Posted in Crafty Goodness on Feb 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
Divya’s bag, WIP
Originally uploaded by bornfamous.
Almost done with Divya’s fancy evening bag. It’s 7"x3"x1 1/2", lined with fuschia satin and has a zippered pocket inside. I just need to add the beautiful cording I found for the wrist strap, and figure out some kind of [...]
Posted in Crafty Goodness on Feb 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is a muslin prototype of a small, 7″ x 3″ evening bag I’m making for my friend Divya. I inserted a sheet of cardboard and then rolled it for the tubular shape. But because Divya wants a wrist strap on it, I had to figure out a way to keep stuff from falling [...]
Posted in Crafty Goodness on Jan 30th, 2007 1 Comment »
Project Gutenberg is one of those high-minded efforts that makes me think there is hope for the Internet after all. In case you haven’t heard of it yet, here’s how Wikipedia describes Project Gutenberg:
…a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works via book scanning. Founded in 1971, it is the oldest digital library. [...]
Posted in Crafty Goodness on Jan 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Every month around this time for the past eight months, I try [and fail] to move this damn blog and several others to a new host. It’s all about saving money [I got the new host for $22 for the first year and the old one costs $25 per month] but I get so frustrated [...]
Posted in Crafty Goodness on Dec 15th, 2006 Comments Off
Look what I made! This 5″ tall Steiner doll is for my 2yo great-grandson Elijah, who looks just a little like this, with the help of soozs’ tutorial. The bed is made with ultra-soft flannel and lined with felt to give it body. I hope Elijah wants to take this cute little doll to bed [...]
Posted in Crafty Goodness on Dec 14th, 2006 Comments Off
More crafty goodness: I have signed up for the Take a stitch Tuesday Challenge by Sharonb, who is an amazing embroiderer and teacher. Back in college, I got totally hooked on embroidery and applique, but making a living got in the way. Now I’m back to it and loving it. The TaST challenge is to [...]
Posted in Crafty Goodness on Nov 22nd, 2006 2 Comments »
I’ve been using this purse, made out of the leg of a pair of Robby’s old jeans, as a sampler to learn embroidery. [See it unadorned here.] But the bright yellow threads contrasted with purple on the blue denim background seemed just a tad bit too colorful for me to actually wear. I’m one of [...]