches were not perfect because it has been a while since I have worked this stitch and I was not paying attention as closely to the sizing and wobbled a bit but NONE of this is noticeable unless you look up close and know what you are looking for!</div>
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Here is a great video at one of my favorite hand embroidery and stitching websites, Needle N Thread</div>
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Last you get to add the buttons. This is a little tricky just because the fabric is slippery but there are only 3 and no holes to make so easier than buttons for clothing!</div>
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Find the center of where each button will go and place a tiny dot with your Fine Line Sharpie.</div>
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Using 2 strands approximately 8" in length with a knot in the end poke the tip of your needle at the dot just far enough through the fabric so that you can place your button on the top of it.</div>
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Holding your button in place with your thumb pull the needle up through the hole and then back again down through another hole in the button.</div>
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Alternating buttonholes continue on this pattern until the button feels secure.</div>
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When you are finished, on the backside of the fabric, thread the needle through the back threads of your button and knot to secure.</div>
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You will need to do each button individually.</div>
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Remember this is not couture, everyone sews their button threads differently so side to side or criss cross is NOT important to this project.</div>
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Tip: DO NOT pull the thread too tight or it will pucker behind the button.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished beautiful ribbon for my hair.</td></tr>
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Sneak peek at next week's Whimsey<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-63165675283172828032012-06-18T09:16:00.002-07:002012-06-18T10:22:26.678-07:00Momtastic's Whimsey #2: Summer Dreams<br />
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I am a member of the <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/introducing-our-new-design-team" target="_blank">Whimseybox Design Team</a> and will be putting together weekly crafts and projects based on the items that come in the monthly boxes. What I am going to try to do for my participation in the project is A. use primarily what comes in the box and B. not buy new supplies to enhance those projects but use what I have around the house. I am proud to be a part of a group of extraordinarily crafty people. If you want more ideas check out <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/project-portfolio" target="_blank">Whimseybox's Portfolio of projects</a>.</div>
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Lately I have been slacking on not only blog posts but crafting with myself and my family. I am not going to beat myself up or make excuses, we just got incredibly busy all at once and it was overwhelming and chaotic. But because of all this busyness it reminded me that I needed to slow down and prioritize this helped me to create our list of Summer Dreams I will be showing you how to make today.</div>
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Supplies from the April Whimseybox:</div>
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Supplies from the March Whimseybox:</div>
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We started by trimming around the bicycle from <a href="http://blog.whimseybox.com/marchs-featured-artist-hopscotch-graphics" target="_blank">Aprils Featured Artist work from HopScotch Graphics</a> because I liked that the quote was speaking to exactly how I have been feeling lately with so much work, not enough play-out of balance....</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">“Life is like riding a bicycle, in order to keep your balance- you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein</span>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Choose a piece of scrapbook paper that your bicycle can be riding or parked on. We chose this black on green because it reminded us of cobblestones.</span>
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Draw random 'rays of the sun' as pictured. Does not have to be artistic or perfect because you are going to cut them out to place behind the bicycle.</div>
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Using your glue stick put the bicycle on top of the scrapbook paper, flip it over and glue the yellow tissue paper 'rays' to the back, shifting them around and overlapping them a little. I only use 2 layers of tissue paper but you can use as many as you want.</div>
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Bonus Tip: Add more layers and color the tips of some of them with orange or red markers for more dimension.</div>
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Next we are going to surround our sun with colorful paper flowers, so choose a few of your favorite scrapbook paper colors and designs.
