Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Craft Swaps: Metal Swap - Sent (nsfw)
This is what I sent to Craftster user Azura (who lives in Barcelona) for the Metal Swap I'm organising:
An embroidered 'Devil Horns' wrist cuff (I drafted this pattern myself and if you're *really* good I'll put up a tutorial soon!)...
... and concealed zip ...
A Metal Make-up bag (made from a slightly modified version of queenofdiy's Straight Sided Triangular Cosmetic Bag from craftster.) with secret words of wisdom from Children of Bodom:
A patch featuring the most metal black on black embroidery with a quote from Metalocalypse:
I also gave her my old Sonisphere wristband (which I stitched a bit of elastic to to make it removable... but I didn't take a separate picture of that...
:-) fake leather ftw!!
An embroidered 'Devil Horns' wrist cuff (I drafted this pattern myself and if you're *really* good I'll put up a tutorial soon!)...
A Metal Make-up bag (made from a slightly modified version of queenofdiy's Straight Sided Triangular Cosmetic Bag from craftster.) with secret words of wisdom from Children of Bodom:
A patch featuring the most metal black on black embroidery with a quote from Metalocalypse:
I also gave her my old Sonisphere wristband (which I stitched a bit of elastic to to make it removable... but I didn't take a separate picture of that...
:-) fake leather ftw!!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
TeensyGeek: 31 Week Baby Rave!
Time for a saucy video of dancing in my nightie:
What?? ... I didn't say it was ME dancing in my nightie ;-)
x G
Friday, May 20, 2011
Craft Swaps: OTT Star Wars Swap - Sent - Embroidery Case Tutorial!!
So! I sent this for the Star Wars OTT swap:
2x circles (interfaced) - I used a side plate with a 8 1/4 inch diameter
2x long side pieces (1.5x28 inches)
2x short side pieces (5 1/2x3 3/4 inches)
LONG zip, doesn't matter too much how long as long as it goes most of the way around your circle.
LINING:
2x circles (with or without interfacing depending on quality of fabric. I did mine without.) - same size as outer.
2x long side pieces (1.5x28 inches)
2x short side pieces (5 1/2x3 3/4 inches)
Pocket piece - semi circle same size as other circular pieces with around 1 inch added to straight side for hemming.
Wrist strap (3x12 inches)
3 Needlebook pieces (5x4 inches) (5x6 inches) and (5x8 inches)
My Embellishments:
My labels and my Star Wars decal were made by interfacing fabric and then using iron on ink jet transfer paper to transfer the design, REALLY easy to do, and the possibilities are endless for you to customise this up any way you like.
EDIT: the image is from Deviant Art user Jasonpal - you should check out his gallery, it's great work! the speech bubbles were ALL my idea :-)
The Method:
Please let me know if you've used my tutorial, I'd love to see what other people have made using this design <3!!
x G
(Death Star for illustration purposes only :-) )
I liked it so much I made myself one too!!
The pieces you will need are as follows:
OUTER:
2x long side pieces (1.5x28 inches)
2x short side pieces (5 1/2x3 3/4 inches)
LONG zip, doesn't matter too much how long as long as it goes most of the way around your circle.
LINING:
2x circles (with or without interfacing depending on quality of fabric. I did mine without.) - same size as outer.
2x long side pieces (1.5x28 inches)
2x short side pieces (5 1/2x3 3/4 inches)
Pocket piece - semi circle same size as other circular pieces with around 1 inch added to straight side for hemming.
Wrist strap (3x12 inches)
3 Needlebook pieces (5x4 inches) (5x6 inches) and (5x8 inches)
My Embellishments:
My labels and my Star Wars decal were made by interfacing fabric and then using iron on ink jet transfer paper to transfer the design, REALLY easy to do, and the possibilities are endless for you to customise this up any way you like.
EDIT: the image is from Deviant Art user Jasonpal - you should check out his gallery, it's great work! the speech bubbles were ALL my idea :-)
The Method:
Please let me know if you've used my tutorial, I'd love to see what other people have made using this design <3!!
x G
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Craft Swaps: OTT Star Wars Swap - Recieved
An OTT swap is a very fun thing indeed. You and your partner each send each other One Tiny Thing on the theme of the swap. When I saw the Star Wars OTT swap I knew I had to get in on it, and I'm so glad I did, lookit!
My partner SilentBlair has some embroidery skills (which is handy considering what I sent her!)
I personally haven't got round to perfecting a long and short stitch (or am I mislabelling this?) as precise as this!
Here's the star of the show... yes, it's...
Safely on my bookcase, next to my Yoda baby hat, waiting for my Squiggle to come and play! (this is seriously going in my overnight bag for hospital!)
x G
x G
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
GC: Tutorial Tuesday! Monster "Ninni" plush and pattern
See my post on this cute Simple Monster Plush on Geekcrafts.com
Click here to go straight to tutorial
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