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Post by mllemass on Dec 15, 2021 15:10:31 GMT
My background is art, so I’ve made every kind of art. I’ve also made pretty much every kind of craft (which differ from arts). And I photographed all of it at some point. You’ll have to be specific if you want to see something!
I became fascinated with origami a few years ago, and taught myself how to make useful paper objects. A couple of christmases ago, I put out napkins folded as elf boots at each place setting when my cousin and his family came for dinner. After dinner, I insisted that they each make their own to take with them, so I handed out the paper napkins and gave them step-by-step instructions. Ha! They must have thought I was a nut!
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Post by llminnowpea on Dec 15, 2021 16:20:57 GMT
Here is a link to the overall tunic dress. It was in Taproot magazine (one of my favorite since I am a weird goth crunchy hippie kind of thing). Here is a link to the Sherlock cross stitch. I have stalled out on this (so much blue) and can get a progress photo, if you prefer. I really want to set a goal of getting through his face in January (wow, that sounds, uh, well, it doesn't sound good). This has 162,800 stitches. I think I am at 28% finished? I have most of his hair done. BTW, cross stitch is not hard. If you have patience, you can cross stitch. I will figure out how to get photos of the other stuff in a bit. I need to go get some lunch and work on a holiday gift for tomorrow (little tiny triangle zip pouches).
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Post by queenzod on Dec 15, 2021 20:09:47 GMT
I’ve always been a crafty person, lol, so I’ll have a go here. Mostly threadwork. I’ve cross stitched a lot, and quilted, sewed clothes when I was young when it was cheaper to make your own clothes than buy them (those were the days!), but mostly I’ve been a lacemaker. My grandma taught me how to tat when I was about 10 and then when I got older I took up needlelace and tried to enjoy bobbin lace, but all those threads at once just make me nervous! So I stuck to needlelace. I got fairly proficient, taught a few classes. I also collect antique lace and have piles of it around (well, actually, carefully archived in acid free tissue & boxes). So if any of you need help identifying a piece of lace you got from your Aunt Carol, post a pic and I’ll tell you what you got! For a number of years I was president of our local Lace Guild which was gobs of fun. I chaired an international lace convention back in 2005 which was a blast! We had hundreds of lacemakers and teachers from all over the planet come to Denver for a week of classes, other fun things, and an enormous vendor room where you could buy books, supplies, and lace. It took me 2 years to put it together and it was wildly successful so. Still feel really good about that! I still tat a bit but my eyes are getting worse so it’s hard. Also, my hands usually have this iPad stuck in them so it’s hard to do both, lol. I also write fan fiction. I love Sherlock and Molly together so that’s what I write. Just romances but I try to dig deep and put some heft in there so it’s not all coffee shop AU fluff. They’re not exactly a rare pair but they are a bit reviled so I get my back up when people poo-poo my ship. In Sherlock the big ship with all the readership is Johnlock, of course, which is fine but there’s something so delicious about Sherlock and Molly together. 😍 Here’s the link to my work if you want to have a gander. archiveofourown.org/users/GarudaDreamsOfRain/works
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Post by queenzod on Dec 15, 2021 22:58:15 GMT
Wow! Mllemass, I’m so impressed! You’re really good. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Post by mllemass on Dec 15, 2021 23:11:27 GMT
Wow! Mllemass, I’m so impressed! You’re really good. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 That’s nice of you to say! The etching was for my printmaking class, but the others were just for fun.
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Post by llminnowpea on Dec 16, 2021 12:02:17 GMT
Oh, but that is how the hipster farmers wear them here! Skirts/dresses/tunics over trousers/jeans! Seriously. It is a look, for sure. I am not sure it is fashionable outside of the hipster farmer demographic, though. There are also popular apron patterns that do the same kind of thing - more pockets!
I will wear it with bootcut leggings. And, a long sleeved t-shirt (and hand knit sweater when it is cold). My plan is to make one in gray flannel, one in dark linen (probably black) and one in wool suiting. I might use large buttons instead of the overall clips.
Let's see. Can I add a photo of the shawl? Maybe from mobile. Hold on.
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Post by llminnowpea on Dec 16, 2021 12:03:29 GMT
Ok, I have no idea how to use mobile, but my IG is only on there. You all will have to wait to see photos!
ETA: I have to run off to work for the day and will be back really late this afternoon. I will clean up my IG tonight or tomorrow, then post it so you all can see what I am working on.
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Post by queenzod on Dec 16, 2021 16:36:09 GMT
Aw, thank you! 🤗
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Post by mllemass on Dec 16, 2021 17:07:58 GMT
I found a rare non-Cumberbatch, non-Manilow painting on my iPad! Ha! (I promise it’s the last one)
It’s an oil painting I did my last year of high school. I had taken a photo from our kitchen window of a man repairing the roof of the house next door, and then I painted it for our art class’s “Man at Work” assignment. (Women were included in the art, too - not just men)
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Post by mllemass on Dec 16, 2021 19:22:12 GMT
That’s not a dumb question at all! I wish I had a brilliant answer for you, but really everyone does it differently. I like to draw lightly in pencil first. I love watching Landscape Artist of the Year, and Portrait Artist of the Year, because all the artists have different ways of starting. I rarely see any of them drawing in pencil first like I do. And I’m someone who hates erasing, so if you look up close on most of my stuff, you can see pencil lines showing. Ha!
Also, all my artwork is signed and dated on the front. I crop it out in the stuff I post online, but it’s there.
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