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Grab the stencil you received in your Whimseybox~I happened to get flowers but any shape can be make into flowers~even squares.</div>
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Flip the scrapbook paper over to the back and using your fine line Sharpie trace out a few larger flowers and a few smaller shapes. These can be cut out of whatever different designs and colors of paper you choose.</div>
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I happened to receive a stencil with the long curve to use as flower stems but if you don't have a stencil just trace a rectangle approximately 1/4" wide and 3" tall ~make it straight or curved.</div>
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While your stems are drying you can cut out the flower shapes. Remember we are not looking for perfection here just have fun with your project. </div>
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Bonus Tip: Add more flowers for a wild Summer garden of dreams.</div>
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Glue the flowers to the stems and let dry. Right now when you pick up your project it will be floppy but once the magnets are on and it is hanging it will not flop down.</div>
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Take some of your favorite colored buttons and glue one to the center of each of your flowers.</div>
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Take one each of your small round magnets, remove the sticky paper, stick them to the back of a flower on each side. If really only need one on each side and maybe one in the middle if you have added more flowers. And the top part of your project is complete!</div>
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Grab your favorite plain colored or lightly designed piece of scrapbook paper (you can even you a piece of notebook paper cut down to size). This bigger piece is approximately 6" long by 5" wide.</div>
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Next cut a small piece of a contrasting color 1" wide by 4" long. I had a piece in my box with dots on it that was perfect. </div>
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Glue the larger piece to the center bottom back of the top decoration. Then glue the smaller scrapbook paper to the right center edge of the larger piece, as shown below.</div>
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Using your Sharpie write 'Summer 2012' on the smaller piece along the side. Then trace lines on the larger piece of scrapbook paper approximately 1/2" wide from each other.</div>
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Write down what you have done, plan to do, dream of doing, wish you could do this Summer. The whole family can participate and if the list needs to be longer just add another piece of paper to the bottom.</div>
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Although the bicycle art and quote made me think about balance in my life, Summer is about freedom to explore, dream and plan so NOTHING is too outrageous to put down in ink. The key to enjoying Summer is to not get too caught up in the have to do or planning but to enjoy each minute as it is given, however it happens.</div>
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Bonus Tip: If you scrapbook then you can just take this list and add it to the pages from this Summer afterwards!</div>
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I put this in my Creative Lair instead of on the fridge to remind me to slow down and enjoy the process more.</div>
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Day 290: Thrift store treasures have been few and far between lately, but that is how it is when you are searching feast or famine. Yesterday it was definitely a good day with a box full of little feet that I have to do some more ID research on, a Singer ZigZag and a Singer Blind Stitch Hemmer attachment. Then at another store a box full of WWII brass jacket buttons.</div>
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Things have been so incredibly busy around here lately and while I miss blogging I am very blessed to be able to be this busy with my sewing. If you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MomtasticStitchery" target="_blank">follow me on Facebook</a> you can see some of the things I am working on, I can only show pictures of some of it but some stuff you have to wait to see until after a photo shoot or the fashion show coming up!</div>
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What will you create today?</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-23924430315982993592012-06-04T10:15:00.000-07:002012-06-04T10:15:05.800-07:00Mad Scientist Monday #22: Renovations to the LairDay 288<br />
If you have seen this movie from the 80s you know how many things went wrong with this house and how much money they kept spending to repair it. Determined NOT to go down that road (of course our house isn't that old either) we have been wanting to make some low budget renovations.<br />
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If you want to <a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/the-real-home-in-the-money-pit-movie-northway-house/" target="_blank">see a tour of the house used in 'The Money Pit' movie</a> adventure over to the Between Naps on the Porch Blog~I love her movie house tours.
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Our first decision was to rip up the downstairs carpet and paint the cement floors. We live in the desert and quite frankly having carpet where sand blows in the house almost constantly is just a waste. We saw the evidence of this one we pulled up the pad and there was sand all underneath, ew-no wonder no matter how much we vacuumed it just still felt dirty to walk on, ew.<br />
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We regularly scour our local <a href="http://www.habitat.org/restores/default.aspx" target="_blank">Habitat for Humanity's ReStore</a> to get ideas on how we can incorporate inexpensive projects to change the look of our home. If you have never been in one of these stores not everything is used, I often see new tags on large things like kitchen cabinets. Its like a candy store to walk around and see the old hardware and fixtures. For this renovation we were able to get some painting supplies and will be heading back to check out their trim for the edges of the walls and where the floor meets the tile.<br />
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By far the hardest part of this renovation was moving everything out. We worked on one room at a time and since it took less than a week to harden and dry completely so 2 weeks were not really too big of a disruption. After pulling the carpet and padding up we had to scrape up the tacking strips and glue bits along the edges. We filled in any gouges or cracks with a cement filler~we did find some long cracks in the sewing lair but they were not that wide and we felt like they were not a function of the foundation cracking but a more natural result of cement drying~cracks happen. And if the cracks do widen we can see that with them being painted and visible now. Once the cement filler dried we then sanded that down. After laying on 2 coats of a mildew, water resistant primer and letting that dry for a few hours it was time to put on the turquoise. We did put 2 coats of this down as well. Both of the paints went down smoothly with a roller and were really consistent and even. Neither of these paints smelled hardly at all and they both cleaned up quickly with water.<br />
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We did not put on a top sealer yet, we are going to wait and see how this holds up, my girls and I are VERY sensitive to smells and chemicals which could trigger asthma attacks. Right now we have found some little nicks that we will be touching up this weekend but those are from moving furniture back in and are seeing it stand up well to traffic and spot cleaning. <br />
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We chose turquoise because we love bright colors, you can see our walls are painted similar to what we see in the desert around us every day~dark green, golden yellows, an orange spice~so we decided on adding in the color of the sky at our feet to the mix, with over 300 days of regular sunshine and these bright blue skies to see in Albuquerque we wanted to bring that indoors to remind us of the beautiful things in life.<br />
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Paint: Behr Premium Low Luster Enamel Porch and Patio for Cement<br />
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Trim and some sort of ceiling tiles to be added in later.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">My sewing lair sits in the front room where you walk into the house. I was tired of this area looking jumbled and disorganized when clients come over so we moved everything out, painted and then moved things in selectively getting rid of a lot of clutter and arranging the largest furniture pieces in ways that made the space look more open.</span>
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One more future project will be to repaint these file cabinets. I am thinking some bronze or silver spray paint. These cabinets were originally in a corner behind my large cutting table and were not easy to open and search through. </div>
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Here you can see the view of my desk towards the front door. I placed a painted piece of MDF (Med. Density Fiberboard) across 2 bookshelves to consolidate space and give me easier access to patterns and books stored on the shelves.</div>
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I painted the MDF that I used for my desk an Ebony Glossy Black. I don't normally incorporate black into my color schemes but I am in love with this desk now.</div>
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Originally I had these tables combined into a large cutting table but I decided to separate them and I am finding that I enjoy working with the multiple cutting areas more since I generally have more than a handful of projects going on at a time. You can see I have a better view of the Frog and Lizard Terrariums now and this weekend I noticed that they were more actively coming up to the glass and watching the outside world too.</div>
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Here is a view of the overall space and how I have the light table, my serger, sewing and then planning areas all comfortably spaced out with a large walkway to the right side from the front door. My family even likes this space better and my girls kept coming in and digging through patterns and books or just to sit in the chairs and talk. The only other piece I think I might add is a small bench for clients but we shall see, right now I am more than happy to have the open areas for now.</div>
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I have been decorating my space with bouquets of roses from my garden every day and they look stunning against the black desk~its just such a nice clean and calm color.</div>
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Surprisingly even with all the moving around the sewing continued here and as you can see by my lack of blogging I have been busier than ever. </div>
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Day 287 Such a divine smell. Love having vases of roses all over the house and oodles to give away!</div>
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Day 286: When my girls have to get dressed up they have never been ones to want to just go out and get a dress off the rack. They usually come to me with a few drawings or colors and ideas and we see what we can put together. While I don't mind making them an outfit from scratch I prefer to upcycle vintage clothing, plus its more of a challenge for my skills. So off we went to the thrift store and this was the first dress my teen found in the color she wanted~plus bonus is she can use it as one of her cosplay costumes.<br />
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Here is the front of the finished version of this mini dress, paired with the thrifted tall boots.</div>
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I am thinking this dress is from the 60s or 70s and it was homemade. Most likely a ball or bridesmade or prom dress as it was very long and flowing. The best part of this was the trim and the sparkle in the red fabric.</div>
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She wanted it short so we trimmed it to mid-thigh. I hand sewed the hem and cut the lining to just above the hem so it would swing loose underneath.</div>
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The back finished version of the dress. Here you can see where the ribbons on the bow hang down. Each part of the back detail were sewn on separately and really stood up to a night of dancing and sitting.</div>
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Close-up of the trim that is at the waist and neckline.</div>
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One detail my daughter wanted was a big bow on the back. She also loves steampunk and bustle details on historical dresses. We drew up a simple design and using all the portion we cut off the dress were able to come up with a bow that has the top corners handstitched to the dress and a simple draped bustle that is sewn in loops and gathers all meeting at the center point under the bow.</div>
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Another shot of the vintage trim that runs along the neckline, bust and waist.</div>
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This dress will be worn many times and was a huge hit for being so unique. It was an extremely simple upcycle for the end result. </div>
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Day 285 Have you received your <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/" target="_blank">Whimseybox</a> of craftiness or want to know more about what it is? Click here to check out <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/" target="_blank">Whimseybox's</a> website.</div>
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I am a member of the <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/introducing-our-new-design-team" target="_blank">Whimseybox Design Team</a> and will be putting together crafts and projects based on the items that come in the monthly boxes. What I am going to try to do for my participation in the project is A. use primarily what comes in the box and B. not buy new supplies to enhance those projects but use what I have around the house. I am proud to be a part of a group of extraordinarily crafty people. If you want more ideas check out <a href="http://www.whimseybox.com/project-portfolio" target="_blank">Whimseybox's Portfolio of projects</a>.</div>
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Today I am putting together a craft that you can make last minute for Mother's Day May 13th. Or lets say you forget Mother's Day and you need a quick idea that morning...this is the one and it only takes about 2 hours and is fairly easy, no art skills required. As I was working on this various family members kept coming in and giving their input so this was a collaborative family effort~as most of our art projects usually become in our house!</div>
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Supplies from the April Whimseybox:</div>
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Yellow tissue paper</div>
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Bottle of Americana paint via <a href="http://www.decoart.com/cgi-bin/Products.cgi?Americana_Acrylics" target="_blank">DecoArt</a></div>
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4x4" artist canvas via <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/" target="_blank">Dick Blick Art Supplies</a></div>
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I was given advice by one of my daughters that we needed to add some glitter and I happened to have some Martha's glitter paint here BUT if you don't have this spread a thin layer of clear drying glue and sprinkle your own glitter onto it. </div>
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I brushed the glitter paint on and then used a scrap of tissue paper and blotted it onto the paint to break up the brush lines.</div>
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After the tissue paper blotting it looks smooth and even. Let the paint or glue dry to the touch.</div>
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Put the flower stencil in the center of the canvas. Holding the stencil use your chunky paint brush lightly dab the paint onto your canvas. </div>
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Squeeze a small amount of paint into a lid or paint dish. Call your kids and let them dip their finger into the paint~tapping off any excess~then have them make little fingerprints around the edges of the flower. Since I have 2 kids I let them each do five alternating along with each flower petal on the stencil.</div>
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After another family member walked into the room I was given the suggestion to also put a little flower stencil in each of the corners of the canvas</div>
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Then just free draw approximately 2" letters 'M' and 'O' onto random patterns of the scrapbook paper and cut them out.</div>
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I glued the 'MOM' letters onto the edges of the canvas.</div>
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To hang the canvas I looped the satin ribbon behind the canvas and attached it using 2 thumbtacks (the flat kind not pushpins) placed into the wood frame.</div>
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After the paint has completely dried you can use an ultra fine point <a href="http://www.sharpie.com/" target="_blank">Sharpie</a> to add details into the flowers. Later I went back and placed small buttons into 2 of the flowers in the corners because I very obviously drew the lines wrong :) but hey making mistakes is a part of art and its how you work around it instead of giving up that is important.</div>
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Day 284 Just because I have been sewing doesn't mean I have been ignoring Taichi. I have a whole lotta Taichi oozing your way!</div>
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Today I chose Molly Weasley as my 'Mad Scientist' because she is one of the greatest, most loving, fiercely protective moms I have seen in literature. And because when I was cleaning and purging a bucket of craft supplies this weekend I happened upon a broken wooden square clock which I am going to make into our own version of a the Weasley's clock~don't we all wish we had one? <a href="http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2009/06/01/hacking-location-into-hardware/">Here's a guy</a> who is really attempting to make a version of it using social media~I forsee something like this being a very possible part of the future tech frontier!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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These are my favorite clothes I worked on these past few weeks for LoveLight Boutique to use in a couple of fashion shows.</div>
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And water polo games. My oldest was in the high school State tournament this weekend and their team of 8 got 2nd~exciting stuff!</div>
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Day 282: What inspires you to create? I never know until I see it, so keep putting one foot in front of the other, your inspiration could be right around the next corner.</div>
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Day 281 FINALLY finished another really awesome project.
Bill Fort, the Owner and Artist behind Lovelight Boutique gave me a hand drawn design and some thrifted fabrics to turn into off the shoulder creations. </div>
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Find these and other unique creations at Lovelight Boutique here in Albuquerque 147 Harvard Dr. SE, one block from UNM and Central! Or check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/LoveLight-Boutique">Lovelight's Facebook page</a> it really has a selection that makes you want to put the fun back in fashion again! </div>
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I love turning 2D ideas into tangible goods. It keeps the creative brain working overtime!</div>
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This blue one is a sort of crepe material but sturdier. It has a nice flow and feel to it.</div>
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This nautical satiny print is my favorite of the bunch. Very soft.</div>
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This was originally a large polyester scarf but was too skinny to fit over my mannequin. Very cute sheer print.</div>
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A cotton tie dye print. Reminds me of Summer!</div>
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I am calling this the mardi gras print because it was satiny with a white on white sparkly print and over that the black ironwork type swirls and multicolored dots. Very silky on the skin.</div>
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Here are a couple of examples of how they look like on. You can wear them so many ways...just plain off the shoulder, cinched up with a sparkly brooch on one side or both or tied and draped over a cute belt! This is the type of top that can be used to dress down or dress up depending on how it is worn.</div>
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What will you create today?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-16415347771482375512012-04-04T11:06:00.001-07:002012-04-04T11:08:06.944-07:00Scenes from our Sketchbooks # 15: Doodling, Drawing, Coloring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Day 280 Last week we wrapped up a bunch of projects. Mine is the one in the middle that is now an embroidery project. I will be able to show you those tomorrow in embroidery form. My daughter did the other two as she researches costumes for another upcoming Con.</div>
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The end of March was a really busy week and we are recovering from the crafting whirlwind only to jump right into April with some more fun projects. <br />
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seriously how amazing is that? We were given 11 cards, 10 to trade and 1 to keep, and basically just allowed to create. I mailed them this week, it will be so much fun to see which ones I got back!<br />
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Since it was 'Women & Creativity' I decided that I wanted my daughters to also participate. I sketched out the design and discussed what I wanted in the basic design. My oldest loves to paint so I asked her to mix or choose a blue for the background which are representing the blue cloudless skies common to New Mexico. Yes we do paint in our living room, in fact we do all our crafting in there or the kitchen and no I don't cover up furniture~it might get a little messy sometimes but we clean up real nice and I would love to see the kids creating.
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Then I worked on the gold, brown, red acrylic mix for the background to represent the Sandia Mountains here in Albuquerque. Over the top of the acrylic I used oil pastel crayons in reds and browns.</div>
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Whether moon or sun over the mountains they always stand stark contrast against the bright blue skies. Using a yellow oil pastel crayon I colored a circle to represent either of those celestial bodies. </div>
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Next I took an old large metal sewing needle and punched holes around the orb.</div>
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Last I gave my youngest daughter a ball of leftover threads from various sewing projects and asked her to sew them into the orb. Since the threads were scraps there were long and short lengths, she just kept on sewing swapping in new colors chosen at random.<br />
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Day 278 It has been a while since we have posted our Mad Scientist Mondays but it is mostly because our family have been enjoying the Spring weather and 'arting' around together~as well as cleaning, clearing and exploring. Our mad scientists this week are the Munster family from the TV show. My favorite character was most definitely Grandpa....so many great episodes, made me laugh all the time.</div>
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Always loved this show, <a href="http://www.munsters.com/">The Munsters</a> (Image from their Website). <span style="text-align: left;">Funny how nowadays this family might be just considered 'normal' whatever that is?! How very awesome is it that they even have their own Official Website where you can travel down memorabilia memory lane! Click on the link or the Image to get there its really quite full of Munster awesomeness. I do remember TV in black and white and this was one of my all time favorite shows to come home from school and watch.</span></div>
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A few weekends ago we took our youngest to a local rubber stamp art show. It didn't really do too much for us in terms of inspiration overall, I mean don't get me wrong we saw a lot of great art and very talented artists but it just isn't my thing, interesting to check out though and now that's off my non-existent bucket list. The only thing we did do was learn how to make these little glass pendants. Go figure a rubber stamp art expo and we find glass doodads, inspiration can really come from unexpected places. My daughter and husband were hooked immediately especially after finding watch parts at the next booth. AHA! An idea was born...really it makes me excited to see them creating and the minute we got home they were starting to create their steampunky pendants.</div>
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These took a really long time to dry and even then we had problems with air pockets getting in that reacted with the copper watch parts. But we just have to soak it in warm water, wash it off and start over again so it is an easy experiment! I love mine and am wearing it every day!<br />
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All the glue and pendants supplies were purchased from a local Albuquerque company <a href="http://www.craftfantastic.com/">Craft Fantastic</a> -really nice people, I recommend you checking them out.<br />
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Watch parts were from a different company but now I can't put the card that I picked up with the supplies so if I figure it out I will add it here.<br />
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Its so cute. And in perfect condition just needed a good wipe down. Now I can lay the suitcase flat and unzip for an easy peasy little work station.<br />
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Also found more variety of vintage DMC threads. Got some samplings to try out before going back and picking up more. Here the samples are laying in the inside of the suitcase.<br />
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And FINALLY I get a mannequin~you know me, I find the cheap but quality goods here and with a lot of patience I found one! Gonna have to give her a name before the mole guy gets too uh attached to her, doesn't he look pervy and I SWEAR to you I did move him there, it wasn't until I pulled up the image that I saw him checking her out.<br />
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Got a great Mad Scientist project we just wrapped up to show you, very steampunk, made by my husband and my youngest daughter and I have already been wearing mine.<br />
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First I went and matched threads to the original colors to incorporate into the new art. They are Sulky 100% Rayon. I knew at least for the front design that I wanted to use red so it could blend in with the shirt and cover the stain but be in the background. I used Size 10 Big Eye Quilting needles with a Gold Eye and sharp points. I needed a needle thin enough with a sharp tip to be able to get through without causing huge holes in the knit and it had to be small to work the stitches in small strokes. May not be for everyone but works for me!</div>
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The butterfly and artistic graphics led me in an Asian/Indian direction when I went to search through clip art for a flower that would easily go under the butterfly. I hit upon a lotus flower and then freehanded this smaller one in white pencil from the larger one I will show you later in this post. You can see the stain I was covering and the stem started in this picture.<br />
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Stitching on knit will cause it to stretch and gather where you don't want it too so I stabilized it on the back with a used unscented dryer sheet ironed flat. Laying the shirt flat I sprayed basting spray on the dryer sheet and then placed it onto the shirt. You want to use a larger area of stabilizer than your design to well keep it stable and when you are finished you can carefully cut away down to the size of your design. I use the dryer sheets because even leaving the bits on the back it will not be scratchy when worn and will wash/dry along with shirt.<br />
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Here it is finished and trimmed down.<br />
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I amazed myself with how this came out. Art does not always go from concept to concrete easily. And see no stain! Satin stitching on the outlines with straight stitches sketching out the petals.<br />
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Next the larger stain on the front. I am thinking it was grease of some sort because it was hardened and was difficult to stitch through.<br />
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First choosing a design and then the size. I went with the smaller one.<br />
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Then to make it easier to sketch out I poked holes at all the points.<br />
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Using a fine point sharpie I 'dotted' in each of the pin holes. And using a white pencil it was a game of connect the dots! I miss connect the dots.<br />
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Then over the white pencil I connected the dots with thin red stitches so be able to follow the design.<br />
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Spraying and placing the dryer sheets for stabilizing. I did more because initially I was going to do a stem all the way down but after working the petals I nixed that idea as too much.<br />
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Stabilizer cut and trimmed after finishing.<br />
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Here it is! Red stem stitching with the brownish-green along the bottom as leaves cupping the blossom and then running stitch criss crossed in pink as a sort of lacy center covering the stain and defining the center of the bloom but not taking away from the butterfly. FYI if you want to see the pictures closer because it is damn hard to photograph red on red click on them to make larger.<br />
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All in all this took about 40 hours but well worth it because I think it looks stunning and disguised the stain. GO ahead and call me crazy but I just trust my hands more with delicate work like this, I feel I have more control.<br />
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So the shirt went from this.....</div>
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What will you create today?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449102149507252111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700348261579097665.post-56783247897354817102012-03-16T09:07:00.002-07:002012-03-16T09:07:30.079-07:00Acts of Kindness #2: A blanket for Silent Auction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Day 274 This blanket was sent off yesterday to be donated to a silent auction raising funds for a local Albuquerque Fire Fighter. The Silent Auction will be held at the same time as the Volleyball Fundraiser on Saturday, March 17th, <a href="http://firefightercordova.blogspot.com/">FIND MORE INFO HERE</a> they have a lot of teams signed up already and some yummy New Mexican food from <a href="http://garciaskitchen.com/">Garcia's</a> so come out and join them if you can and if not there is a Paypal button on his blog to help him with costs directly as he will need funds to help with the travel and staying out of State while he recovers. </div>
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Vincent Cordova is our March Act of Kindness and 10% of all profits will go to help him at the end of the month. <a href="http://www.momtasticstitchery.com/Charities.html">Find out more HERE</a>. </div>
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